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Japanese Planes?

Post by pickelhaube » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:49 pm

BBI has there zero. I am not sure if they hit it off big. I was pretty excited :D I did get one white and one green. Is anybody in for any more? I have been working on a kitbash spitfire reworking it into a Ki-61 Tony for about a year now. :? It has been about 6 months that I even looked at it. :cry: What should the next Japanese plane be ? IF THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER ONE!!!!! :shock: The B-25 needs an adversary in the Pacific Theator.
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Post by MG-42 » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:21 pm

I thought the BBi Zero and Pearl Harbor version sold well. In fact their still selling because 21st. has'nt put theirs out yet ,.. as if ? .......... :roll:
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Post by VMF115 » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:21 pm

A spitfire into a Ki-61 Tony, now that is not an easy task to do. :shock: :shock:
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Post by aferguson » Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:58 am

i'm in.....there was much excitement a few weeks ago when a bunch of us thought AT was making a Kate, so i think there is alot of interest in Japanese planes. Since 21c is clearly into making adversaries these days, you'd think they might make a Japanese plane or two down the road.
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Post by CW4USARMY » Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:20 am

21st announced they were making a Japanese aircraft. (oh yeah, that was over two years ago :roll: )

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Post by wreckchaser » Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:23 am

Hmmmm I guess a Betty would be asking too much.although a Kate would be nice.
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Post by pickelhaube » Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:51 am

VMF115 wrote:A spitfire into a Ki-61 Tony, now that is not an easy task to do. :shock: :shock:
Your right it isn't but I thought it would be. I cut off the front cowling and fliped it upside down. Split the fuse about in half on a horizontal plane. Used a Fw-190 wing split it on the cord and have reworked the landing gear bays.
I haven't looked at it in a while but I think that the canopy is close with work to be done on the rear glass. I think that the front windsheald had to be reworked as well. I just can't remember. :?
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Post by Charlemagne » Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:00 am

I would love a Kate, Val, Tony(not much good at kit bashing), and most of all a Shiden Kai or George.

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Post by aferguson » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:26 am

i'd like a nice chubby Raiden....one of the best fighters of the war. :)
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Post by GooglyDoogly » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:28 am

I would like a Nakajima Kikka. :P

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Post by Killerf6 » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:33 am

KI-43
KI-61
KI-84

Any of those three would be a good start...
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Post by VMF115 » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:18 am

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Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
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Post by ostketten » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:50 am

A Ki-61 Hien "Tony" or a Ki-43 Hayabusa "Oscar" would meet with my approval. :)
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Post by Light.Inf.Scout » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:08 pm

Yep - Tony or Oscar :D

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Post by hworth18 » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:14 pm

CW4USARMY wrote:21st announced they were making a Japanese aircraft. (oh yeah, that was over two years ago :roll: )
They did make Japanese A/C.. In 1/32 scale..... :wink:
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Post by STUKA » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:16 pm

is there a difference between the green pearl harbor and white BBI zero other than scheme?
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Post by KAMIKAZE » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:16 pm

Ki-45 for me.
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Post by MIGMADMAVIS » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:58 pm

Im thinking a D3A Val would be awesome, or maybe a B5N Torpedo Bomber :lol: :lol:
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Post by sicqnus » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:18 pm

The VAL, the Betty and the OSCAR are the most emblematic JP WWII planes to me (far behind the Zeke of course).

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Post by Airacobra » Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:05 pm

There is a ton of Japanese aircraft I would like to see but the first one on my list would be the KI-84.

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Post by ostketten » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:48 pm

the first one on my list would be the KI-84.
Yeah, the "Frank" was probably their best fighter of the war. How about a "Baka"?? It's sort of a torpedo with wings.... http://www.skylighters.org/potw/pow10282002.html
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Post by STUKA » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:27 pm

my grandfather told me he saw two of those Baka - and both times they flew right by and crashed into the ocean...

he said we had no idea what they were.
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Post by Jay » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:51 pm

Yeap, would love to see Hayate (Frank). But I'm itching for the floatplanes, mainly the Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu Type 11 and the beautiful Aichi M6A1 Seiran.
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Post by DocTodd » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:05 pm

Yes the float planes would be a nice addition.
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Post by pickelhaube » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:01 am

STUKA wrote:my grandfather told me he saw two of those Baka - and both times they flew right by and crashed into the ocean...

he said we had no idea what they were.
My dad went to Korea during that war. While he was in Japan he befriended a guy who was a kamakazie voluntier. He was in training to fly the Baka but the war ended! He later became a surgeon , a heart specialist. Rather than throwing his life away he saved them. His son is in the States now and I think he became a doctor as well.

This would be cool to have as well, but I guess we need the Betty bomber as the mother ship first.
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