tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post2263095427243937960..comments2024-03-29T11:20:34.172+00:00Comments on Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: Updates ~ Tony II and Glen KitsStraggler 脱走兵http://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-21607810187722798012013-10-14T03:17:11.388+01:002013-10-14T03:17:11.388+01:00I have the same UPC box art kit except in the 1/50...I have the same UPC box art kit except in the 1/50 scale version (#8003-79), the "TONY-Kawasaki Ki-61" title is in red rather than blue in the 1/70 scale version, issued during the early 1960s. 79 cents retail is about par with the Aurora and Lindberg 1/48 scale kits of the 1950s and accuracy wise, it's about the same. Oversized canopy and hinomaru scribed on the model. The decal sheey have only hinomarus and no inaccurate tail number shown on the box art, which probably came from the Ki-61 II displayed at Yokota base at the time. The kit is inaccurate overall but the three-view profile provided in the instruction sheet is far more accurate. About the same size of the much better Tamiya 1/50 scale Ki-61 II kit first issued in 1968, which I also have. Still a nostalgia of old times when they were just toys.<br /><br />Ted Nomura<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-31197864343981406712012-10-24T15:05:09.340+01:002012-10-24T15:05:09.340+01:00Hi Mark
This blog post refers to the Fujimi Ki-61...Hi Mark<br /><br />This blog post refers to the Fujimi Ki-61-II Kai, not to be confused with the Nichimo Ki-61-II Kai which I blogged about in earlier posts and which, for its time, was a relatively decent kit as I believe Ken Glass's model shows! I'm surprised that you were disappointed by the Nichimo Tony in comparison to their A5M4 and against published three-views because it shapes up quite well against plans and the surface detail is actually quite nicely done and I would argue better than the Claude's. Also it should really be judged in the context of being before the Hasegawa kit, which was a Ki-61-I Tei anyway and by comparison with very much worse contemporaries like the aforesaid Fujimi and the Revell kit. <br /><br />Even post Hasegawa, before the Fine Molds series of Ki-61/100 types, the Nichimo kit represented a viable and respectable means to a Ki-61-II Kai out of the box. Therefore I still - and perhaps sadly - rate it! ;-)<br /><br />Regards<br />NickStraggler 脱走兵https://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-49146736541898606432012-10-23T19:00:07.805+01:002012-10-23T19:00:07.805+01:00Nick,
Thanks for the time-machine posts lately! A...Nick,<br /><br />Thanks for the time-machine posts lately! After finding and building the Nichimo 1/72 Claude as a kid, which wasn't too shabby for those days, I remember how disappointed I was when I saw their Tony. Besides the Claude, I loved the Japanese airplanes their 1/72 kits purported to represent...but any teenaged geek who had the William Green books with their tiny three-views could tell that something was horribly wrong. When the new Hasegawa Tony came out (early to mid seventies, I think) around the same time as their Shoki, they oozed finesse in comparison.Mark Smithnoreply@blogger.com