LSP_K2 Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 OK, I see it now. I had scanned front and back of the fold out illustrations simultaneously, and missed it. I'm sure I'd have discovered it during my review, but thanks a bunch for pointing it out anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaced Marine Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 OK, I see it now. I had scanned front and back of the fold out illustrations simultaneously, and missed it. I'm sure I'd have discovered it during my review, but thanks a bunch for pointing it out anyway. No worries. That profile is what sold me on building a Ki61! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 And here the lower front seam area has been prepared for primer (Testors Sandable lacquer) to follow. tomv87, LSP_Paul and Spaced Marine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Speaking of pin marks, radiator door has four of the little buggers. Thank goodness for Mister Surfacer. And now dealt with. There was a weird molding anomaly on the trailing edge, but I've now addressed that issue as well. Mal_Belford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Aft fuselage seam is probably the worst, as I concentrated my efforts on good alignment of the upper seams first, so lowers ended up being off somewhat. Since I'm definitely not a big “bottom of the aircraft†guy, I'm perfectly OK with this. Mal_Belford, mywifehatesmodels and LSP_Paul 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 nice progress Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Thanks, Shawn. Assuming I don't muck it up, it should be ready for our show here in September, I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Hey great progress K2, Nice to see all those little details being cleaned up. I have been a judge at many model contests over the years and often a beautiful model gets let down by little details like that being ignored. Great job mate LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Thanks, Anthony. I too have been judging at local events for many, many years now, and I know what we look for, in order to "cull the herd", so I tend to be perhaps overly aware of that, when I know my model is destined for a competition table, but I see that as a good thing. Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Hey Kevin, i think that aircraft used a retractable tailwheel....ask me how i know...... Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Hey Kevin, i think that aircraft used a retractable tailwheel....ask me how i know...... Don I imagine it did. That shouldn't affect that area on my kit though, at least not that I'm aware of. I noticed on yours that you went with a brown spinner. I've seen both brown and red illustrated for that scheme, so have no real idea which is correct. How did you determine to go with brown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Didn't know there was a red spinner scheme for that plane... i went with brown because the two schemes i do have as reference show a brown spinner. If i had known of a red spinner I probably would have went with red... Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Didn't know there was a red spinner scheme for that plane... i went with brown because the two schemes i do have as reference show a brown spinner. If i had known of a red spinner I probably would have went with red... Don I have several profile illustrations of this same machine (and others from the same unit), some are illustrated as brown, some as red. I'm checking my Kagero book right now to see if they say what it might have been, but so far it's a tossup as to what it really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Kev, Great Progress! Re: the spinner, do it red. Paul LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Kev, Great Progress! Re: the spinner, do it red. Paul I'm still debating that one, Paul. Surfing J-aircraft last night, I stumbled upon this, a diagram of what areas were theoretically scrutinized while researching aircraft that would serve as profiles during the creation of the fairly recent Ki-61 Aces book from Osprey. Quite interesting stuff, and reaffirms a few things that I had noted previously, as well as pointing out several things I was completely unaware of. According to this, all spinners were brown, with a few exceptions. Uncarina, tomv87 and mywifehatesmodels 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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