Collector's Items

Vintage, rare and interesting kits from the Japanese Ebay.

First up kits in 1/100.

Fuji, "Hayabusa"

Fuji, "Hien"



Fuji, "Toryu"

Fuji, "Shiden-kai"



Fuji, "Toryu"

Marusan, "Shoki"

The "Dinah" kit by Nakamura is in 1/75 but the Zero with the horrible box art is of unknown scale.

 A Fujimi Zero in 1/72.

A Marusan Zero in 1/50.

A JN Model "Saiun" resin kit in 1/48.

And ODK "Toryu" and an KSN "Shoki" of unknown scale.

Three quite unusual "kits".
A "Hien" by Marutaka in 1/9.14 (!!!) scale. The RC "kit" includes just pieces of wood.

A lovely "Zero Acrobat" by Sharp. As can be seen from the instructions, the kit includes a motor and a swing arm for maximum fun! They just don't make them like this any more...

And finally a Sindo Zero "glider" from styrofoam.

Collector's Items

Vintage and extremely rare kits recently on sale on the Japanese Ebay.
Do you have any information about them?


Starfix, Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero-sen", 1:72

Calin Ungureanu sent the following information about the Starfix Zero kit:
It was on sale in bookshops in Romania in the '90s. It's not 1/72 but not 1/48 either. In fact it's hardly a Zero. Somehow the molds where from Israel and this one and several other kits (Me109, Aichi Val and some Russian bombers of the '50s in 144 scale maybe) where injected in Romania, perhaps at a nearly out of busyness plastic factory. Everybody in the modeling branch started to buy them because of the very low price, but soon find out that it was just scrap plastic because you can't build them into credible models. Most of them ended up at kids as "make and take" modeling seminars.
I try to build a 1/48 Me109 for a veteran Romanian pilot and even finished it but it looked more like a crossbreed between an E and a F series.
The plastic was silver-gray for all the series, with Sci-Fi positive details.

Thank you very much Calin.

Fairy Kikaku, Mitsubishi 1MT1N, 1:72

Aoshima, Mitsubishi A7M "Reppu", 1:72 

Aoshima, Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero-sen", 1:60
Sold at about $US500!!!

Hasegawa, Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero-sen", 1:75
Clear model, sold at about $US200!!!

Marusan, Nakajima Ki-43 "Hayabusa", 1:50

Sankyo Peanuts, Kawanishi H6K "Mavis", 1:150 

Monochrome, Kawasaki Ki-61 II Kai "Hien", 1:48
For the Hasegawa kit.

Otaki, Mitsubishi J2M "Raiden", ?

Sharp, Kawasaki Ki-61 "Hien", 1:72

Sharp, Nakajima Ki-44 "Shoki", 1:72

Sanwa Tokyo Plamo, Kawasaki Ki-61 "Hien", 1:100

Sankyo, Mitsubishi A6M "Zero", ?
"Plastic solid model" sold at $US200!!!

Nitto, Nakajima B5N "Kate", 1:72

Collector's Items

Vintage and extremely rare kits recently on sale on the Japanese Ebay.
Do you have any information about them?

 

Aoshima, Kawanishi E15K "Saiun", 1:72
First time I see this box of this terrible kit. 

Fujimi Nakajima Ki-44 "Shoki", 1:70

Fujimi, Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 54, 1:70

Marusan, Yokosuka D4Y "Suisei", 1:100 

Marusan, Mitsubishi A6M5, 1:35

Kosho, Mitsubishi A6M3, ?
Balsa with some vac parts

Otaki, Mitsubishi J2M "Raiden", 1:72

Sankyo, Nakajima Ki-43 "Hayabusa", 1:150

Sankyo, Kyushu J7W "Shinden", 1:150

More Sankyo Peanuts kits.

Sanwa, Mitsubishi A6M3, 1:100?

Collector's Items

Vintage and extremely rare kits recently on sale on the Japanese Ebay.
Do you have any information about them?

KSN/Midori, Nakajima Ki-44 "Shoki", ?
Released 1961. Note the inaccurate tail marking
 based on the "Shoki" transferred in the US.

Otaki, Kawasaki Ki-61 "Hien", 1:50
Won at $US180

Otaki, Yokosuka D4Y "Suisei", 1:50
Currently winning bid $US180

Otaki, Kawasaki Ki-100 "Hien", 1:50
 Currently winning bid $US180

Aoshima, Aichi E16A "Zuiun", 1:72
Cool kit box art but one of the worst kits ever.

Crown, Kawasaki Ki-61 "Hien", 1:144

 Crown, Nakajima Ki-44 "Shoki", 1:144

Sanwa, Mitsubishi A5M "Claude", 1:144 

Sanwa, Nakajima C6N "Saiun", 1:144

Tokyo Plamo, Mitsubishi Ki-46 "Dinah", 1:144
Currently wining bid $US420!!!

Nichimo, Nakajima Ki-44 "Shoki", 1:144