thierry laurent Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Hi, In a recent interview, the "old man" announced the release of an Okha kit. I would have preferred a Kikka but I understand that choice from an history importance perspective. Combined with the recent Special Hobby Fi103 release, this future kit will have one side consequence: the Hph combo resin kit will soon become a collector. Thierry Alain Gadbois, alanash1963, AlexM and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) Hi Thierry You mean that one: Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka ? (just come to learn at a new "bird") https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokosuka_MXY-7_Ohka Edited November 17, 2019 by rafju corrected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 Yes, indeed, the Ohka, not the Okha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Interesting - if they add a Betty carrier aircraft as little bonus scvrobeson, adameliclem, Alburymodeler and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Much rather have a Betty. Unsuccessful suicide machines are low on my priority list. Troy Molitor, Rick Griewski, Alburymodeler and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 29 minutes ago, CATCplSlade said: Much rather have a Betty. Unsuccessful suicide machines are low on my priority list. Yes, that's a real turn off for me too. I have no interest in making a suicide machine. It just makes me sick to my stomach to see those things, and it has always been that way. At the rate ZM operates, this will hit the shelves in a decade. He still owes us an entire FW-190 family of kits! Rick Griewski, rafju and MikeMaben 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 It's not so much they are a turn off, but rather that there are still so many more interesting and historically more significant aircraft to produce in 1/32, especially as regards the Japanese. I've built V-1's and V-2's, but I have little interest in the Natter because the first two saw significant usage but the latter not so much. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, Jennings Heilig said: He "owes" us products that it's his business decision to produce or not? How does that work? I think you will find that's called humour/sarcasm Jennings. reconspit, Pete Fleischmann, SB20 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Because they were announced. Lighten up just a tad. Back on track.... the Ohka not so interesting, unless one wants to model that particular aspect of the WWII Japanese military mindset. I'd rather see almost anything else from that time frame. SB20 and PhilB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 The Ohka is certainly well known because of that mindset that certainly shocked the western civilization that is ours. So a kit of this tiny aircraft (piloted missile) is not surprising but it is up to each to decide what one wants to build. A member of our modeling club had been bombed by the Luftwaffe when, as a child, was trying to escape advancing German troops in 1940. He simply did not build any military subjects. Alain kalashnikov-47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adameliclem Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 8 hours ago, AlexM said: Interesting - if they add a Betty carrier aircraft as little bonus Ha, I had a similar thought: "This would be a great way to make people think we're doing a Betty LOL." Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikka Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) well i do like me a big mama betty with baby ohka in the belly . the japanese planes are really too few in 32 scale . still hoping for D3A ,D4Y, B5N,B6N,B7A,C6N. i find really stupid the decisions to make FW 190 in 32 scale considering the amount of kits already on the market . that was probably a rant , but to go back to the point an ohka is tempting especially if you can do the internals as always and if the do the jet variant with a separate boxing or with add-ons like the J7W Edited November 17, 2019 by kikka Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly7 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 I'm buying one the minute it gets to the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Valid points, but I would rather see one of the other Japanese planes. Val, Kate, Pete, Dinah! And while most of the main fighter types have been covered, there are a lot of unrepresented planes to do. Alain Gadbois and Alburymodeler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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