Tag: Mitsubishi

• Mitsubishi Babs – Part Three – An Observant Aircraft

  

  It goes to temple every weekend… The Mitsubishi Ki-15 was possibly very useful to the Imperial Japanese Army – depending upon where it was sent and what was going on down on the ground. The aerial observation of enemy movements – whether that was Chinese or Soviet – could have guided the high command to…

  Dick Stein

  July 11, 2024

  1:72 scale, camouflage, design, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, prototypes

  IJ Army, Mitsubishi, observation aircraft

• Mitsubishi Babs – Part One – The Name

  

  I have heard it put forward that the designations we give to our land, sea and air models should conform to the original languages of the makers. Thus, this Mitsubishi product should be known as a Ki-15-I Karigane or Army Type 97 Command Reconnaissance Aircraft. Or alternately, the Wild Goose. All of which will bewilder,…

  Dick Stein

  July 8, 2024

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, design, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models

  Hasegawa, IJA, Mitsubishi, Reconnaissance

• Mitsubishi A6M – Part Two – Tending To Madness

  

  Just when you think you have become sane again, someone shows up with a gift model and away you go, over the hill… I needed a Zero some time ago and bought a Tamiya kit. Had I waited a while, my friend John would have arrived with this A6M5 and I would not have needed…

  Dick Stein

  February 4, 2023

  1:72 scale, Dioramas, frugality, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Modelling exhibitions, research, Weathering

  Academy, Hasegawa, Lakanuki, Mitsubishi

• Mitsubishi Ann – Part Six – Smooth, Grey, And Vulnerable

  

  Well, this little Pavla kit was fun to do. it has everything fastened now – PE dashboard, pilot, PE machine gun, and pitot tube, and the nicest pair of spats you’ll see outside of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. And I’ll bet they fell like autumn leaves, too. Sleek, smooth, underpowered, and dead meat in front…

  Dick Stein

  January 10, 2021

  1:72 scale, design, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models

  design, Mitsubishi, Pavla

• Mitsubishi Ann – Part Five – Fillet Of Mitsubishi

  

  With soy sauce and a few fish eggs… Actually the Ann took more filler than I expected to get a smooth fuselage/wing interface. I didn’t mind – I’d done the hard yards with those pins so the filler was worth it, Note that the Ann’s undercart is one of the chief charms of the design…

  Dick Stein

  January 9, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  filler, Mitsubishi, undercarriage, wings

• Mitsubishi Ann – Part Four – I Know Trouble…

  

  I know trouble when I see it. I know it even better when I wallow in it. That’s fun, but not as much fun as steering around it. As I have done with the Mitsubishi Ann. The sterling quality of the fuselage, wing, and tailplane castings were evident when I dry fitted them. But they…

  Dick Stein

  January 8, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Workshop

  Mitsubishi, pins, re-enforcement, wings

• Mitsubishi Ann – Part Three – Together With A Creak

  

  That’s creak as in a small sound – not creek as in a small brook, or Creek as in a large Native American tribesman. The small sound started occurring when I dry-fitted the fuselage halves. This is one of the least favourite parts of a kit – at least when the kit comes from middle…

  Dick Stein

  January 7, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  cockpit, fuselage, Mitsubishi

• Mitsubishi Ann – Part Two – A Simple Story

  

  If you have a good story to tell, tell it simply. No need for magic tricks, special effects, or complex plot lines. If your story has any merit to it, the simple approach is fine. People will be interested. They will also be grateful. Likewise a model airplane kit. If you have a simple plane…

  Dick Stein

  January 5, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, design, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly

  Mitsubishi, Pavla, simple kit

• Mitsubishi Ann – Part One – Newcastle Day

  

  As they sang in The Newcastle Song; ” Don’t you never let a chance go by, Lord Lord…”. And I didn’t. At the Tuesday Mens Shed modelling meeting a senior modeller ( I love saying that… ) came in with five roller boxes of model kits to sell. He is obviously clearing out a stash…

  Dick Stein

  January 4, 2021

  1:72 scale, Czech models, Decals, finances, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, Model building club, Scale Models

  Czech kit, Japanese, Mitsubishi, Pavla

• Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Nine – Trials Ship

  

  I wish to compliment Hasegawa on this model – it has been one of the most well-balanced builds undertaken in a long time. The glide bomb fitted perfectly into the open bomb bay – the doors of which were made to swing inwards . All this was provided in the kit parts and was very…

  Dick Stein

  December 7, 2020

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Japanese aircraft, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models

  glide bomb, Mitsubishi, Peggy, trials