scvrobeson Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) You didn't think I would take a break after the hawk, did you? I received this last week in the mail from England, and now that the Hawk is done, I was able to get a start on this one. I'm going to do this mostly out-of-the-box, maybe add a couple of wires to the engine, maybe not. I'm going to do it in a what-if scheme, as if Japanese ace Captain Kobayashi. So that means NMF, with the green mottles and red tail. I'm going to try and source some 1/72 Ki-61 decals, or mask and paint the tail crest. For some inspiration, here's the Ki-61 version. So I got a start on this one by spraying all of the cockpit parts with Tamiya XF-71 cockpit green, thinned with lacquer thinner. The detail in the kit really is great, on par with Hasegawa I'd say. I did all of the detail painting with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, and did the chipping by just taking off some paint with a toothpick. The kit plastic is silver, so it worked perfectly. THe oxygen bottles are a mix of Cockpit Green and XF-70 Dark Green 2, to make it look like the apple green of the bottles, and XF-69 Nato Black for the other fuel bottle The instrument panel was hand-painted, instead of using the decal. The raised detail was too much for the decal to work, so I went and painted everything, using reference photos and my own imagination. The Future was put in the gauges to look like glass. And then it all just clicks together, without any glue. Here are the parts just stuck together, it should just slip into the big frame for the fuselage and wings. That's all for now, I think it's a good start. The next area to work on is the gun bay, then the engine. I'm going a little out of order, but I think this way works fine in context of construction. I hope you all enjoy, and thank you for reading in. I'm hoping to get this one done by March 24, the next big contest. We'll see what happens. Matt Edited February 27, 2012 by scvrobeson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamme Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Great start on this one. Cheers, Jamme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomek Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 This one should be fun to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Great to see you getting a start on this one. The Tony flown by Kobayashi is probably what I'll do if I ever get the Hasegawa kit, so this will be fun to watch. I really get a kick out of the "what if" schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 This one should be fun to watch. You bet !! BTW Matt, well you know what question I was gonna ask.........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryWilliams Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I am looking forward to see how this one goes. I will start the ZM Skyraider soon (just bought it...) and toyed with geting this as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Barry, if you don't mind me asking, how many of the USAF parts are in this kit? When you find out, i would love to know. I'm torn between getting this one, or waiting for the release of the AF one. TIA....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) Epic 7700!!!!! Edited February 9, 2012 by alaninaustria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Looking good Matt, going to enjoy watching this one! Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Oooo, I like that! Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Oooo, I like that! Sincerely, Mark Thanks Mark! I'm hoping this one goes together well, I need it to be smooth for the NMF that will go over the top. Hope to see your Me-109 back on here soon, I was really enjoying that build. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Looking good Matt, going to enjoy watching this one! Doug Thanks Doug! I'm glad you like it. This is such a cool plane, I'm glad someone jumped on bringing out a 1/32 kit of it, and this is a great kit for Z-M's first kit! Also, loving the Yak-1. Hopefully someone will bring out a mainstream version of the Yaks Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Epic 7700!!!!! Thanks Alan!!!! Nice use of internet lingo on this one. Bet you're happy to see the Ju-88 gear finally get produced, huh? Good to see how much work you put into those things, they're beautiful Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 I am looking forward to see how this one goes. I will start the ZM Skyraider soon (just bought it...) and toyed with geting this as well.... Thanks Barry! If you have the chance, you should pick up the Shinden. I've been looking at the Skyraider as well, maybe once I build through the stash a bit. Hope you'll put the Skyraider build on here for us to all see I hope that you enjoy the build, I hope to not disappoint with this one. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 You bet !! BTW Matt, well you know what question I was gonna ask.........Harv Haha, I know Harv. Still working on the Skyhawk gear, I'm actually toying with the idea of mixing together the Hasegawa and Trumpeter gear, to get the best results. If anyone has a spare Hasegawa nose-leg, I could make it work. Trying to make my own front fork for the gear is just a huge challenge. I hope you'll make it to the Silicon Valley Kick-Off at the end of March, it should be awesome, and I should be bringing a bunch of stuff. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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