Out2gtcha Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Thanks boys! Yes Mike, that is why I chose the Mig-31 gray, as it had more blue tones than the other grays that had more yellow over tones. I shot some black primer on a lot of the miscellaneous parts last night and will se shooting some of the khaki gray on the insides, and some of the exterior gray on some of the parts that wont be reachable later. Cheers! Brett M, Greg W and MikeMaben 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeone57 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Fly KI-45 going on in here!! Nice work Brian, keep at her!! Alfonso Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Dang it mate, the more i watch your work on this, the more i want to have a go of one for myself! Awesome work Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav1956 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Beautiful and very inspiring work! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Great work Brian! ZM have really captured the look with the gear leg stance. I need to try one of these ZM kits one day just to appreciate the engineering! Craig Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 Back at it! Bare with me, this ones kind of pic heavy........... Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 I started off this past week by breaking out my A6M paint mule, and spraying a fairly opaque (much more so than I will be on the model) layer of the MRP 177: Next I applied some camo masks I pulled from my Silhouette cutter. Here I have to say I used a 1/2 sheet on the cutter and it spat out the mask sheet before the whole wing was done, so I had to just randomly put together some camo bits. That did NOT work out well. I ended up hating the arranged look of the ones I chose: It didnt look bad when I just had the masks on, but after I shot the gray I could tell the arrangement of the camo was really bad. However, the look of the colors themselves and the process itself did prove good. I then moved onto my nemesis....................clear parts! And the Toryu has a lot of them. I started by gluing on the center section of the airframe, which has 5 smaller individual windows in it. I also glued in the far rear gunners glass along with some pre-made masking: Finished up the OOB gun sight as well, and installed that: It was at that point that for clarity sake, ease of finishing (have other Tigers tails soon to tame) and ease of masking I decided to use the fully buttoned up glass configuration. This will lend itself to ease of masking and some much cleaner lines. Fanes, Landrotten Highlander, LSP_Kevin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 Then it was time for the main rear gunners glass, the main canopy, and the windscreen (in the ZM kit are one part). I must say, the Ki-45 certainly isn't in the history books with any of the legendary twins of WWII, but it has some surprisingly attractive lines......especially all cleaned up: The fit at the back of the main gunners hatch glass I assume is very good, but I pooched mine a tad and it will need some adjusting: The next step was masking all this glass. With the help of some Tamiya tape, and some of the best OOB glass masks I've yet used the task was accomplished: The blue OOB ZM masks are truly wonderful. Very flexible, stick very well without leaving any marks, and are stretchy enough to be compliant without breaking or tearing. I did shoot the interior khaki gray color on of course next, but I have a slight bit of dread that there is some secret leak somewhere that let a bit of over-spray on the clear. That will have to wait until near the end to see how much if any repair work I have to do. The only glaring issue I found was a couple of gaps, one one each side of the wind screen. Possibly caused by over sanding, possibly a manufacturer defect. With the fit of the rest of the kit, I suspect the former. Nothing that some Mr Surfacer 500 wont fill: That it for this round boys. Next up is adjusting/fixing that rear canopy part, re-spraying any interior color needed, then its onto a layer of Mr Surfacer 1500 black. Cheers! Uncarina, MikeMaben, Landrotten Highlander and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Looking great! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett M Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Very nice progress! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Looking forward to seeing the final result! Interior is already looking stunning! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 You'll get there Brian, look at lottsa pictures Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Looking good, the fun bits Cheers Dennis Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Thanks again boys, feels good to be at full modeling MoJo! All parts now covered in Mr Surfacer 1500 black, as it was getting very hard to tell what was what, and where any flubs were. This is right out of the spray booth with 0 touch ups or sanding yet. She looks quite fetching in her pseudo night-fighter scheme! I cut off the OOB pitot tube right ahead of the square-ish base. I then inserted the brass Master Model replacement. It pressure fit well enough that I just pushed it in for paint, and took it out after the primer was dry. Ill be re-scribing/riveting next, then another round of sanding followed by possibly another round of primer. We shall see! Paint is not too far away LSP_Kevin, Kaeone57, Landrotten Highlander and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Excellent work, pure enjoyment to watch Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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