Dave J Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 I was pretty lucky to be sent to Japan to the Tokyo Hobby for work the other week. While there I picked up some bargains at the Tamiya and Hasegawa stalls. Nakajima Ki44 Hei Shoki was one of the kits I returned home with. I was planning to build the kit out of the box as there no aftermarket goodies out, as its a new release but Scale Aviation had a small Eduard PE fret available for the kit in this months magazine. As per the instructions, I started off with the cockpit assembly. Some of the PE was added. I'm not a big fan of the pre-painted PE from Eduard, so it will be painted over. The next issue I had was the call out for the colour of the Cockpit, it said Khaki Green... I sprayed it and it just looked to dark... (sorry for the bad light!) After doing a little research on net and posting a couple questions, I found a colour chip for IJA Nakajima interior green... I mixed a some Tamiya colour to get a close match, but its not perfect... mpk 1
Dave J Posted October 28, 2009 Author Posted October 28, 2009 I also added some fuse wire for the control linkages and drilled out the seat. The rest of the interior details were again painted with Tamiya colour... I hoping to get a wash onto it tonight... mpk 1
LSP_Kevin Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Nice work mate! I'm really looking forward to getting hold of this kit myself one day - it looks great. Say, what job do you have that will send you to a Tokyo hobby show? And are they hiring? Kev mpk 1
Azgaron Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Nice start, and very nice work so far Moeggo! Cheers, Håkan mpk 1
Dave J Posted October 28, 2009 Author Posted October 28, 2009 Say, what job do you have that will send you to a Tokyo hobby show? And are they hiring? I'm a chocolate fish filleter..... mpk 1
LSP_Ron Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 I'm going to have bite the bullet and get this kit. Looks great so far Ron mpk 1
alaninaustria Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 This is coming along really nicely! Ron, get one and pull the trigger on it... this is one nice kit! Cheers Alan mpk 1
Dave J Posted October 29, 2009 Author Posted October 29, 2009 Its a beautiful kit! I am think of getting the next version that Hasegawa is going to release with the cannons... plus that bight red fillet down the sides looks eye-catching! mpk 1
Pfuf Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 This build as well looks great it tells me 1 thing when I was on the dutche IMPS i needed buy the kit not just gaze at the box johan mpk 1
Dave J Posted November 7, 2009 Author Posted November 7, 2009 The fit on this kit is great! everything went together beautifully! The were a couple of spots that needed sanding, but that was my fault... I miss-lined the fuse halfs at the top at the rear and a couple spots where I had cut the sprue off too close to the part... The cockpit came nicely with a heavy coat of Tamiya smoke and a flat finish.. She been primed in Mr Surfacer to show all the faults... mpk 1
Dave J Posted November 7, 2009 Author Posted November 7, 2009 did a light sand with 2000 grit sandpaper and given her her a bit of colour now... mpk 1
Allok Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 Nice going Dave. You're making it look easy. mpk 1
Dave J Posted November 7, 2009 Author Posted November 7, 2009 Cheers Keith! Its easy thanks to a great kit! mpk 1
Ted Barrett Posted November 7, 2009 Posted November 7, 2009 Great looking build Dave! I've had mine underway for a short while, but I'm still just cleaning up bits and pieces with no paint as of yet. It's a real nice kit! Ted mpk 1
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