RFI - 1/48 Fine Molds Mitsubishi KA-14 From The Wind Rises.

[plasmahal]

1/48 Fine Molds Mitsubishi KA-14 From The Wind Rises.

Background:

The Mitsubishi A5M, formal Japanese Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter (九六式艦上戦闘機), experimental Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-Shi Carrier Fighter, company designation Mitsubishi Ka-14, was a Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft. It was the world's first monoplane shipboard fighter to enter service and the direct predecessor of the famous Mitsubishi A6M 'Zero'. The Allied reporting name was Claude.

The Wind Rises (Japanese: 風立ちぬ Hepburn: Kaze Tachinu?) is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli. It was released by Toho on July 20, 2013 in Japan, and by Touchstone Pictures in North America on February 21, 2014. The Wind Rises is a fictionalized biopic of Jiro Horikoshi (1903–1982), designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft and its successor, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, used by the Empire of Japan during World War II. The film is adapted from Miyazaki's manga of the same name, which was in turn loosely based on the 1937 short story The Wind Has Risen by Tatsuo Hori. It was the final film directed by Miyazaki before his retirement in September 2013. The Wind Rises was the highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan in 2013 and received widespread critical acclaim. It won and was nominated for several awards, including nominations for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A5M
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_Rises
 

• Kit Manufacture: Fine Molds.
• Scale: 1/48.
• Type: Mitsubishi KA-14.
• Extras used: OOB.
• Paints and colours used: Primer was grey Stynylrez. Paints used were Tamiya X-13, XF-2, XF-58, XF-49, XF-69, XF-17, XF-7, XF-85 and AK Xtreme metal dark aluminium.
• Weathering: Dark dirt clay wash and some rust pigments on the engine exhausts.

Build Thread:  http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235005189-148-fine-molds-mitsubishi-ka-14-from-the-wind-rises/

Edited November 21, 2016 by plasmahal

[polo1112]

Very nice little aircraft !!!

[Kasparov]

Being one of my favourite directors and this one of his best movies the subject is OK in my book to begin with.

But the execution, base, subtle weathering and pretty much perfect painting make this a truly standout kit! Love your build!

I admire the lines of this plane and the V-shaped wings, never knew the Japanese also made pretty planes, I find pretty much everything else they built in WW2 quite ugly. Just my luck this is the only kit in any scale scalemates actually lists as available of this plane.

 

I've never built a Fine Molds kit before, how would you rate it, in the same range as Tamiya/Hasegawa?

 

Now it's off to HLJ, this kit MUST be in my stash. Such a shame HLJ is cheap on-site, but once it's in your house you've paid a lot more, last time they got me bigtime at customs doubling my order price (€120,- for one kit) with delivery fees and taxes. But this kit is worth it, I might use your base as "inspiration"  

[alxzinbox]

Superb presentation. The base is breathtaking! A really nice play of colors in the photos. What would have completed it perfectly, would have been a 1/48 manga style figures of Jiro Horikoshi with his folder in hand and coat flapping in the wind.

[Dave N]

Superb. Beautiful model of a very elegant aircraft. And great presentation too.    Thanks for posting.   

[Billydick]

Oh Yes ! That is very nice indeed !  The model is brilliant and the base really finishes it off   Fine Molds are in a league of their with this one...

 

BillyD

[JeffreyK]

Beautiful model, really nice display as well! Great subject, great film, great director and Fine Molds are one of the best kit manufacturers in Japan. Suzuki-san is a highly passionate and skilled craftsman who still does every final tooling inspection himself! Btw, from R&D, over design, tooling, injection and packaging everything is done in their own factory in Japan, pretty unique these days.

J

[Bob Henry]

A nice presentation of an infrequently modeled subject. Well done !!                Bob H.

[Doug Rogers]

Like that very much. 

[sean]

Beautiful model, and I love the way you've displayed it, quality all round,

Sean

[kapam]

Just so happens that I finally got to see "The Wind Rises" a few weeks ago, and really loved it.

Excellent film and, may I say, an equally excellent model in tribute.

Fantastic.

 

[MikeR]

Excellent!

 

"The Wind Rises" (and "Porco Rosso") should be in every aviation buffs DVD/Blu-Ray collection even if they aren't into Anime.

 

Mike.

[Vanroon]

Oh, very nice rendition of this aircraft. 

Just hoping I may finish my 1/72 version as cleanly. 

Grant

[BerndM]

Excellent build, well presented on this nice base.

[djos]

Beautiful plane, excellent presentation.......just heaven for eyews

You just make me chasing this movie again, i watched it long time ago...

Once again, your model together with base is small masterpiece.

Best regards Djordje

 

[Kasparov]

Just ordered this kit from HLJ can't wait to get started on it. I hope you don't mind if I shamelessly steal your base-idea

 

You really inspired me!

[jeaton01]

Very well done!  I'm another one who enjoyed The Wind Rises.  I did the dream airplane already and have the Ka-14 also, still in the box.  Lovely work with the base, too.