SPA Modeler

Okay, here we go! Without too much boring babble I would like to show you the new kit from our friends in Japan. Took me quite some time to work the pictures, hope they wet your appetite!

It´s this kit:

Here ist the assembly manual for you:

I like they show you all needed parts for a chapter in a general map!

See step 3 - 4. K: they also recreated the warm air channel (part J-31) too keep the windshield free of ice and prevent fogging!

Final steps. But let´s see how many steps you still have to relish!






The gun assembly is fixed to the lower fuselage by four bolts, just as the real aircraft!

There is just one marking option given, but I could imagine some more will see the light. By Zoukei-mura, or others.




NOW we are done! Final steps...

I did not picture the precut mask sheet for the canopy, that´s also provided. Precut, Tamiya do you listen?

We close the printed stuff with the decal sheet:

Wanna see some plastic? Here we go! IIRC this is the first time Zoukei-mura uses a tan coloured plastic, similar to Tamiya´s.

Sprue A:


As this kit has interior provided I will show each sprue from both sides, as here:


Sprue B: