JAPANESE OHKA ROCKET-BOMB IN TWO VERSIONS FROM FINE MOLDS
SMN report: It seems to be ‘1:48 scale week’ here at SMN - and here’s another look at this scale with a beautifully produced pair of kits from FineMolds of Japan. Similar in concept to the automated German V-1 flying bomb, the single-seat Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka ensured precise targeting by having a Japanese pilot onboard, to guide the deadly craft towards Allied shipping. Ohka loading trolley The MXY-7 Ohka flying bomb version has 69 cleanly-produced components, which fit together well. There’s a modicum of internal detail, but painted carefully, it will look OK. FineMolds has rightly included a loading trolley, on which the real thing was wheeled under its Betty mother-plane, ready for attachment before takeoff and flight. Colour scheme for these machines was usually a pale grey, and details for these are included, as is an accurately-printed decal sheet. The Ohka was a tiny little thing - at 1:48 scale the FineMolds miniature has a wingspan that measures just under 107 mm (4.2 in). K-1 ...