1/700 Type 99 Val????

mfsob wrote:

Trumpeter makes a LOT of 1/700 airplane sets - but none of the Japanese airplanes, to my knowledge. Which I suspect is more a case of history coloring their thinking than anything.

Heh heh, yeah I was wondering why the obvious lack....and then I realized it was a China based company.  So then I understood why they may not be so keen to make Japanese aircraft (heck, I don't even think I have ever seen them make a Japanese ship kit of ANY kind!)

Brian

Trumpeter makes a LOT of 1/700 airplane sets - but none of the Japanese airplanes, to my knowledge. Which I suspect is more a case of history coloring their thinking than anything.

Heh heh, I agree Stik, a handfull of planes just does not cut it.  I am actually going to use what I can to make molds for resin casting, so a a dozen planes will turn into whole carrier air wings

Brian

I used to build 1/700 and 1/720 ships when I was in high school many moons ago. Most carrier kits did not come with enough panes to suit me ( they dont look right unless half the deck is covered) so I found those sets from Tamiya and other companies to fill them up. Somebody else does USN and RN/FAA birds, or used to anyways.

Thanks Stik, that should do the trick just right.  I did not know Tamiya simply sold 1/700 sets like that.  Good to know!

Manny, you could be right.  I spent about 1/2 hour on the net trying to find exactly what aircraft types Junyo carried with little success.

Brian

Tamiya makes a set, item 31511 that includes Vals.

http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=TM31511

 

A quick look at my refs indicate that the ship carried only Zeros and Kates...