tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post8386582264031983841..comments2024-03-28T13:18:10.107+00:00Comments on Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: Aoshima or Aosima Pt 1Straggler 脱走兵http://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-72506407878190989192011-06-21T00:06:56.909+01:002011-06-21T00:06:56.909+01:00Thanks Nick, for reminding my youth! My first &quo...Thanks Nick, for reminding my youth! My first "exotic" Japanese kit was Aoshima's E15K1, bought from an old stationery shop (with a small scale models' section) long gone, at my hometown, somewhere in the mid Seventies... <br /><br />RuyRuy Aballenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-63539419146040868072011-06-09T19:36:55.470+01:002011-06-09T19:36:55.470+01:00Thanks Nick- for bringing those kits alive again! ...Thanks Nick- for bringing those kits alive again! <br />They were fun and I built them all in the mid-sixties but only the E16A1 survived all those years.They were not so bad at all in comparison with the Revell kits like the Ki 43 and Ki61<br />of those years.<br /><br />Jacob TerlouwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-68424935481805200152011-06-09T15:31:04.645+01:002011-06-09T15:31:04.645+01:00Thanks for those memories, ggc and Mark!
More to ...Thanks for those memories, ggc and Mark!<br /><br />More to blog on Aoshima and I'm also building a Ki-100,<br /><br />Regards<br />NickStraggler 脱走兵https://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-64381680938097718732011-06-09T01:53:40.298+01:002011-06-09T01:53:40.298+01:00Unless I am mistaken, it was Bob Angel who had a p...Unless I am mistaken, it was Bob Angel who had a prize-winning 1/72 Hasegawa H6K Mavis at the IPMS-USA Nationals in Dallas in 2002. I had always thought that the kit could be turned into something really special, and the irony is that I saw this proven there beyond all expectations not only by Bob's model, but by the same kit built by Steve Hustad. They were both exquisite, and each in their own style. It tickles me now to imagine the look on each one's face upon seeing "the other Mavis." Life is unfair!<br /><br />Nicholas, we missed you! Welcome back!Mark Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-2735233780798113652011-06-08T23:57:23.327+01:002011-06-08T23:57:23.327+01:00Nick: I remeber those early Aosima kits quite wel...Nick: I remeber those early Aosima kits quite well. They remind me of FROG kits with the basic presentation. Iused the front part of the Kawasaki Ki-100 Goshikisen - 1/70, to kit bash an early KI-100 with the Revell Ki-61 in 1/72. To my eyes at the time it came out pretty nice.. <br />[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/cpngroats/P9190032groupphotoKI100.jpg[/IMG] I bought most of my Aosima kits while stationed in Okinawa [USN-Security Group], at that time 1/72 kits went for .30 cents, USD.<br />Cheers,<br />ggcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com