FCM Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 They missed an excellent sales opportunity with Christmas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32scalelover Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) On 1/2/2019 at 5:08 AM, Artful69 said: Heya ... Just a quick quiz to all about the Ki.45 ... Apparently 2 versions can be built OOB. With the heavy inclusion of clear sprues as well as opaque counterparts ... does anyone have an exact read on the additional sprues required (and amount/multiples of) in order to build a second A/C from the one boxing? ... I'm seriously considering biting the bullet! Rog Where would you order these additional sprues from? I looked at previously releases on ZM and VolksUSA sites and didn't see a place to order additional sprues. Greg Edited January 8, 2019 by 32scalelover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 When I last visited Volk's USA. I overheard, they were thinking of removing ordering extra sprues feature off the website. As people were buying extra sprues for the Hu 219 to fix the Revell kits engine nacelles. I guess a lot of people were taking advantage of the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/2/2019 at 1:08 PM, Artful69 said: Heya ... Just a quick quiz to all about the Ki.45 ... Apparently 2 versions can be built OOB. With the heavy inclusion of clear sprues as well as opaque counterparts ... does anyone have an exact read on the additional sprues required (and amount/multiples of) in order to build a second A/C from the one boxing? ... I'm seriously considering biting the bullet! to answer your question Rog, here is the manual for download with all sprues (marked if its provided only in grey or in clear as well) http://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/download/Manual_ki45kai_tei_kouki_p58_59.pdf to build 2nd model out of 1 box you will need these sprues: D (1x); E (2x); I (1x); J (1x); K (1x); L (1x); O (1x); M (1x); N (1x); Q (1x); P (1x); T (1x) most of the being small sprues HTH jan Artful69 and Vandy 1 VX 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Don't ask ... Jan_G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 7 hours ago, Vandy 1 VX 4 said: When I last visited Volk's USA. I overheard, they were thinking of removing ordering extra sprues feature off the website. As people were buying extra sprues for the Hu 219 to fix the Revell kits engine nacelles. I guess a lot of people were taking advantage of the system. How is that taking advantage ? Buying sprues is better than buying nothing. Jan_G and 109 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, MikeMaben said: Don't ask ... That roughly $74 American for all the sprues needed by Jan's assessment. Certainly doable for a second plane. Edited January 9, 2019 by CATCplSlade Rick Griewski and Jan_G 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 As they ship full kits to the U.S. not partial kits. It's hard to sell partial kits and takes up valuable warehouse space. Jan_G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radub Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) Buying portions of a kit will not work. First of all, as you can clearly see in the top left corner, the offer to buy "part runners" is available to Japan only. Secondly, when ZM gets the kits from the factory, they get full boxes ready to sell. There are no separate runners, in a pile somewhere, ready to sell individually. When you ask for "part runners", they take them from a kit box, which suddenly becomes an unsaleable product. They will simply refuse to sell you these parts - they are under no obligation to do so anyway. Radu Edited January 9, 2019 by Radub Vandy 1 VX 4, Iain, Rick Griewski and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Indeed - I spoke to them a few years back regarding getting some Wright R-3350's from their Skyraider kit for my Constellation project - they explained then that they would have to 'break' complete kits to do so. I was, maybe, thinking of taking the spare airframe parts in the kit + some scratching to make a Kawasaki Ki-102 'Randy' - as I think that may be doable... Oh, look, another squirrel! Iain Jan_G and Padraic Conway 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radub Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 50 minutes ago, Iain (32SIG) said: Indeed - I spoke to them a few years back regarding getting some Wright R-3350's from their Skyraider kit for my Constellation project - they explained then that they would have to 'break' complete kits to do so. I was, maybe, thinking of taking the spare airframe parts in the kit + some scratching to make a Kawasaki Ki-102 'Randy' - as I think that may be doable... Oh, look, another squirrel! Iain Indeed! Have any of you discussed with ZM whether it was possible to purchase "partial kits"? Did you get an answer that this is possible? This will just cause their email inbox to get clogged with unrealistic demands. Radu Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 It is a little more work, but purchase a second kit if you want more parts and sell the unneeded sprues on ebay. You may get all of your money back or most of it in that manner. There are a number of parties on ebay now parting out kits. CATCplSlade and D.B. Andrus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Howie Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Just picked mine up from Volks Osaka. ZM have topped themselves box is chocka block with clear and grey styrene. Definitely getting another. Bargain for 13000¥. Edited January 11, 2019 by Darren Howie Troy Molitor and Vandy 1 VX 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 It's supposed to hit the shelves in February here Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 9 hours ago, Vandy 1 VX 4 said: It's supposed to hit the shelves in February here Cant wait! This and ESPECIALLY the Hs-129, are really pushing my buttons Vandy 1 VX 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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