You guys voted, here is my "Help me pick" Ki-84 Hayate (Frank) bui

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I left the choice up to you guys, you voted, and the Frank won over the Spitfire 6 to 4. So here it is. After collecting a few aftermarket upgrades, I finally got started on my Ki-84 Frank by Hasegawa. The goal the this build is to test and experiment with heavy wear, weathering, and chipping. This thing is going to look like it was used, abused, and forgotten about.

 

Hasegawa Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Frank) special edition

 

Montex Mask 32100

 

Eduard 32542 Interior set, I am mainly using this set for the seat and panel, but I'm using some details that are not on the kit parts, if the kit parts look descent, then I leave it off.

 

Quickboost exhaust, in my opinion, it's not worth the time to hollow out the kit parts when you can buy these for $7

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This is always my least favorite part of the build, cutting, bending, and gluing PE.

 

I do have to say, the Eduard seat and panel look great. I added some details to the floor, maybe i will add a few to the side panels too.

 

[Vandy 1 VX 4]

I will be watching    looking great

Edited November 12, 2017 by Vandy 1 VX 4

[Martinnfb]

Sweet!

[Martinnfb]

[Martinnfb]

And fully loaded , ready for another peacekeeping mission

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A little more PE hell last night, I got so lucky attaching the rear seat mounts/posts at the exact right spacing to fit the floor and rear bulkhead...luck, that's all it was. I have to admit, as complicated as the seat was, it came out awesome! Way better than the kit seat.

 

 

[AdamR]

It's quite a nice kit to build; I finished one earlier this year.

 

Very nice work so far. Thanks for posting. I'll be following your build with interest.

[Gazzas]

That has to be the best looking aircraft seat I've ever seen.

 

Gaz

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  On 11/14/2017 at 6:49 AM, Gazzas said:

That has to be the best looking aircraft seat I've ever seen.

 

Gaz

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I have to admit, the major suckage of the Hasegawa seat made the Eduard seat worth it. It was a pain because it had so many folds and curves, but I have to admit, it wasn't that bad to assemble.

[Shaka HI]

Incredible seat. But looks unbelievably uncomfortable!

[Thunnus]

That seat definitely makes the interior much better!  I love the look of unpainted photoetch too.

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I did a little work last night, I painted the engine and test assembled it (no glue yet). I still need to weather it and add the ignition wires.

 

 

It was tough finding some good usable pictures of the Honmare 45 engine, but I found these were a good reference.

 

 

 

 

I primered the cockpit and spayed a coat of duraluminum, then gave it a good coat of chipping medium. I still have not decided which color to paint the cockpit, but I'm leaning toward the light brown/khaki shade.

 

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I made more progress on the Frank, painted and chipped the cockpit, assembled wings, a few sub assemblies, the engine and cowl, and test fit the fuselage.

 

Edited November 20, 2017 by 1to1scale

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Final paint and weathering on the cockpit.