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A 1/32 scale Aichi D3A1 'Val' from Infinity Models
I'm very grateful to several correspondents for alerting me to news of this kit at around the same time and apologise for the time it has taken to mention it here. My thanks to all of you who very...
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Jim Anderson's 1/72 'Glen'
Jim Anderson has very kindly shared these images and build summary of his Kugisho E14Y 'Glen' Type 0 Small Size Reconnaissance Seaplane (Rei Shiki Shou Gata Suijoh Teisatsu-ki - 零式小型水上偵察機) model built...
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Japanese Submarine Aircraft
Topical to yesterday's blog and current series of IJN floatplane models a new book on Japanese Submarine Aircraft by Ryusuke Ishiguro and Tadeusz Januszewski is due to be published this autumn by MMP...
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Revell Ki-49 Donryu Postscript
Following the November 2020 blog about Revell's classic Ki-49 Donryu several superb models of the type built from the more recent Hasegawa kit were kindly shared here. It is therefore a delight to be...
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Detailing the D3A1
Ryan Toews has recently completed and shared a very fine analysis illustrating a number of details of the Aichi D3A1 'Val', Type 99 Carrier Bomber (99 Shiki Kanjoh Bakugeki-ki - 九九式艦上爆撃機) known as 99...
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John Haas' Mitsubishi Type 92 Recce ~ Part One
John Haas has been working his scratch-built magic again, this time building the Army Type 92 Reconnaissance aircraft, (Rikugun 92 Shiki Teisatsu-ki -陸軍九二式偵察機), a two-seat parasol monoplane design for...
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John Haas' Mitsubishi Type 92 Recce ~ Part Two
John Haas continues to ply his exceptional skills magic in his build of the Mitsubishi Type 92 Recce:- Mitsubishi Type 92 Recce, Scale 1/48, Part Two'First I would like to thank all the readers for...
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John Haas' Mitsubishi Type 92 Recce ~ Part Three
John Haas lifts the curtain on the finale of his magic show, the completed model:-Mitsubishi Type 99, Recce, Scale 1/48, Part Three, On finals'After studying the photographs I concluded that the metal...
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Jake - A Tale of Two Scales ~ Part 3
Continuing the season of IJN floatplanes with a follow up to Part 1 (way back in 2016) which promised a more detailed appraisal of the near 50 year old Hasegawa 1/72 scale kit of the Aichi E13A1...
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Jim Anderson's 1/72 Kyofu
Continuing the IJN floatplane season Jim Anderson has very kindly shared these images of his splendid Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu 'Rex' model in 1/72 scale built from the Hasegawa kit. Jim's model neatly...
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Rex from Rising
Appropriate to the continuing IJN floatplanes theme this recent release from Rising Decals, one of four new decal sheets, features Kyofu with three markings options in 1/72 scale for the Hasegawa kit....
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Gallant Ginga from Rising
Included in the recent bumper crop of new releases from Rising Decals is this splendid 1/72 scale sheet for the good looking IJN twin. The lineage of the units operating this fast bomber is almost as...
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Kyou Kuriosities from Rising
Another recent release from the prolific Rising Decals in their 'Unknown and Lesser Known Units of the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy' mini-series is this interesting and intriguing sheet of aircraft...
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302 Ku Collection from Rising
302 Ku was a distinguished IJN air defence unit formed in March 1944 at Kisarazu, trained at Yokosuka and setting up home at Atsugi, but despatching detachments to other airfields as and when its...
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Jake's Dimensions
Continuing the IJN floatplanes theme an interesting and thought provoking email was received from Griff Murphy in response to the blog on the Hasegawa E13A 'Jake' together with photos of his own...
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Rob's Kyofu Float Fighters
Rob Ronconi has very kindly shared these images of one of a pair of splendid and excellently photographed Kyofu models which he built stock from the Hasegawa 1/72 scale kit with just the addition of...
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Rob's Kyofu Float Fighters ~ Part Two
Rob Ronconi also kindly shared these beautifully photographed images of his second float fighter model, this time built from the 1/72 scale Hasegawa kit of the prototype Kyofu with contra-rotating prop...
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Rob's Rufe
Last but by no means least of the trio of float fighters by Rob Ronconi is this striking model of a sun-bleached and well-worn Nakajima A6M2-N 'Rufe' built from the 1/72 scale Hasegawa kit out of the...
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Colourful Nate Fest Trio from Lifelike Decals
Aviation of Japan Texas correspondent Mark Smith has very kindly provided this review of Lifelike Decalsnew trio of sheets for the Type 97 fighter, Ki-27 'Nate' offering no less than 25 subjects in...
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Kit Trivia ~ Jo-Han A6M2 Zero
Back in April 2008, the year this blog began, Kit Trivia articles on three vintage Zero kits in 1/72 scale were published. Subsequent blogs covered the Matchbox Zero and the old tool Hasegawa A6M2....
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