dmthamade Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 Hello all!! After the Tamiya Spit, i wanted a simple build. The Hasegawa kits are nice and simple, but with lots of room if you want to go all out. Not sure of the markings i'll use, good variety to choose from. Haven't been able to find much if any info on Eric Browns flight of this warplane or his opinion. Some aftermarket, Quickboost exhaust, Finemolds belts, and Hasegawa gun barrels that were included with the kit Some thing new i'm trying to organize the sprues is to hang them up. I have a bad habit of throwing out sprues because i don't like the clutter on the bench, unfortunately they sometimes have parts still attached, parts that i needed... I've built one of these before, really enjoyable build. Don Shaka HI, Lud13, AndersN and 5 others 8
petrov27 Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 fantastic - love the Tony - will be following! dmthamade 1
BradG Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Nice choice, it's a great model. He almost certainly flew TAIC 9, coded 263 while he was in the US. dmthamade 1
dmthamade Posted April 10, 2016 Author Posted April 10, 2016 (edited) Nice choice, it's a great model. He almost certainly flew TAIC 9, coded 263 while he was in the US. Did a google for Ki61 263 and LOTS of info came up. Captured in NMF with green mottling, then had a blue scheme, NMF , then all green.... I do have the decals in the IJA scheme from Wolfpack, think i'll do this scheme. Thanks, Brad for the info!!! Don Edited April 10, 2016 by dmthamade BradG 1
BradG Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 The blue one wasn't TAIC 9. That was captured on Okinawa and called the Yontan Tony.
mozart Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Good to see you along Don. I know zilch about Japanese aircraft (wrong theatre of war) but that's a lovely looking plane so I'll watch with interest. Like your sprue storage system too! Max
Azgaron Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Nice choice! Love to see it built, and very nice build you've done! HÃ¥kan
dmthamade Posted April 12, 2016 Author Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) Some progress, completed the pit. Basic OOB pit, only addition being Finemolds belts. Used the kit decals to do the instrument panel. Don Edited April 12, 2016 by dmthamade Zero77, Thunda, mikeblack and 2 others 5
Shaka HI Posted April 13, 2016 Posted April 13, 2016 Not gonna lie, the cockpit looks great, but the decals just don't do it justice. Thunda, dmthamade and Zero77 3
BradG Posted April 13, 2016 Posted April 13, 2016 I think they look good. Perhaps a little dry brushing just to blend in the stark black with the rest of the weathering would work, but once the fuselage is closed up I doubt you'll notice them much. dmthamade 1
Dukie99 Posted April 13, 2016 Posted April 13, 2016 Great looking pit! I love the chipping. Did you use a chipping fluid? dmthamade 1
dmthamade Posted April 13, 2016 Author Posted April 13, 2016 I did the decals because i get poor results painting instrument panels.... I'm ok with them but i think i'll stick with the moulded panels from now on. I did the chipping with foam packing material dipped in silver paint and applied almost dry. Drybrushed with the base color to knock it back, then washed with Tamiya Panel Line Accent. I painted the base color with a old bottle of Gunze Sangyo Aqueos, i think the bottle is 20+ years old!! I have 25-30 other bottles, think i'll see how they've held up. Don BradG, Thunda and Shaka HI 3
BloorwestSiR Posted April 16, 2016 Posted April 16, 2016 Looks great. How do you get the Fine Molds seatbelts to bend? Every time I try, they break on me. Carl dmthamade 1
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