I read another thread about ones nostaglia of building a plane with his father some many moons ago and it made me recall my building my first airplane. I swore It was a Fujimi Dauntless in 1/48. Am I right? Was there one in this scale? I recall a Val also. Can’t seem to locate any, I assume they are OOP? Sorry, it’s been maybe 34 years since I built it. Thanks, the hunt is on![:)]
Hello Tigerman,
Most probably the Marusan kit (in fact Monogram’s model)… For the Val it’s right.
Regards
JC
Hello Tigerman,
Most probably the Marusan kit (in fact Monogram’s model)… For the Val it’s right .
Regards
JC
Sometimes it can be tricky to “remember” the scale, when you’re a, let’s say 5yo, a 1/72 plane looks far bigger than when you’re adult [;)]
Hey Tigerman,
Nichimo also issued the Monogram kit of Dauntless. Another Japanese kit was Aosima’s in 1/72nd scale.
I join another real nostalgia kit : Me 262 of Lindberg Lines…
Regards,
Jicéhem
Thanks for the responses guys. Well, I can’t be sure if it was 1/48, but am pretty sure. However if they didn’t make it in that scale than it may well have been 1/72.
Wouldn’t mind finding this kit. I did see the 1/72 Val and the artwork reminded me of what I thought was the 1/48 kit, so maybe it really was 1/72. Catch all that? [%-)]
Nichimo’s TBF and SBD were not authorized by Monogram. They were copies. Not many can be found in the US because Monogram got US Customs to sieze most of the kits that came into the country for copyright violations.
Back in the 60s, Monogram was considered to be one of the best, if not the best in quality. As a result, many Asian companies attempted to copy their kits. Monogram’s legal department was quite busy trying to shut down these piracy operations.
Bill
Squadron has a good deal going on the 1/48 Fujimi D3A Val.
Is it a good kit?
Interesting to learn about the Asian companies ripping off Monogram. I admit they were fun to build back in the 70’s when I didn’t care about accuracy and painting. Loved all the working gizmos like folding wings and rectractable landing-gear. Oh, the ridiculous low prices weren’t so bad either. A far cry from Hasegawa’s prices today. [:)]