Mitsubishi Ki-46 Dinah, 1/72, Ancient Airfix!

[PaulTRose]

i always remembered this one from waaaaaaaaaay back in the day......always used to see it in the Airfix catalogue, original artwork showed it in white, was always one of those i fancied doing but never did......was always more interested in european theatre back then, but i bought this a while back simply cos i got it cheap in one of Airfix's black friday sales



this was 'new tool' back in 1965!!...............i hate masking and this looks as bad as anything the Luftwaffe used!

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[Tim Marlow]

Wow....not a lot of parts there, so I hope the fit is OK.....should be a fun little build!

[Guest]

original artwork showed it in white

I am under the impression that this was a common misconception of Japanese aircraft colours, ca. the 1960s–70s. Matchbox’s A6M Zero also showed it in that scheme, and I still have it somewhere painted like that.

[PaulTRose]

Wow....not a lot of parts there, so I hope the fit is OK.....should be a fun little build!

i like a challenge even if it all goes wrong....lol

[PaulTRose]

I am under the impression that this was a common misconception of Japanese aircraft colours, ca. the 1960s–70s. Matchbox’s A6M Zero also showed it in that scheme, and I still have it somewhere painted like that.

the misconception is that up to early years of WW2 standard scheme for Japanese Navy aircraft was a light grey, which i guess from a distance would be mistaken for a weathered white

[Steve-the-Duck]

White Zeroes? Grey zeroes? Ooor, very pale brown / hemp Zeroes. Actual research tends toward the latter...
But that's the Navy, and the 'Dinah' is Army, who had their own different set of colours

Then, of course, both the Zero and 'Dinah' are Mitsubishi designs so who knows if they had different paint shops
Probably

Note, there's the 'pale' scheme right there on the box

[PaulTRose]

yeah......but what sort of research did Airfix do back in '65 when this was released?........'navy?, army?, whatever....its Japanese' would probably been the call..........pictures would have shown aircraft to be light coloured so they might have guessed white back then

[Tim Marlow]

Research was much more difficult in 1965 I would think. Janes publications were about it....l....

[PaulTRose]

i can see this is going to be a filler and sand project!

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[Steve-the-Duck]

Fill and sand? This kit is almost as old as me, and I only just fit together
You going OOB or adding interior, because there's a lot of glazing there

[Steve-the-Duck]

Research was much more difficult in 1965 I would think. Janes publications were about it....l....

And I doubt Janes did colour matching! We're spoilt these days with teh intraweb
...and imperfect translations of original documents, vociferous arguements and unwavering beliefs...
Ooh, as well as the 'white Dinah', what about the 'white Val'? Now that's a great box art

[PaulTRose]

Fill and sand? This kit is almost as old as me, and I only just fit together
You going OOB or adding interior, because there's a lot of glazing there

definatly oob!.......i want this to be a bit of a speed build

[yak face]

definatly oob!.......i want this to be a bit of a speed build

Are you putting the legless pilots in then paul , should help disguise the lack of interior

[PaulTRose]

nope......they went in the bin 60 seconds after the box were opened!............looked like nothing human!.....might see whats in the spares box

[Jim R]

Hi Paul
That is definitely a golden oldie.

.i want this to be a bit of a speed build

... not speedy with all the filling and sanding :rolling:
It is nice to see these ancient kits actually built rather than just gathering dust.
Jim