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1/72 Shoki by Jason Brash
Another shiny Shoki in the divine scale to share. This excellent model is made from the venerable Hasegawa kit, 50 years old but still a viable contender, as demonstrated by Jason Brash. Jason chose a...
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With Very Best Wishes to All Aviation of Japan Readers for the Christmas Season and New YearAnd with very special thanks to those who have very kindly shared images and details of their models (and for...
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The Origin of the Species
Back in October 2022 in a blog post featuring the 1961 Marusan 1/50 scale Hayate reference was made to the 1960s UPC re-issue of this kit with box art by Andrew 'Scottie' Scott Eidson (shown above)...
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That Revell Hayate
In response to yesterday's blog post correspondent and contributor Michael Thurow very kindly shared this image of part of a set of German playing cards featuring Revell box art which he and his school...
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Sally Duo in 1/72 by Gonzalo Guzman Part 1
No, not the recently released ICM new tool but another Revell classic, this time the first of a pair of Mitsubishi Ki-21 'Sally' bombers in 1/72 scale made from the Takara releases of the 1975 Revell...
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Sally Duo in 1/72 by Gonzalo Guzman Part 2
The second Takara issue Ki-21 'Sally' built by Gonzalo Guzman is the Ki-21-II Otsu variant provided for in the kit, representing an aircraft of the 3rd Dokuritsu Hikotai (Independent Flying Unit -...
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Update on Tamiya Myrt
Added a little Airfix magazine nostalgia from 1966 to Mark Smith's excellent August 2022 retrospective on the Tamiya1/50 scale C6N1 Saiun 'Myrt'.
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Ki-43-III Ko in 1/48 by Francesco Borraccino
Francesco Borraccino has made this model of a Nakajima Ki-43-III Ko from the Fine Molds 1/48 scale kit, representing an aircraft of No. 39 Kyōiku Hikō-tai (教育 飛行隊 - Instructional Air Unit), a fighter...
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Kawasaki Ki-100 in 1/48 by Michael Thurow
Michael Thurow has kindly shared images and details of another of his excellently built and improved classic Otaki 1/48 kits, this time the bubbletop Kawasaki Ki-100. Over to Michael then. Celebrating...
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Dinah and Jay by Mark Smith and Dennis Naylor - Part One
AoJ Texas correspondent Mark Smith takes us on another enchanting trip down memory lane for a nostalgic, two-part remembrance of the Marusan 1/50 scale Ki-46-III kit of 1961 and modelling pioneer and...
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Dinah and Jay Part Two - Building a Classic
Building a Classic: Marusan’s Ki-46-III by Mark SmithConsidering its 1961 origins, the Marusan 1/50 scale kit of the Ki-46-III ‘Dinah’ captured the airplane's lovely lines remarkably. It was a...
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Guillermo's 1/48 Fine Molds Hayabusa III Ko
Another splendid Fine Molds 1/48 Ki-43-III Ko, this time Guillermo kindly sharing images of his build of the kit to represent a rather battered aircraft of Hiko Dai 204 Sentai as photographed at...
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Grey Blue Cockpit Interior in Ki-61
Hat tip to Lorenzo of Italy for kindly alerting to this interesting Japanese video footage clearly showing the grey-blue # 3 Ash Indigo colour (Hai Ran shoku - 灰藍色) in the interior of a Kawasaki Ki-61...
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Danilo Renzulli's 1/72 Ki-54
Danilo Renzulli has kindly shared these images of his Tachikawa Ki-54 'Hickory' model in 1.72 scale made from the Special Hobby kit and representing an aircraft of the 10th Dokuritsu Hikodan Shireibu...
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Danilo Renzulli's 1/72 Kawasaki Ki-48 'Lily'
Danilo Renzulli's second Japanese Army twin, the Kawasaki Ki-48 'Lily' Type 99 light bomber (99 Shiki Soh-hatsu Kei Bakugeki-ki -九九式双発軽爆撃機, informally referred to as 99 Soh-kei -九九双軽) was built from...
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Kit Trivia - Revell's Ginga Part 1
The Revell kit of the Ginga - the Kugisho P1Y1/2 'Frances', (海軍陸上爆撃機 '銀河' - Navy Land [Based] Bomber 'Galaxy') an IJN 'twin' designed for torpedo, level and dive bombing roles, is one of their five...
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Notice - Detailing the D3A1 by Ryan Toews
With the recent release of the Infinity Models 1/32 scale kit of the Aichi D3A1 attention is drawn to the excellent PDF 'Detailing the D3A1' by Ryan Toews as featured in this blog's sidebar and here....
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Kit Trivia - Revell's Ginga Part 2
The Revell Ginga kit H-103 was subsequently (?) marketed by Revell (GB) in the UK in a flimsier box with different box art but by the same artist Kihachiro Ueda, as shown above, depicting a radar...
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Cloud Patterned Betty from Rising Decals
One of two recent Rising Decals sets for Japanese bombers, RD72106 offers nine schemes in 1/72 scale for the Mitsubishi G4M1 Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft 'Betty', ( 一式陸上攻撃機 - Ichi Shiki Rikujoh...
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Sally Selection from Rising Decals
The first of the recent Rising Decals sets for Japanese bombers, although the second reviewed here, is RD72105 for the Army's Mitsubishi Ki-21-I Otsu, the Type 97 Heavy Bomber 'Sally' (Kyu-nana Shiki...
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