How about: a 1/32 Tamiya P-38 Lightning?

[Dany Boy]

Another good idea is this one –F-5B Lightning Wing Commander Adrian Warburton

[misha71]

your view Radu is very interesting.

i agree with you.

[Jack]

Have to agree with Misha71, same reflections were on my side when figuring out my polish background, but this has nothing to do with possible releases of kits neither "friend or foe", but i see your statement very clear.

 

Now what about the 32scale Lightnig you're talking about........

[Dragon]

The P-38 Lightning does nothing for me; I'm a jet guy, but I'd be very happy for those of you who have it on their "wish" list if Tamiya was to come out with this kit!

[cbk57]

On 7/26/2019 at 4:02 PM, LSP_K2 said:

 

I really don't recall who was commenting back then, but my answer was directed specifically to Dennis, who expressed the notion that Tamiya was releasing the kit due to its significant history in the region, which is completely contradictory to what others have assumed in the past would not happen. I just perused the Tamiya catalog, and they sell Wildcats, Corsairs and Mustangs, all of which exacted a heavy toll on Japanese forces, as well as any number of 1:35 allied tanks that were directly involved in the island campaigns against the Japanese, so I just really don't see any pattern of avoidance there at all.

 

If you were taken aback by my comment, rest assured there was no malice implied, as that most certainly was not my intent.

I took no offense, only expressing what I said vs the fact that Tamiya took action to the contrary which makes me very happy indeed.  

[The Phantom]

https://www.tamiyausa.com/blog/tamiya-61120-148-lockheed-p-38-fg-lightning/

 

Not to be

[alaninaustria]

On a slight tangent to what Radu mentioned above - please read Alexandr Solzhenitsyn - “The Gulag Archipelago” to gain a better understanding of what living life under Marxist rule was like during Soviet times... eye opening. And for those who do not know about this book - it is a publication that helped bring the Soviet Union to an end...

When we spoke to our elders who fought the Russians and were later imprisoned by them and released - they were very clear about the intentions and the reasons the Wehrmacht was fighting in Russia. It is a very multifaceted point in history. The biggest open ended question was asking why the Western powers decided to support Stalin and everything he represented... my grandfather always told us about the hundreds of thousands of young Russians who when given the opportunity took up arms against Stalin - they are forgotten to the World forever - yet mentioned and honored by Solzhenitsyn. For a very clear first account of how history can be distorted and life under Marxist rule could be - read the above mentioned book. The Austrians on the other hand are very good at portraying themselves as victims and erasing any trace of that conflict - to the point that one is left wondering if it even really did happen... I recently spoke with a Japanese roommate I am temporarily living together with - she visited Hiroshima three times in her young life - when asked what it meant for her and what significance it holds in the Japanese collective mentality her answer left me wondering if they (the Japanese) have a clear understanding of World history of the 20th century... 

Cheers

Alan

Edited July 29, 2019 by alaninaustria

[Radub]

My point was about how the Japanese approach any conversation about WW2. They consider it a very delicate subject and they will try as much as possible to avoid a "confrontation" about it. As a separate story, when I went to Japan the first time, the travel agent arranged a guide who showed us around Tokyo and took us to the Edo Museum (Edo being the medieval name of Tokyo). There, in a display cabinet, was the "Instrument of Surrender" signed on the deck of USS Missouri and I was telling the guide that the document was a "big thing" that featured in every documentary about the Pacific War. We started talking about what we learned in school about the Pacific War, Hiroshima/Nagasaki, etc. She was fascinated and said "You learned about the war and Hiroshima? We never studied this in school". War is a delicate subject for the Japanese.  So, when you speak to older Japanese people, they will try to be vague and polite about the war.

Radu 

Edited July 29, 2019 by Radub

[Guest Vincent]

i have a very good friend here in Finland who is japanese. For the japanese people today, there is a big element of "the elder got misled by a militaristic society and did terrible things as a result" in their view of the war. It leads to an ambiguous situation for them as in one hand thy respect their elders yet they feel totally unrelated to what ww2 japan did.

 

In that sense, they are not really told about the details of ww2, they are more told about its result and why they got uterly destroyed so that they don't go that path again

 

So they would not think in terms of "our planes versus their planes" as the equipment is merely a detail in their eyes

Edited July 29, 2019 by Vincent/MDC

[Radub]

14 minutes ago, Vincent/MDC said:

So they would not think in terms of "our planes versus their planes" as the equipment is merely a detail in their eyes

 

Well... I can tell you that if you go to the owner of a Japanese model company and say "make a Val or a Kate because they were involved in Pearl Harbour", you will only get a deflected-yet-polite answer because that is the wrong approach to the subject. It is very likely that your Japanese interlocutor has a very detailed and rich knowledge of the war, but he/she will never tell you that. Most likely they will give you a non-commital answer. Japanese culture relies a lot on "implied meanings" and a steadfast dedication to avoiding conflict or embarassment. So, that was my initial point: do not try to make "unbreakable rules" from the replies given by some Japanese people. However, if you got a clear "no", then that is pretty much a solid answer :-) 
Radu 

[misha71]

please tamiya make more 32 scale models.

so many people ask it.

[ringleheim]

1 hour ago, misha71 said:

please tamiya make more 32 scale models.

so many people ask it.

This is true.  F1 car modelers have been asking them to make a new 1/12 F1 kit for like 30 years now!  

They still haven't gotten the message!

 

 

[Bstarr3]

On 7/26/2019 at 10:21 AM, Dany Boy said:

Dreaming to have this one in my 1:32 collection

 

I read in a book once a quote attributed to St Exupery: "fighters don't fight - they murder"

[Dany Boy]

And I read somewhere that not all air aces shoot with guns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB6ydNxG2hc

[Troy Molitor]

8 pages of 1:48 scale P-38 banter.  Time to lock up this topic moderators.   

Lol

 

just kidding.