Burt Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Hi, I don't see that any here has written on the Alley Cat Ki-61-II bubble top a/c. Am I missing it ? I'm trying to find one , but I would like to see if anyone has made it before, and what they think of it. Thanks. B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 21 minutes ago, Burt said: Hi, I don't see that any here has written on the Alley Cat Ki-61-II bubble top a/c. Am I missing it ? I'm trying to find one , but I would like to see if anyone has made it before, and what they think of it. Thanks. B. Hi Burt, Aerocraft and Alley Cat are not associated in any way, other than that Ali of Aerocraft used to own Alley Cat models before selling it to some one else. On that basis, I'm going to move your thread over to LSP Discussion, where it more appropriately belongs. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali62 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Thank you Kev, for moving and for the explanation. My very good friend Phil Edwards made the masters for all the Ki-61 projects that we did, he unfortunately passed away last year. The chap that took over the Alley Cat range now only sells the range through Models For Sale in the U.K. I have checked and they do not have any of the Ki sets available. However more than a year ago Phil told me that the masters were not in a good working condition at that stage to be able to cast more of the sets. So unless someone has them and has done or is prepared to do some constructive surgery I am not sure if these will ever become available again. However there will be some in stashes somewhere so you may get lucky, we sold lots of them. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Perhaps it's time for a new set, Ali? If not from you, then someone else? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 I tried to hunt down a set but the ones on eBay were way out of my reach, I checked with Models for sale and got the same answer that Ali did and they had no plans for a future set. But that is what the big stash is for, I'm not likely to run out of kits to build ! Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Although I admit I don't know a lot about these aircraft, wasn't the Ki-100 based on the Ki-61 II? Could, in due time, a conversion for the yet-to-be-released Zoukei-Mura Ki-100 not be a better option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 I am sure that the ZM kit will be beautiful but there is the waiting. MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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