Arii Mitsubishi KI-15 Kamikaze

Don Stauffer

Member since
November 2009
From: Twin Cities of Minnesota

Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 9:10 AM

Looks great! Interesting airplane- I had never heard of it before.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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duckman

Member since
February 2016

Posted by duckman on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 12:00 AM

Thank you Toshi, Gamera, Crown r n7 and roony!

I really enjoyed this simple build, besides masking the canopy! I almost lost interest when I was nearing the end looking at the decal sheet with its washed out yellow glare staring at me!

On The Bench:

Revell- 1/72 Messerschmitt Me P1099

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roony

Member since
July 2010

Posted by roony on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 3:09 PM

Nicely done. Good to see some pre WWII civilian aircraft.

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Gamera

Member since
November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 12:25 PM

Beautiful job there!

Somehow seems to me older civilian aircraft had more character than modern ones.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

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crown r n7

Member since
August 2015
From: the redlands Fl

Posted by crown r n7 on Monday, January 30, 2017 6:34 PM

Beer Yes very nice !!!

Nick.

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Toshi

Member since
March 2015
From: Streetsboro, Ohio

Posted by Toshi on Monday, January 30, 2017 7:45 AM

Beautifully done!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world. Mrs. Toshi

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duckman

Member since
February 2016

Posted by duckman on Sunday, January 29, 2017 9:41 PM

Hey Eveybody! Thanks for the positive reviews. John thanks for the quick bio on the history of this aircraft!

Cheers,

Eric.

On The Bench:

Revell- 1/72 Messerschmitt Me P1099

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mississippivol

Member since
November 2003
From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)

Posted by mississippivol on Sunday, January 29, 2017 7:51 PM

Well done!

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GMorrison

Member since
September 2012

Posted by GMorrison on Sunday, January 29, 2017 7:24 PM

That's really sweet.

Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

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jeaton01

Member since
December 2002
From: Northern California

Posted by jeaton01 on Sunday, January 29, 2017 7:20 PM

Very nice build, was it the ARII kit?

Kamikazi means Divine Wind in Japanese and was the name of the particular airplane used for a record flight to Europe. It was used for record flights and by newspapers before the war. The Japanese called the Ki-15 Karigane, wild goose. We called it Babs. In the war it was a recon airplane.

John

To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

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Griffin25

Member since
May 2015

Posted by Griffin25 on Sunday, January 29, 2017 6:10 PM

Looks great and for $4 Canadian you can't beat that. Was this a civilian plane pressed into kamikaze service?

Griffin

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duckman

Member since
February 2016

Arii Mitsubishi KI-15 Kamikaze

Posted by duckman on Sunday, January 29, 2017 1:06 PM

Hello everyone and happy Sunday!

This is my first time posting in the civil aircraft section so here we go!

I picked up this kit at the local shop for about $4.00 CAD I figured I had nothing to lose for the price the boxed was marked "OBSP" as with most of the kits the store sells.

I decided to keep the model clean with no weathering just brand new out of the paint booth!

coulors used were ModelMaster Aluminum and Humbrol WWI blue 109 kits is complete OOB including the decals- to my surprise they preformed perfectly with a little Micro-sol!