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Finemolds is to release in July 2018 a 1/48th Mitsubishi Ki-15 /C5M2 Karigane or "Babs" - ref. FB24 Source: http://www.finemolds.co.jp/iroiro/2018SHS_new.html Source: https://hlj.com/shizuoka-hobby-show-2018-sneak-peek V.P. -
My first work in progress so you can see why I hardly ever finish a model. The model is the Mitsubishi Ki-15-1 army recon plane from 1937. The model 1 has a 9 cylinder engine with ring type engine cowling and no cowl flaps. It is an old kit but the detail is very nice . The interior is bare so I decided to add some detail: Framing is first Nick Millman's blog tells us that the army's Mitsubishi Ki-21 Sally bomber had a blue interior. The Mitsubishi navy planes used green but I figured that the Army would insist on their own colour. The floors were next The doubled frame lines up with the main wing spar. The observer's floor with compass and the fuel tanks between the pilot and observer. The blue is Valleo 70.925 intense blue. I have only found three interior pics and the drawings from the Flight magazine. These are all from the record breaking flight of the Kamikaze in 1937. The army aircraft probably did not have the fuel tanks in the center as there is very little space for extra radios, RDF equipment, cameras and the like. Observers floor with compass, seat not finished Fuel tanks rear all for now. Garry c
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I am trying to locate an AZ Models 1/48 Ki-15 (kit AZ48012) or C5M1 (Kit AZ48014) 'Babs'. Were they ever released, or are they a future release? I was starting on my LS 1/72 Ki-15-II 'Babs', and realized the kit needed a lot of interior detailing and a replacement engine. With no references, and no aftermarket engines, that's when I started looking for a 1:48 option. If I decide to continue with my LS kit, does anybody know of a suitable 1/72 9 cylinder engine (even from another model) to replicate the Nakajima Ha-8 9-cylinder radial? Also, does anybody have any pics or drawings of the interior? Larry
