Uncarina Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) I finished the Zoukei Mura Ki-45 Kai Hei Toryu, depicting the aircraft flown by 2nd Lt. Sadamitsu Kimura of the 2nd Squadron, 4th Sentai Flight Regiment. This is my fifth completed ZM build, and I realized that these kits are probably the most engaging, educational, and fun to build that I've ever experienced. To be sure, I had some build challenges, but the way the kits are engineered, along with the extraordinary instructions, has resulted in very little stress and a lot of pleasure. Of these builds, I'd rank this up there with the Do-335 and the Ta-152H-0 in this respect. For this build, Brian Leitch (Out2gtcha) very kindly created a mask for me using his Silhouette Portrait that enabled me to add the eight B-29's that adorned the portside nose of this aircraft: In fact, his creation inspired me to purchase my own Portrait, and I used this to add the Hinomarus and squadron marking. I painted with Tamiya acrylics and weathered with pastels and oils. The only aftermarket were the ZM weighted wheels and Brengun photoetch crosshairs. I'm looking forward to the Hs.129 build! Cheers, Tom Edited January 27, 2020 by Uncarina Elger, Jan_G, Model_Monkey and 16 others 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 TorbenD, florin13, kkarlsen and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Superb build, Tom! Kev Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Thanks Kevin! Cheers, Tom LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 That is an amazing build, Tom! Just a beauty! Love the shots where we can see the cockpit detail through the clear parts and the cannon detail. Gaz Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Thanks Gaz! All that detail ZM put into the kit—I’m just glad they show up under the glass! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav1956 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Excellent work! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 That's a true beauty Tom Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 That is nice, Sincerely, Mark Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 That really is something else Tom, love it. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Miloslav, Mike, Mark, Kagemusha, Thanks very much for your kind responses! As I mentioned in the work in progress thread, this is the second ZM build in which at first I wasn’t really interested in the subject aircraft, but as they came together my interest and inspiration grew, due to the way ZM designed the kits and instructions. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 Maru, Thanks, I appreciate it. It actually was pretty fun painting the camouflage. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 That's awesome Tom! I give it "three Banzai's"!!!! I spent most of my career flying the Pacific so I really like WWII Japanese aircraft. What's the status of your big B-17? Great job on that Ki-45! Cheers...Ron Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Nicely done Tom! Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Man Tom that came out amazing looking!! Surprisingly, I've actually been getting some time in mine too, and I'd be ecstatic to have mine turn out as well as yours. Well done! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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