Uncarina Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) After my Ki-45 build I was on a roll with Japanese aviation, so I started building the Hasegawa N1K2-J Shiden-Kai. It's a great kit, but let's see what we can do with it! Inserts: 1. joined each forward and rear fuselage half together, filling and sanding the joint lines 2. added the lower wing plugs, filling and sanding the joint lines Cockpit: 1. added wiring 2. scratchbuilt the throttle quadrant (the kit part was a solid piece with bumps sticking out) 3. similarly, added slots for the various control levers 4. thinned the seat edges and drilled out the lightening holes 5. painted with a 1:1 mix of AK Interactive's Nakajima and MItsubishi interior green 6. added HGW seatbelts Riveting: 1. just started on the underside: Hope you enjoy! Cheers, Tom Edited February 7, 2020 by Uncarina JefH, Lothar, Landrotten Highlander and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Nice Tom. Still painting my cockpit right now. Built the wings and fuselage parts up already as well. Working on some new painting techniques picked up from armor modelers, such as filters, high contrasting, and oil paint weathering.....I am having a ball. I like what you have done so far. What was the HGW set you used? What is it’s number? I still have not sourced a seatbelt set yet.... Keep the updates coming. THOR Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Very cool! I really like the Shiden, although I'm more of a fan of the mid-wing N1K1. The cockpit looks great! I love the new throttle quadrant. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Man Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Nice work on the throttle quadrant. Like with the Ki-84, base cockpit is pretty straight forward. Kind regards, Robert Jan Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 48 minutes ago, bdthoresen said: Nice Tom. Still painting my cockpit right now. Built the wings and fuselage parts up already as well. Working on some new painting techniques picked up from armor modelers, such as filters, high contrasting, and oil paint weathering.....I am having a ball. I like what you have done so far. What was the HGW set you used? What is it’s number? I still have not sourced a seatbelt set yet.... Keep the updates coming. THOR Thor, thanks! I’m glad you’re enjoying our respective builds, as am I. Here’s a link for the belts: https://www.bnamodelworld.com/model-planes-interior-detail-sets-hgw-models-hgw-132544 Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) On 2/6/2020 at 6:12 PM, Thunnus said: Very cool! I really like the Shiden, although I'm more of a fan of the mid-wing N1K1. The cockpit looks great! I love the new throttle quadrant. Thanks John! I hollowed out the kit part, added slots to thin styrene, then glued it to the top and cut to shape. I’d say if there’s only one modification to the cockpit, this should be it, as the throttle is very visible. Cheers, Tom Edited June 26, 2020 by Uncarina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 11 minutes ago, Dutch Man said: Nice work on the throttle quadrant. Like with the Ki-84, base cockpit is pretty straight forward. Kind regards, Robert Jan Thanks for your encouragement! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Wow it must be catching as I'm just starting my NIK2-J build, I'll have to copy as much as I possibly can from you, it's sure looking good. Cheers Dennis Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 Dennis, thanks! It’ll be great to see you work your magic with this kit. Cheers, Tom dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 nice work! I have this kit in the stash as well, after doing a crazy build on the Bandai 1/24 one I kinda got the bug for this airframe. Uncarina and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 Shawn, thank you! I built the 1/48 kit and had to come back to the subject myself. Cheers, Tom Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) Goodies (I should have posted this at the beginning): And an update: 1) I removed the plastic from the spent cannon round chutes 2) I'm continuing with the riveting Cheers, Tom Edited February 11, 2020 by Uncarina MikeC, dennismcc, Shawn M and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Nice project Tom and great start, how do the AK colours perform out of interest? Regards. Andy Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 That riveting is most impressive. Cheers Dennis Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 11 hours ago, monthebiff said: Nice project Tom and great start, how do the AK colours perform out of interest? Regards. Andy Thanks Andy! Overall, they behave similarly to Tamiya paints, even compatible with the same thinner. My first application however wasn’t thinned enough, so I had to strip everything with isopropyl alcohol (almost wrote IPA, but that brings to mind something very different). The benefit was some great shadowing effects in the nooks and crannies where I wasn’t able to remove it all. For the second application I thinned more heavily than with Tamiya paints and it sprayed like a dream. I would recommend them with this caveat. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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