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1/48 & 1/72 - Yokosuka MXY7 Okha Model 11, 22 & 43 by Brengun - 1/48 & 1/72 released - new variant 1/48 MXY7-K1 KAI


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Brengun-Hauler is to release, in 2017, 1/48th & 1/72nd Yokosuka MXY7 Okha Type 11 & 22 kits

Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/HaulerBrengun/photos/a.459886544169999.1073741832.440180076140646/711185289040122/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/pg/MirageHobbyOfficial/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1324101417613279

 

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28 minutes ago, Homebee said:

Brengun-Hauler is to release, in 2017, 1/72nd (or 1/48th?) Yokosuka MXY7 Okha Type 11 & 22 kits - ref.

Source: 

https://www.facebook.com/HaulerBrengun/photos/a.459886544169999.1073741832.440180076140646/711185289040122/?type=3&theater

 

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If it's the tan coloured sprues in the top left of the pic it looks like it may be 1/48. Nice.

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On 16/02/2018 at 6:50 AM, Homebee said:

I thought the trainer had two cockpits as the b/w photo above?

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The two seat OKHA trainer has intrigued me for about 50 years and I am amazed and delighted to see this model from Brengun.

It seems odd that their Ohka Model 22  is made in 1/48 and their Model 11 in 1/144 !!

 

It is I think well known and accepted that the single seat glider trainer was designated MXY7 K-1.  

Brenguns model of the two seater is MXY7 Model 43 K1 KAI 

However photos of the surviving two seater show that although it had been repainted soon after the war, the data panel is clearly original  and carries the letters MXY7 K-2.    item 18 on Brenguns drawing.   

I understand that drawings exist of a rocket boosted two seat trainer with small wings than K-1  and that this was the K1-Kai.

The Model 43 was an entirely different design, although the two seater would probably have been used as a trainer for it.

 

I stress that I am not a Japanese aircraft expert but when you start delving, it looks like there are no original, reliable sources and I suspect R.J Francillons seminal book Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War is wrong. Although he actually drew up many allied reports from the original documents - apparently taken to the USA and later lost in a fire I'm told  - I personally think he confused the Model 43 K1 KAI designation, with the two two seaters that were captured. It looks quite possible that Francillon never saw these aircraft nor their data plates.

 

I could be completely wrong but would be very interested in anything concerning this unusual aircraft which for no particular reason fascinates me.

………….. and what are the chance of Brengun producing it in 1/48 do we think ??

Paul

 

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Released - ref. BRP48005 - Yokosuka Ohka MXY7-K1 KAI (two seats)

http://www.hauler.cz/cs-cz/e-shop/1-48-plastikove-stavebnice-33/yokosuka-ohka-mxy7-k1-kai-(two-seats)-1655

 

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And detailing sets

 

- ref. BRL48128 - detailing PE set Ohka MXY7-K1 KAI two seats

Source: http://www.hauler.cz/cs-cz/e-shop/1-48-doplnky-22/ohka-mxy7-k1-kai-two-seats-(brengun-kit)-1676

 

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- ref. BRL48129 - Vacuform canopy set Ohka MXY7-K1 KAI two seats

Source: http://www.hauler.cz/cs-cz/e-shop/1-48-doplnky-22/ohka-mxy7-k1-kai-two-seats-vacu-canopy-(brengun-kit)-1677

 

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- ref. BRL48129 - Ohka MXY7-K1 KAI two seats Canopy mask 

Source: http://www.hauler.cz/cs-cz/e-shop/1-48-doplnky-22/ohka-mxy7-k1-kai-two-seats-canopy-mask-(brengun-kit)-1678

 

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