denders Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) A while back when I had asked about Ki-100 conversions for the Hasegawa Ki-61, one of our members offered to sell me the AlleyCat conversion kit and I took him up on it. Thanks, Andy. And while building the Ki-61 for the Hasegawa Builders GB, another member pointed out that the aircraft I was modeling had a retractable tail wheel and the version of the kit that I was using didn't have a retractable tail wheel. So I went and bought another kit with the correct parts having intended to eventually buy another kit to build a Ki-100. And I also was thinking about putting this into the Hasegawa GB because it's based upon the Hasegawa kit. But.......... I decided that if I choose the correct aircraft to model, it will fit here. So, here goes. I'm not making any guarantees of using all this AM in the picture, based upon my experience finishing the Ki-61. Edit: The Osprey Ki-61/Ki-100 book lists Maj. Hinoki as having 12 victories including a B-29. Edited February 29 by denders Panzerwomble, Landrotten Highlander, Isar 30/07 and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 This will be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 I can’t see your photos but I am very interested in this built. I started to make a Ki 100 of my own (= making my own conversion kit) a while back in the empire of rising sun GB but never finished it... like many others... I guess I am more a starter than a finisher Anyway, can’t wait to see more (or actually any) of this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denders Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 Contents of the AlleyCat conversion kit. Landrotten Highlander, Loic, Fanes and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 I can see this last photo thanks! looks great, I’d love to have one of those kit ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denders Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 15 minutes ago, Loic said: I can see this last photo thanks! Hmmm, all the photos are hosted on ImageShack and 'connected' the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DugyB Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 7 hours ago, denders said: Contents of the AlleyCat conversion kit. Whoa (jesus) I didn’t know there was entire fuselage with this conversion. Pretty cool… Scale32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Owens Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I don’t know why, but to me the “bubble top” Ki-100 is esthetically more pleasing than the Ki-61. Just couldn’t happen with a radial-engined Bf-109 (where’s that “Ew” emoji??). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Great to see you doing this! I’ve had a copy of this kit and conversion set for years. Maybe watching you make something awesome from it will inspire me to dig mine out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 On 9/9/2023 at 2:52 PM, Rob Owens said: I don’t know why, but to me the “bubble top” Ki-100 is esthetically more pleasing than the Ki-61. Just couldn’t happen with a radial-engined Bf-109 (where’s that “Ew” emoji??). Hmmmmmm would be a pretty cool Luft 46 project though…… Cheers Bevan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Like that scheme Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Great choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 Awesome choice Dave. I was just gifted this conversion from a great friend of mine here on LSP. Will be looking into your quest with enthusiasm. Go Dave go! D Bellis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 I chased this conversion kit for ages but in the end it was too rich for me so I will settle for following this build, there was a rumour that ZM were bringing out a Ki 100 but we shall see. Cheers Dennis denders, Panzerwomble and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denders Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 Yes, I saw photo(s) about the Z-M Ki-100. Perhaps at the USA NATS (not sure, perhaps I took a photo). So anyway, I've gone this route, it doesn't mean that I won't pick up one of the Z-m kits in the future. This is one of the 'bubble top' versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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