tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post8826052684359735074..comments2024-03-19T09:06:03.070+00:00Comments on Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: Kora Rikugun Ki-93 in 1/72Straggler 脱走兵http://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-51160630495984133572021-11-09T00:03:18.167+00:002021-11-09T00:03:18.167+00:00I just saw the kit listed at an online hobby shop,...I just saw the kit listed at an online hobby shop, for $133.00 (US)! Wow! Too rich for my blood.<br /><br />WDWDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05204900692700819218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-63520652410838873362021-11-08T10:18:59.021+00:002021-11-08T10:18:59.021+00:00The kit's parts look better than that abominat...The kit's parts look better than that abomination of a box art would suggest! Would be good to see one built up.<br />Thanks for the extensive write-up on what I consider to be one of the most aesthetically pleasing shapes produced by Japan in WW2. If only for some decent box art to do it justice! ;)Ronnie Olsthoornhttp://www.facebook.com/aviationart.aeronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-17764734096945346702021-10-21T14:54:24.690+01:002021-10-21T14:54:24.690+01:00Thanks for this notice of the Kora kit & your ...Thanks for this notice of the Kora kit & your scholarship, Nick. I suspect this prototype would have have required a longer period than most to solve 'teething' issues. Ken Glassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-70120815116176946192021-10-08T22:42:04.660+01:002021-10-08T22:42:04.660+01:00Thanks Mark. I appreciate your kind acknowledgemen...Thanks Mark. I appreciate your kind acknowledgement. <br /><br />Regards<br />NickStraggler 脱走兵https://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-48206717241346228432021-10-08T00:30:22.309+01:002021-10-08T00:30:22.309+01:00I never thought we'd see some of the Japanese ...I never thought we'd see some of the Japanese aircraft we're seeing produced in injected plastic form. We live in some great, yet interesting times. <br /><br />WarrenWDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05204900692700819218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-67005008164629701702021-10-07T22:17:40.459+01:002021-10-07T22:17:40.459+01:00Forgot to say thanks, Nick, for the background on ...Forgot to say thanks, Nick, for the background on this mysterious a/c, as usual stuff I don't remember reading elsewhere. Also the notes on the Tachikawa sites and their different associations, which can clear up certain confusion.<br />As the bumper sticker says, 'Eschew Obfuscation!' Mark Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-17101795213344753052021-10-07T22:14:09.607+01:002021-10-07T22:14:09.607+01:00Six separate prop blades per engine! Hope they ar...Six separate prop blades per engine! Hope they are not charging extra for that, and it assures me this one won't 'fall together.' Hope there is a tool included for setting the pitch. <br /><br />Kora products that I've seen are nice. I've seldom seen many though, even at all the shows I've attended. People are not willing to pay the asking price. <br />Shops don't stock them for the same reason. I'm a realist - we can't go back to the days when, if a desired new kit came out, many bought multiples because they were reasonably affordable. But this kit's price assures not only that such won't happen, but that most will pass on buying even one; few are able / willing to spend that much on a 1/72 twin, unless the intention to *build* it is there. And a lot of those same folk would have paid handsomely for the kit, because they collect Japanese 1/72 aircraft. But a price like this puts it in an 'exclusive category.' For most, it excludes the possibility of purchase! <br /><br />This is part of how 'collecting' has changed; if one collects 1/48 Japanese a/c, for instance, there might be two or three Nichimo Ki-51 Sonias in the loft, with the intention to build one or two eventually having prompted the purchases. Now that the Nichimo kit has been trumped by a better one by Wingsy (and face it, not *that* much better from three or four feet), the question is - in the US - will you part with eighty bucks for one? And I don't know anyone who has two! <br /> Mark Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-72342573692165872572021-10-07T00:23:50.589+01:002021-10-07T00:23:50.589+01:00I just got this kit which Im glad to see in inject...I just got this kit which Im glad to see in injected form as it is much overlooked. Compared with the old A+V Models resin kit it is very similar, panel lines ect. But much better detailed. Still, like all Kora kits it requires full access to ones wallet. And with 4 different boxings you have to pick your poison. The ground attack version comes with resin bombs and racks the rest seem to differ only in decals and what if schemes. The six bladed props have seperate blades which is already making me get a nervous twitch. Yikes!!!!Kevin Badenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-67250540433031327102021-10-06T19:03:20.314+01:002021-10-06T19:03:20.314+01:00Thanks for the post on the new Ki-93 kit from Kora...Thanks for the post on the new Ki-93 kit from Kora, Nick. And yes, 'resin price' indeed! Quite steep for me: although this is the first opportunity, as far as I remember, to get an injected plastic 1/72 kit of this aesthetically pleasing prototype, I think I'll pass...R. Vieirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082350013226061416noreply@blogger.com