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Con is sprayed with Gunze tire black (acrylic), while shroud, support and stator receive Gunze tire black lacquer. Quite a difference between the two and exactly what I was hoping for.

Well it is looking like there is a solution, with two variations being available there is the Mk1 and the Mk2 with different front end parts supplied in the kits. I will now assume the incorrect clear has been packed in the box. I do not think it is easy to get a response from Bronco on what I have heard so not sure how this fellow modeller will get his canopy issue resolved. I suppose he can only try.

Hi Juggernaut. Thanks. I going mix some medium brown paint with this one to salvage it.

Excellent start, Denzil! I have a couple of Lemkits kits in the stash (both Japanese WW2 subjects also), but haven't started either of them yet. Looking forward to following your build! Either epoxy or CA is fine. I tend to use CA, but if you're worried about longevity or strength of the bond, it's better to go with an epoxy glue for larger parts. Kev

Sounded fine to me Kev. They were definitely a friendly and receptive audience!

He’s an hour in!

Wow! Eye-popping finish! Very well done sir!

I certainly won't. I'll put that one on the list of paints NOT to buy. But having said that, I usually just mix my own interior green using yellow zinc and black in a 4 or 5:1 ratio yellow to black. I can't tell you the last time I bought a dedicated "interior green" from any paint manufacturer.

A noob question may be. What glue do you use on a full resin kit? Epoxi, CA? As never done one myself.

There are almost one hundred and forty minutes of that podcast with no slide bar to forward/hunt facility to find Kevin. I don't have such time available Richard. How do I get to our Kev quick? Chris

Not that easy Alain. There’s the fuselage bulk head that forms the 2 fuselage haves at the rear of the cockpit, that then forms the basis for the cylindrical fuselage. Also the entire front fuselage section will need to be cut and pinched inwards which could be an option but I think the nose will look to pointed. The difference in the width is at least 5-6mm so it is not slight slice, or file unfortunately. Added to that I think most internal parts in the cockpit section would be needed to be adjusted. That is what I find strange as well Thierry, no comments at all but at the same time no clear pictures of the canopy area. Either way the parts that have been given to me are all perfectly formed and height and depth are reasonable but the width is way out. The dilemma continues, I do not want to make something when there is possibly a resolved solution

Tamiya AS-12 to the rescue! I'm taking notes. I have one of these kits and will EVENTUALLY get around to building it. Mine will be a Mediterranean scheme though, most likely 417 Sq. RCAF.

From the build I saw on Britmodeler, and another at Finescale Modeler, the canopy on this particular kit is a malformed or there's another issue someplace. The photos do show a little misfit of the clear part but nothing like shown above. If that kit is still in production (and I think it is), I'd give the Bronco folks a jingle asking for a replacement part for this kit. I went to the Bronco Models website and it seems a little sketchy to me so I didn't click any further than to see that the kit is still listed. Oh, and there's no Google translate available from Chinese to English.

With my SPITFIRE and PZL P11C about to hit the paint booth, i took a gamble and started a new build. My track record doesn't bode favorably for piling up projects, but then again, apparently l enjoy taking a calculated risk and boy am I bad at maths But seriously, would you just LOOK at it! Before I'd learned the history of this thing, if you'd told me it was Japan's secret contender for a 1930s air racer, you'd have had me fooled. To my eye, I see the (maybe fanciful) lineage of the HE-100, the KI61 and this. I have the HE100 built (HERE), a KI61 in the stash and vowed to grab a KI78 if one ever came to be. (Edit: a KI60 would be fun too!) Enter LEM Kits. Like most, i have watched LEM Kits releases over the years, their topics whilst being very appealing, have never been intriguing enough to get me to actually pull the trigger. That all changed when they announced the release of the KI-78. Ordered through Online Auction Site as soon as it was availiable, it arrived to my door in little over 2 weeks. Colour me impressed! Surface detail is present. It's fine, but surface finish is the least thing to stress about. The cockpit is a great place to start. References for this machine are, not surprisingly, few and far between. That's ok though, because with that racey little cockpit canopy, not a whole lot will be able to be seen. I started by gluing together as much as I could, to minimize gluing together painted assemblies. Next time, we'll throw some imagineering into the mix and populate the cockpit. Cheers for now! Denzil

Courageous indeed, Max! But great work on the fix so far. I'm sure it will look much better by the time you're done. Kev

That's looking a little better, Jeroen. Will be keen to see the painted-on results! Kev

Thanks, Richard! I hope it was OK. I can't stand listening to myself, so I'll never listen to it! But hopefully I acquitted myself better than it felt like I did on the day - especially since I misunderstood that it was only meant to be a 15-mintue chat! Kev

This product is a disappointment. It looks like a RLM 82 Light Green. I don't think AKI did a good job in matching the paint. A better one would be Mr. Color C351. Don't buy this paint.

Any updates? Lovely build! Cheers Alan

Actually, Spitfire fuselage interiors moved from Aluminium to unpainted. Modification no. 787: delete painting fuselage interior (all marks) 13/9/43

New test with different settings

Welcome aboard, Petr! That is a brilliant build, no doubt. Kev

Impressive. Most impressive! May the Force be with you, always.

Gotta say this fix makes all the difference between having a Thunderbolt-lookalike and a Typhoon … Brave, but much needed, mod, Max 👍 ! Hubert

Hello friends, this is my first post on this forum, so I hope you’ll like it. The model is built from the excellent Wingnut Wings kit, almost straight out of the box with very few modifications. All markings, including the lozenge pattern, were airbrushed using stencils. The only thing still missing is the small figurine on the radiator that Christiansen carried for good luck — I haven’t managed to recreate it in a way I’m happy with yet. At the moment, I’m also working on a display base for the model, but that’s just a small detail.