Finished one! Hasegawa Ki-44 Shoki

[seiran01]

Pretty pleased that I finished a quick build in a relatively fast timeframe for me (6 weeks, total build time around 20 hours)

This is Hasegawa's 1/32 Ki-44-II Shoki finished with Eduard colour Zoom interior and canopy mask, Quickboost gun barrels and exhaust, and Montex vinyl masks for the markings. I didn't know Hasegawa had included these markings in a limited release kit until after painting (grr!) but I'm pretty pleased with the result from the masks.  Paints are mostly Mr Color with some Tamiya acrylics and Vallajo thrown in for detail painting.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

NOICE!!.....Harv

[Shaka HI]

Excellent paint work!

[ClumsyDude]

Dude ... what???!?! You did THAT in 20 hours? Wow.

 

Jim

[seiran01]

Dude ... what???!?! You did THAT in 20 hours? Wow.

 

Jim

Thereabouts, yeah, construction was very quick, about 3 hr on the cockpit and engine and another 2-3 to complete assembly and prepare for paint. The green was all done freehand with a badger velocity over a few evenings, probably about 7 hours and a very sore trigger finger

[LSP_Kevin]

That looks fantastic, Mike! Any more photos? Can I publish it on the website?

 

Kev

[seiran01]

Thanks guys!

Kev - sure thing, you'll probably have a chance to upload before I will, it's a crazy few days at work. I didn't take additional pics

[Shawn M]

wow thats fantastic!

[mywifehatesmodels]

Fantastic Ki 44, Mike!

 

The painted markings will always look better than decals (especially Hasegawa's), so don't ever feel sorry about that. It was time well spent because it looks great!

 

John

[Stevepd]

20 hours my ar*e, more like 20 weeks. Seriously very nice modelling.

 

Steve.

[IJ001]

Superb camo, really like the restrained weathering. I've built both the 'Tony' and the 'Frank' and thoroughly enjoyed them both. Looking at this, I may add it to my list for next year.

 

Ian.

[Guest Peterpools]

Mike

Brilliant build ... fit and finish is fantastic.

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Peter

[Zero77]

VERY nice !!!! I love the slightly blury green camo. ANd it's very fine for freehand painting (i first thought you used some masks and wondered how you managed to get the blury effect)

 

And 20 hrs.... that's damn fast ! It's about the time i need to open the box.

Edited October 19, 2016 by Zero77

[Reuben L. Hernandez]

Really like the camo, very nice looking build!!

[seiran01]

Thanks guys!! I've started the Hasegawa N1K2-J prototype kit which will also be a quick build. Let's see how quickly I can whip that one out with a one-colour airframe, LOL