seiran01 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 There's not much more I can show of this kit in progress as I've just finished basic painting, however there is a fair bit of touch-up to do plus decals. This is Kittyhawk's T-6 kit built 98% OOB (am waiting for the AMS corrected prop blades to arrive), using the gorgeous decals from Ventura for the later Red Checkers scheme. The earlier schemes featured a silver fern in the roundels and this later scheme has the kiwi roundel with a darker red-orange and light gull grey in place of aluminum. Quite a nice looking bird! So this build... This was supposed to be a quick build, but then this kit did to me what every other kittyhawk kit has done - enrage me to the point of wanting to throw it against the wall and then beat the remains with whichever of my guitars was closest within reach. I think I've gone through a full tube each of perfect putty and tamiya white putty on this build. I have chosen to ignore the too-far-inward landing gear mounting stubs, but I did use Alley Cat's corrected rear canopy part as the kit part is so short that even my "forget it, close enough" eyes couldn't let that one slide. The replacement canopy is a HUGE improvement and doesn't add much to the overall construction time if you make straight cuts. The gull grey is a mixture of 2 parts Tamiya xf19 sky grey to one part x2 gloss white, and the tangerine is a mixture of three Vallejo colours. Hope you like it, right now I'm feeling like it's been worth every minute of frustration! Zero77, Whitey and tucohoward 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 That's looking really good, Mike! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Indeed, great looking start. Ive even contemplated making a Honda Aeroshell acrobatic team T-6: These guys were at Osh Kosh 2015 this year, and were bar none the BEST acrobatic demo team there.......................they put on a night show with full lights including illuminated cowls that had to be seen to be believed....................it was UNREAL. Great work so far on the T6...........will definitely follow along with this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thanks guys. Spent a lot of time on this thing today and completed painting (need to do the landing lights and sliding canopy frames still). Have finished decalling the upper wings and one side. The red checker decals have been a pain to get on and are responding very slowly to solvaset, i've ended up making a lot of long cuts to help the things settle down around the curves and they're nearly settled down finally. Not perfect, but it looks great to my eyes! Zero77, Rdrunner and tucohoward 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 She looks just great ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 You can't beat a good T-6/Harvard in my opinion, and that's a cracker Mike! Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 That's looking great Mike! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I agree Mike, it looks great to me too! Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhoi Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Great work on that one!!! Edited December 31, 2015 by Sukhoi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Lovely work, Mike! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 Thanks guys! Far more stencil decals than I expected but they seem to be the fine details really bringing this one to life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Fantastic Mike! Been away camping with my family for a week and what a lovely surprise to see your build here of this. Just LOVE that colour scheme and you are really knocking it out of the park my friend. Great job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr b Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Wow Outstanding.......really nice work....really makes me to go out and get the Ventura decals and the Ali cat ....canopies...... Love the work you put into it Rgds Mr b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I love that! Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Great job ! I love the kiwi roundels, they are too cute ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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