tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post2836487318499391847..comments2024-03-29T05:50:14.863+00:00Comments on Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: Jake - A Tale of Two Scales ~ Part 1Straggler 脱走兵http://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-11097129283556902552016-11-26T17:07:47.538+00:002016-11-26T17:07:47.538+00:00Great article! I have long wished for a modern kit...Great article! I have long wished for a modern kit in 1/72 scale to do justice to this prolific and important reconnaissance aircraft of the Pacific War. For a while Sword got my hopes up that they might be the one with progressive release of Japanese subjects; if anyone here has the ear of the company, please drop them a suggestion to release a Jake! As far as the lack of any attempts by the big Japanese companies, I can't help but wonder if this absence is due to the lack of any surviving aircraft or blueprints to reference?<br /><br />-ScoobsScoobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04171531097926663291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-580635574882512422016-11-25T21:59:43.926+00:002016-11-25T21:59:43.926+00:00Amazing...how do you track the chronology of all t...Amazing...how do you track the chronology of all these releases? Are there some Hasegawa catalogues in the stash along with the kits? In any case, the 'kitologies' are one of the big attractions of the blog. The recent one on Hasegawa's Emily boxings uncovered art I'd never seen or knew existed. And this one makes one wonder how much the company might have made on a set of 50-year old molds that have hardly ever been out of production! Enough, may we hope to pay for a new tool release of Jake? Mark Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-42969641815336784932016-11-25T14:45:23.325+00:002016-11-25T14:45:23.325+00:00Thank you so much for this Nick. I believe I built...Thank you so much for this Nick. I believe I built this kit in 1974 or thereabouts. I bought a more recent offering (the 1990 boxing?) for old times sake. Your post made me pull it down out of the stash as I am in the process of cleaning out the stash. Just not sure if I'm ready to get rid of it, although I'd rather have the one with the catapult.<br />Hmmmm, I'm sure if I hang on to it, there will be a new tool issued. <br /><br />Warren WDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05204900692700819218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-50126768858326640102016-11-24T16:13:05.729+00:002016-11-24T16:13:05.729+00:00Nick, your kit histories are always fascinating! ...Nick, your kit histories are always fascinating! I really enjoy seeing the various box art variations, etc. in sequence, and learning details of the difference releases.<br /><br />If the Maru Mechanic drawings of the Jake are to be believed, the flying surfaces and floats of the Hasegawa 1/72 kit are pretty accurate, but the fuselage is noticeably under-scale. I certainly agree with Dan, that it's time for new releases of this attractive and historically significant floatplane.MDriskillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157566059911251813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-11132252791757036202016-11-23T23:39:10.847+00:002016-11-23T23:39:10.847+00:00I had no idea my 1/72 brethren were in the same bo...I had no idea my 1/72 brethren were in the same boat as 1/48 enthusiasts. Surely new tool kits in both scales will be coming soon?!<br /><br />Full disclosure that a new tool 1/48 Jake from Hasegawa is my "holy grail" of aircraft model wishes. The Pete and Dave are both wonderful kits, so why not a Jake, too!<br /><br />DanDan Salamonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06867170297794255606noreply@blogger.com