quang Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) Guys and gals, This morning the friendly postman brought me these two parcels coming from opposing ends of the world. The first one is the infamous and wrongly-scaled Border Kate. The other contains some AK paints from their Imperial Japanese Navy line. That the two orders arrived simultaneously is what I consider a good omen. Please give me a few hours (days?) to regain my composure. I’ll get back to you with more details. In the mean time here are some quick shots for your appreciation. All the best,, Quang Edited February 14 by quang The Madhatter, mywifehatesmodels, TAG and 24 others 26 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Good tidings, my Kate should be arriving soon then, it will be good to hear your verdict on the kit for future reference. Cheers Dennis Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 Great Dennis. The more the merrier. I’m currently giving a fine coat of primer over all the sprues like I usually do before removing the parts. So far everything’s perfectly moulded: no missing parts, no distortion, no short shot and also no … flash. . The beat goes on! Cheers, Quang Martinnfb, Uncarina and scvrobeson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 mc65, coogrfan, scvrobeson and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I'm sure you'll make your usual well-considered, artistic and convincing job of it Quang, though unfortunately Japanese aircraft hold no interest for me. Model on old chum, enjoy!! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 46 minutes ago, mozart said: unfortunately Japanese aircraft hold no interest for me Neither did they for me, Max until I read a few accounts about the Kate and torpedo planes in general, their design, purposes and the men who manned them. The tragedy of my life is that everything can hold an interest to me if I spend enough time to concentrate on it. I know, I know, curiosity killed the cat Uncarina, Brock, John1 and 6 others 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amurray Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 With the Kate being a favorite aircraft of mine I am very interested in this project though the 1/35 scale has me scratching my head. Are we expected to park a finished 1/35 Kate next to a 1/35 Panzer Tiger? No disrespect intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borsos Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) As far as I can get over the scandal that is you building in the wrong scale again, I‘ll follow with great interest. I am waiting patiently for my Kate since december 8th when I was informed by the seller that delivery should take place „at the end of december/beginning of January“. I am in fact for long interested in Japanese and US naval aviation, especially until 1942 and the Battle of Midway, so the Kate was very high on my list since I built the Hasegawa 1:48 kit of it. Again I seem to be more the kit collector than model builder (retirement will come one day…!), so following your build will be some sort of replacement for building mine immediately. Edited January 18 by Borsos Obligatory typos coogrfan, Martinnfb and quang 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 3 hours ago, amurray said: Are we expected to park a finished 1/35 Kate next to a 1/35 Panzer Tiger? Hopefully I don’t have such issues. Each time one of my models is finished, it ends up in a cardboard box and doesn’t necessarily know who its neighbours are. 34 minutes ago, Borsos said: As far as I can get over the scandal that is you building in the wrong scale again, I admit I’m a repeat offender and a proud member of the CSI (Crypto Scale Iconoclasts). TAG, coogrfan, Borsos and 8 others 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Soo, say you… what are my impressions 48 hours on? A LONG SIGH OF RELIEF… the Border kit lives completely up to my expectations. It looks as good as the earlier FW-190A-6 which I built last year. The box is crammed with no less than nine plastic sprues, a small PE fret, a 20-page instruction booklet and an adequately printed decal sheet for 2 planes from the carrier Akagi during the Pearl Harbor raid + assorted numbers to make a variety of other planes from the same carrier. Should Border add just 2 more letters: E and I to the A included in the decals, it would have covered ALL the Kates participating on the historical campaign. Talk of a missed opportunity Great quality plastic to my liking, not too hard, not too soft, no wandering loose part in the box. Moulding is crisp and neat with precise, delicate yet not excessively fragile detail. As usual I’ll let the pictures do the talking. Primed and waiting Surface texture. Note commendably delicate skin wrinkling. NOT so delicate… but who am I to say? We’ll see further on. Extensive and spectacular wing roots Note the rivets on the very border of the fuselage. A technical tour-de-force! Ready for the paint brush Note the lamp on top of the IP Details on the cockpit sidewalls Lewis style MG… … and magazines 2 type wheels, weighted and un-weighted 2 types of armament: type91 torpedo and 800 kg armor-piercing bomb. The Border kit at present status. Note fuselage with separate decking. As you can see, the build has started. Comments and questions are appreciated. Until next time, Cheers, Quang HB252, TankBuster, Landrotten Highlander and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Impressive. Martinnfb and quang 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 No messing about here, it looks great which is good as I have one on order, following with great interest. Cheers Dennis Martinnfb and quang 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 That's a very clever breakdown of the fuselage, shouldn't produce any unwanted seam lines. Anyway, I love your DVD stash Quang, just recently I required a dedicated DVD to start my own collection. Don't ask me why. LOL Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 @Martinnfb Dedicated DVD? Which one? Why? I stopped buying DVD some years ago when they put movies on streaming. Still I miss the collector booklets and the limited edition holographic picture cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Just a regular Sony DVD player. We also went full on-line ,streaming everything. Everything is virtual nowadays and I suddenly felt the need to hold the dvd case in my hands and check out the special features, you know the old years, when we had a movie night that started shuffling between the discs. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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