Latest Old Man Blog - 139 - up

[Artful69]

I've been checking every couple of weeks ... predominantly for news of the P.51 (also due this year) ...

Alas this one just covers the Ki-100 and the pending trip to the US IPMS event ...

The news being that kit will be available for purchase at the event - BEFORE the August 8th retail availability

 

https://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/en/sentiment/oyajiblog_139.html

 

Rog

[denders]

I've been expecting to be able to purchase this at NATS. It's first on my list.

[Gazzas]

Looks like a nice build...   but reading the 'blog'...   some pretty bad AI diction.

[dennismcc]

Looking forward to building this one.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[Sturmbock]

Pretty good news!

I hope for it will be available maybe end of August here in Germany. 

Excited.....

[mattlow]

2 hours ago, Gazzas said:

Looks like a nice build...   but reading the 'blog'...   some pretty bad AI diction.

Can't agree on that. He has always had a rather gushy, flowery style, right from the beginning. I can kinda see why you might say that as it does have a very passing resemblance to the verbal sludge pumped out by, for example, eBay's AI descriptions (why anyone uses them I cannot understand)..

Matt

[LSP_Mike]

One of my preorders. Now waiting.

[Dave Williams]

2 hours ago, LSP_Mike said:

One of my preorders. Now waiting.

Same here.  Hopefully shipped soon.

[Rick Griewski]

If ZM brings some Ki-100 kits they may have to referee the buyers.  Strong demand within my club. 

[Juggernut]

Has anyone looked at the instructions and noticed that the kit appears to be designed to allow a future release of the early (razor-back????) version?  

Edited Sunday at 10:39 PM by Juggernut

[Out2gtcha]

3 minutes ago, Juggernut said:

Has anyone looked at the instructions and noticed that the kit is designed to allow a future release of the early (razor-back????) version?  

 

That would only make sense. Especially if the buildability of the kit was the same weather or not they used the breakdown of parts make a future razorback or not.

[LSP_Mike]

No, I'm waiting for my kit. But- it would be cool if another variant could come later.

[denders]

1 hour ago, Juggernut said:

Has anyone looked at the instructions and noticed that the kit appears to be designed to allow a future release of the early (razor-back????) version?  

Hmmm, I thought that both were on the test shot sprues at last years NATS.

 

 

 

[Radub]

On page 3 of the instructions depicted in the blog there is an explanation about how the "high back" and "teardrop" canopies/fuselages came about on the real aircraft. The text then goes on to explain that the two versions will be issued as separate kits. 

Radu 

Edited Monday at 10:46 AM by Radub

[cbk57]

On 8/2/2026 at 4:53 AM, Gazzas said:

Looks like a nice build...   but reading the 'blog'...   some pretty bad AI diction.

Their translations have always been awkward from Japanese to English.  Even before AI those blogs read a little weird.  i have enjoyed those updates though for a long time.  

 

I will check out their table at nats but this kit is not for me.