One model per (non-working) day

[Don Boose]

Thanks, Karol. I forgot to mention that the L models had oval, rather than round, fuselage entrance hatches. This was presumably to facilitate the entry and exit of cargo and passengers.

Here is an image of another G6M1-L that shows the oval-shaped hatch. It is a transport aircraft used by the 3rd Naval Air Group in the Dutch East Indies and Philippines in 1942 and is in the early brown and green over natural metal color scheme.

Image source: Tagaya page 11.

Don

[Rata]

Thanks for the latest Bruno. Someone can now do Admiral Yamamoto's last ride.

[Guillermo37]

Hola a todos quería saber donde maa puedo adquirir los modelos repintado de en 1/100 de Bruno y que en ecardmodels los están vendiendo a 1.35 dólares y yo los había comprado ya en 1 dolar, osea los ofrecen en 1 y despues cuando uno hace la compra le cobran de más.

[scissorsandplanes]

Originally Posted by Guillermo37

Hola a todos quería saber donde maa puedo adquirir los modelos repintado de en 1/100 de Bruno y que en ecardmodels los están vendiendo a 1.35 dólares y yo los había comprado ya en 1 dolar, osea los ofrecen en 1 y despues cuando uno hace la compra le cobran de más.

translated in English by computer.

"Hello to all I wanted to know where maa I can buy the models repainted in 1/100 Bruno and that ecardmodels are selling them at 1.35 dollars and I had already bought them in 1 dollar, so they offer them in 1 and then when one makes the purchase they charge more."

[scissorsandplanes]

It seems I made a silly mistake (wanting to do two planes in a day). So I will have to correct this. So ignore my latest profiles.

[scissorsandplanes]

I hope I did it right this time
The advantage is that I made two versions in stead of one

[tigertony100]

Originally Posted by Guillermo37

Hola a todos quería saber donde maa puedo adquirir los modelos repintado de en 1/100 de Bruno y que en ecardmodels los están vendiendo a 1.35 dólares y yo los había comprado ya en 1 dolar, osea los ofrecen en 1 y despues cuando uno hace la compra le cobran de más.

Hola mi Pana, this is an English speaking forum; so post in English please. Bruno's models can be obtained directly from him via PayPal, So rise an account on PayPal and you don't have to pay the stratosferic 35 cents, Best Regards, Tony.

[Don Boose]

BruNo 3149: According to the Wings Palette entry [which is based on the authoritative Yuzawa Yutaka, Mitsubishi Type 1 Attack Bomber (G4M) Betty, Famous Airplanes of the World No.59 (Tōkyō: Bunrindo, 1996)], R2-385 was assigned to the 702nd Attack Hikōtai (K702) of the 701st Naval Air Group (Kōkūtai), 51st Air Flotilla (Kōku Sentai), based at Bihoro Airfield in Hokkaido in 1944 (Showa 19).

Wiki has a photograph of this aircraft flying over Mount Fuji in September 1944. The caption reads, “R2-385 of 702nd Attack Squadron in September 1944.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/701st_Naval_Air_Group

K702 was one of several Attack Squadrons (Kōgeki Hikōtai) formed from the flying echelons (hikōtai) of naval air groups during the IJN air reorganization of April 1944. Bruno’s model shows the aircraft as it appeared while training in northern Japan in the autumn of 1944. K702 was later reassigned to the 752nd Naval Air Group later in September 1944 and deployed to the Philippines in October, then assigned to 763 Ku, and finally 765 Ku, on Taiwan until the end of the war. I do not know if R2-385 was still flying with K702 during these later deployments

BruNo 3151 looks right on target. The only issue in my mind is whether the designation is G6M1-L or G6M1-L2. Tagaya identifies it as a G6M1-L, but I do not know the difference, if any, between the L and L2. All the G6M1-K crew trainers and G6M1-L (and/or L2) transports were converted from the initial production of 30 G6M1 wingtip convoy fighters. Neither the Tagaya book, Francillon, nor Nozawa Tadashi’s Encyclopedia of Japanese Aircraft [日本航空機総集 Nihon kōkūki sōshū], Vol 1, Mitsubishi, clarifies the L/L2 issue. I have a copy of the Yutaka book on order, and when it arrives next month, I may get an answer.

Meanwhile, those two Rikkō look good to me!

Don

[scissorsandplanes]

Thanks, Don
I knew I could count on your subject matter expertise.

For the next one I'm working on this (and in parallel the Ki-102c and Ki-108).
According to the info I found, the main differences are indeed the extra windows, the engine (although the cowling looks rather similar) and spinner, the cargo door and the end of the fuselage and tail. The design is almost finished and needs to be tested. This one will include wheels and wing fillets which I then also can use for the C-47/DC-3 models I did a long time ago.

[PacificWind]

Thanks for making the "Tabby", Bruno.
Quite a long time ago I converted your 1/300 C-47 into a L2D3 in 1/100.

I can't wait for your official 1/100 version which thankfully has landing gear and proper wing root fairings and engines.
When you release it, I'll grab it as quick as possible! Remember!

Then I'll use my old one as kamikaze aircraft...
Wreck can be used for diorama.
Hmm... Not a bad idea...