dennismcc Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Well after about a year I have finally (ish) put this one to bed, the kit is typical Hasegawa, great fit and a pleasure to build, the paint used was Sovereign Colourcoats, Xtracolor and Humbrol, markings are painted using Makatar paint masks, some cockpit parts are Aires, I did not use the complete cockpit to save time (it didn't). I also am not keen on lowered flaps so I modelled mine raised after seeing a build on HS in which the builder had raised his. I also used a couple of builds on LSP as guides as well. I am really pleased with this one, the topside paint is Sovereign Colourcoats ARJ01 (same as ACJ22) which matches IJAAF#7 Ohryoku nana go shoku (I don't know either), at first I was disappointed that it was matt but it airbrushed beautifully and gave me a great finish. With handling the finish was matt with satin patches and looked great, it a shame that I could not replicate it at the end but a Satin varnish coat (Xtracolor) to me looks great, rather than a dead matt finish. As I know next to nothing about Japanese subjects I contacted Nick Millman (Aviation of Japan) for advice and he very kindly answered all my detail questions on colours and model paint, he did the same when I built my Ki 27 Nate. I did go off track with a couple of colours though so just in case any of you experts notice anything wrong any mistakes are mine not Nick's I am useless at weathering so I tend to just fade the paint on my builds and dirty them up a bit. I finally cracked the undercarriage hydraulic lines bit thanks to some good advice, but I still am not keen on Aerial wires the one on the build took me two attempts and it is still not anything to write home about. So on with the photos, all taken with my phone, looking at them the prop is too clean it needs dirtying up but it is only pushed on so I can still sort it out. florin13, Old Dog, TorbenD and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Looks wonderful to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 18 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: Looks wonderful to me. Thank you very much, I really wanted to just finish this one but in the end it turned out really nice, probably one of my best efforts. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Superb build, Dennis! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 It hits the spot! Lovely build, great paint job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Quite nicely done Dennis ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Oh yeah, that turned out lovely for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Wonderful! Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 15 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Superb build, Dennis! Kev Thanks Kev, I am mightily pleased with it as I have not really ventured into Japanese subjects. 14 hours ago, Bruce_Crosby said: It hits the spot! Lovely build, great paint job! Thank you Bruce, it has certainly got me fired up to start the next one 11 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Quite nicely done Dennis ! Thanks Mike, it was also a great learning experience for me. 11 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Oh yeah, that turned out lovely for sure. Thank you and yes from a rather poor start it got better and better. 6 hours ago, Robert said: Wonderful! Congrats Thank you Robert it means a lot to me. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Superb efforts here Dennis. It’s really great to see a Frank done up properly. Thank you for showing us the way. Well done and congratulations. What’s next? Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Troy Molitor said: Superb efforts here Dennis. It’s really great to see a Frank done up properly. Thank you for showing us the way. Well done and congratulations. What’s next? Troy Thanks Troy, don't know about showing the way but I did enjoy the journey, next up is a Hasegawa Raiden. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Great build Dennis! Really like the paint job jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Very nice build and finish Dennis. Really well done. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Looks great man, not everything needs to be beat all to hell. would be proud to have it in my case. Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 That's beautiful, Dennis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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