Daywalker Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Just finished this one today, Hasegawa's excellent 1/32 Ki-84 Frank. No AM parts were harmed during this build, the few additions are all home-made. They include engine wiring, spark plug wires, oil cooler intake screen, brake lines, modified kit seat, seatbelts, parachute, pitot tube, and antenna mast. I also used Montex masks for the hinomarus and white outlines, and masked the wing walk strips, leading edge identification marks, anti-glare area, and propeller markings. Painted with Tamiya paints, and include pre/post shading, and panel fading. The photo I have of this aircraft shows the left panel under the cockpit heavily chipped, but the techniques I chose to use for that area didn't lend themselves to that kind of damage (silver pencils). Next time, I will pre-paint the panel aluminum, and then mask the chipped areas. Comments and constructive criticism welcomed! After snapping the photos, I realized that I forgot to remove the masks for the landing light! It is now off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Some WIP pics... The modified kit seat- Cockpit all painted up, custom mixed Tamiya colors to approximate the Nakajima interior bamboo color- Engine all wired up- Oil cooler grill removed from kit, and replaced with fine mesh screen- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Very nice Frank! What, no build thread? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Yes very nice And I am with Kev, no build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 That looks great. Top work and well done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Nice looking Frank you have there Frank Cheers, Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big matt Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Fantastic! Very sharp. That interior color looks great. What combination of colors did you end up using? I would never have believed that was the kit seat. Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Frankly a great Frank, Frank!!! No Frankenstein's monster there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Looking great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 ...absolutely franktastic.... J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroenpeters Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) MMMMM/b].... I'm lovin' it! Edited February 5, 2011 by jeroenpeters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Thank you everyone, comments like these from builders of your calibre are most humbling. I really appreciate your taking the time to have a look, and to post your thoughts. For the cockpit color, I used a mix I found over at J-aircraft.com. All Tamiya colors, the mix is as follows: 92% XF-2 white 3% XF-1 black 3% X-5 green 2% X-8 lemon yellow For the seat, I actually bought a Mastercasters seat for the build, and after looking at it I thought I would try modifying the kit seat to make it look more like the real thing. I used some abrasive wheels which I use at work on jewelry to thin down the seat, and also to cut the reinforcing grooves into the seat back. Some drilled and chamfered holes came next. I used a blob of milliput to replicate the pilot's parachute sitting on the seat, some Tamiya tape cut into strips for the straps, and wire buckles. Here's how it looked before paint: Sorry for not doing a WIP thread on this one! I build so slowly, that a lot of people lose interest in the project as the updates are spaced out so much. I am starting a new build today, and will start a thread for it- promise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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