Hasegawa 1/32 Ki-84 Hayate 47th Sentai

[Martinnfb]

Stunning level of detailing . 

[scvrobeson]

Lovely progress. Shame to see the cockpit get hidden up in there. At least the pictures are always there.

 

 

 

Matt 

[AngryJazz_Models]

Really enjoying the updates! So many details are put into this build 😊

[JayW]

Big milestone for an outstanding model in every way.  Is it just me, or does the Ki-84 seem similar in many ways to a slimmed down Thunderbolt?

[jimvit]

Really great Jean, I love it 

[Thunnus]

On 6/10/2025 at 6:18 PM, Martinnfb said:

Stunning level of detailing . 

Thanks Martin!  Appreciate it!

 

 

On 6/10/2025 at 11:31 PM, scvrobeson said:

Lovely progress. Shame to see the cockpit get hidden up in there. At least the pictures are always there.

 

 

 

Matt 

Thanks Matt!  This happens on all of my builds since I like my aircraft all buttoned up.  But like you said, I've documented the build with clear photos so the detail can be seen that way.

 

 

On 6/10/2025 at 11:35 PM, AngryJazz_Models said:

Really enjoying the updates! So many details are put into this build 😊

Thank you!

 

 

On 6/11/2025 at 6:25 AM, JayW said:

Big milestone for an outstanding model in every way.  Is it just me, or does the Ki-84 seem similar in many ways to a slimmed down Thunderbolt?

Thanks Jay!  And yeah, I see some similarities with the P-47.   

 

 

On 6/12/2025 at 12:42 PM, jimvit said:

Really great Jean, I love it 

Thank you!  My wife's name is Jean but I am John! 😄

 

 

The fuselage seams were sanded and then given a thin bead of black CA glue to erase any gaps.

 

Remember that tip I gave about the Galaxy Tool riveter?  Well, as soon as I had modified it, I gouged the plastic immediately.  Puzzled, I took a closer look and found that the axel hole in the rivet wheel was much larger than it was supposed to be.  With a hole that big, the rivet wheel shifts up and down, bringing the supporting part dangerously close to the plastic.  Since there was no way to fix the big hole and 1mm is my go-to rivet for 1/32 aircraft models, I ordered another 1mm rivet wheel and yup, it had the right-sized hole.

 

I haven't touched the wing bottom yet and this needs some work. First I gave it a rivet job.

 

The wheel wells are a bit bare, especially when comparing them to the real aircraft.

 

The Eduard Exterior set for the Ki-84 has PE fascia for the wheel well walls.  I also scratched up a couple of junction boxes.

 

The first phase of the wheel detailing included the PE fascia junction boxes as well as some hydraulic lines using copper wire and some Anyz bits.

 

The wheel wells were topped with some more wiring work.  The corrugated line was fashioned by wrapping thin copper wire around a thicker wire.

 

[Dpgsbody55]

Big improvement in the wheel wells, John.  

 

 

Cheers,

Michael

[Thunnus]

13 minutes ago, Dpgsbody55 said:

Big improvement in the wheel wells, John.  

 

 

Cheers,

Michael

Thank you Michael!  A little improvement but lots more could've been done.  The kit totally neglects the overhang of the wing surfaces over the wheel wells but I wasn't about to futz with that type of overhaul!

 

Here are the wheel wells after they've been given a coat of Mr Primer Surfacer 1000.  Not 100% accurate but a little better than before.

 

[Furie]

Awesome job, John.

As for the ribbed pipes, I use bass guitar strings, they’ve got the right diameter and they’re already twisted.

 

[alaninaustria]

Very nice work so far John! I like the attention to the small details! 

Cheers

Alan

 

ps. Curious how do you get the beads of CA so thin? Mine tend to go all over the place!

[dennismcc]

Nice neat work, you are doing a great job.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[FW190A-5]

3 hours ago, alaninaustria said:

Very nice work so far John! I like the attention to the small details! 

Cheers

Alan

 

ps. Curious how do you get the beads of CA so thin? Mine tend to go all over the place!

If I don't mask before filler, it is a mess

[scvrobeson]

Awesome detailing John!  Really lifted the wheel wells.

 

 

 

Matt 

[scvrobeson]

6 hours ago, alaninaustria said:

ps. Curious how do you get the beads of CA so thin? Mine tend to go all over the place!

 

I apply it with an old airbrush needle, that can get the CA bead very thin.

 

 

 

Matt 

[Thunnus]

9 hours ago, Furie said:

Awesome job, John.

As for the ribbed pipes, I use bass guitar strings, they’ve got the right diameter and they’re already twisted.

 

Thank you Denis!  I've tried guitar strings before but I found it very difficult to bend them to the proper shape.  The copper on copper homemade pipes bend very easily and keep their shape, which is important when you are trying to squeeze them into a confined space.

 

 

8 hours ago, alaninaustria said:

Very nice work so far John! I like the attention to the small details! 

Cheers

Alan

 

ps. Curious how do you get the beads of CA so thin? Mine tend to go all over the place!

I never apply the CA glue directly from the bottle for starters.  I dab a few drops on a piece of paper and then use a cocktail stick(toothpick) to apply.

 

 

8 hours ago, dennismcc said:

Nice neat work, you are doing a great job.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

Thanks Dennis!

 

 

5 hours ago, FW190A-5 said:

If I don't mask before filler, it is a mess

I typically don't mask my fills UNLESS there is some raised detail that would get damaged by sanding.

 

 

2 hours ago, scvrobeson said:

Awesome detailing John!  Really lifted the wheel wells.

 

 

 

Matt 

 

1 hour ago, scvrobeson said:

 

I apply it with an old airbrush needle, that can get the CA bead very thin.

 

 

 

Matt 

Thanks Matt!  Very similar to my toothpick.