Plasto Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) Hi, Here is my finished 1/48th Tamiya Ki-61. Teruhiko Kobayashi was perhaps the most famous Ki-61 pilot. He lead the 244th Sentai in defence of Tokyo during the B-29 raids of 1944-45 and was the youngest Sentai commander in the Japanese Airforce. He survived the war ( and a ramming attack on a B-29) but was killed in a JASDF T-33 in the 50's when he stayed with the Aircraft to prevent it from crashing in a populated area... Kobayashi, flew a number of Ki-61's and The Tamiya kit has marking options for at least one. The kit is simply one of the best 1/48 Aircraft kits on the market in terms of fit surface detail and ease of construction. It doesn't need any real after market. If your fussy a set of resin exhausts are the only real improvement along with Some seat belts.The cockpit OOB is fine. I painted mine in Gunze Super metallics with a bit of Alclad here and there. The majority of the markings are masked and painted. Thanks for looking Cheers John Edited February 26, 2018 by Plasto kuky76, Gazzas, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 John, That looks great! I just realized that the one kill symbol shows a Ki-61 going thought a B-29. Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 Yep, Ramming was surprisingly common with an even more surprising number of survivors... Kobayashi's ramming victory was on the 27th January 1945. Thanks for the feedback... John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohm-men Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Wow, That's an impressive model. Looks really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Awesome build John. Man that looks good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuky76 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 (edited) Great result.Very well done. One note. This machine had removed the guns from the wing, becasue Kobayashi needed to improve the airplane's performance in the fight with the B-29. The holes were covered with a piece of metal. Edited February 27, 2018 by kuky76 Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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