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So for this years first WIP I wanted something smaller than the B17 I've just finished and strangely ended up with 4 Japanese aircraft. First was the Airfix B5N2 Kate, followed by 2 Airfix Zeros from Aldi for £5 each and finally the Hasegawa KI61 Tony I picked up second hand for £8!. I have picked up Eduard seat belts for the Zeros along with new decals, a set of ski's, interior etch and decals for the Tony as the original decals look quite poor and the Kate has the Eduard etch set but will use the kit decals as they are good. IMGA0670 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0673 by neil Connor, on Flickr Decals and belts for the Zero's IMGA0671 by neil Connor, on Flickr Resin ski's, Etch and decals for the Tony IMGA0674 by neil Connor, on Flickr Eduard etch for the Kate So the Tony first, the kit is from early 1990's I believe so fine engraved detail on the outside but cockpit detail is non-existent! Resin ski's and Rising Sun decals look good. IMGA0676 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0677 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0678 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0679 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0681 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0682 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0683 by neil Connor, on Flickr Cockpit as supplied by Hasegawa, a bit basic to say the least. IMGA0684 by neil Connor, on Flickr 8 bits of etch and a piece of 0.8mm wire later, looks more like it.

Good day, Here is my latest project, the Hasegawa FB-111A. Here is a brief overview of the kit............ 1. Main colors used - Mission Models USAF dark green ( FS34079 ), SAC bomber tan ( FS34159 ), SAC bomber green ( FS34201 ), white, Model Master dark gull gray ( cockpit ), Tamiya semi-gloss black ( X-18 ) radome nose cone. 2. Added Master pitot tube 3. Used kit supplied decals 4. Detailed with pencils, Vallejo washes, and paint 5. Added aircrew from Hasegawa Pilot / Ground Crew set ( X72-7 ) 6. Exhaust nozzles painted in AK Extreme Jet Exhaust ( AK 486 ), Steel ( AK 476 ), and Tamiya Gun Metal ( X-10 ) and dry brushed with copper and gold colors. 7. Slats & flaps come in the extended position but I opted to have them in the retracted position. The kit is very well detailed. The landing gears bays particularly stand out for their detail. Unfortunately, the windscreen only comes in the closed position. Because I bought the kit at a model show, the decals had become dated and required a coat of Tamiya Clear to ensure that they would not come apart after soaking in water. I hope you enjoy this colorful swing winger. THANK YOU in advance!!!!!!! Mike

Hello all, Haven't started my first entry yet, so here's a second Hasegawa's 1/72 Lancaster B.MK.1 - will be marked as either ED763 or DV385, both of 617 Squadron during Operation Catechism on 12th November 1944- the attack to sink the Tirpitz. Loaded with Tallboy bombs, the mighty ship eventually capsized after a number of direct hits and near misses. Kit: Extras: Not much here, just an Eduard mask and etch set. Instead of a camouflage mask, I'm going to try clever putty for demarcation. Decals and paint scheme: Hadn't planned on a second build, but got this for a good price on you know where so will do my best to get both entries completed. Dave

Morning all, There is still plenty of work left to do on the Viggen but I though I'd use the remaining time to kick start another kit that's been in the cupboard for far too long! Cheers, Mark.

Afternoon all, Here is another entry into the Nordic themed Group Build, in the shape of the Hasegawa 1/48 J35 Draken built as F-2 '06' of Swedish Air Force Div3/F10. Mostly out of the box with the addition of some Eduard PE seat belts and some Aires Control surfaces. I have used Vallejo Model Air for the top surface colours modified with an oil paint filter and Tamiya underneath with a plain 'dirty' wash. Overall an enjoyable build, but the rear fuselage join is,whilst agreeing that there should be a change in surface continuity is not too clever at all. That being said quite pleased with the paint effects and it should look good displayed next to the recently completed Viggen for the same Group Build. The build thread is here: As always comments and observations welcome, thanks for looking. Cheers, Mark.

Hello all, Here is my recently completed 1/72 Hasegawa Lancaster B MK.lll, marked as ED763 of 617 Squadron, during Operation Catechism in November 1944 -the attack to sink the Tirpitz. Loaded with Tallboy bombs, the mighty ship eventually capsized after a number of direct hits and near misses. My first ever Lancaster, the build thread is here Extras used included Eduard etch along with Eduard and AML masks. Paints are from MRP and Tamiya. Thanks for looking. Dave

Hi guys, I will be building the 1/48 Hasegawa Saab J-35 F/J Draken kit. I will convert it with a Aires set to the S-35 E recon version. I have got some extra goodies for it. I will place some pictures later. Cheers,

Hasegawa's 1/72 kit of the Hien or Tony is an oldie and I've had it on my shelves for at least 25 years. It's one of their earlier, simpler kits but it does have the recessed panel lines we are all used to now. My boxing is from the 90s and I had a suspicion that the paint schemes provided were pretty inaccurate. Via Ronnie Olsthoorn I was provided with some more accurate side views and by painting the markings myself with a bit of help from the decal sheet from one of the newer boxings in my stash I believe I've managed to turn it into something a bit more accurate. Weathering was done by painting the kit in a variety of metal shades, sealing this with future, applying IJA green, then sanding back the green. I'm satisfied with how this turned out. Spraying the hinomaru's was a pain as both my white paint and my red were end of life and with Covid-19 in the way I had no immediate way to resolve this, so they came out a bit ragged. Then again, that fits with the rest of the color scheme. Eduard's canopy masks were used, they were the old vinyl ones and they are hopeless, not sticking very well to curved surfaces. Hasegawa's kit is of course a bit light on detail in most areas - I have the Tamiya kit in my stash and it is amazing what 30 years have done to our hobby - so I handcrafted a few things. Landing light was added, with the help of a sharp knife and a lens by Little Cars, Albion Alloys provided the pitot tube, EZ-Wire the antennae wires and Tamiya's tape department the seat belts. Finally, I used Quickboost’s exhausts. They are an improvement over the kit parts even though they are slightly undersized, a common issue with QB parts I find. Hope you enjoy it.

Here is the last of my trilogy of Harriers. This is Harrier GR9, ZD406 finished in the 100th Anniversary of Naval Flying scheme from 2009. The kit is the standard Hasegawa kit in a special edition presentation box with the transfers for the Navy's 100 year anniversary. There's an RAF option in the box too. It's built OOB apart from some seat belts. I was a little disappointed as although it was beautifully moulded the fit wasn't quite as expected from Hasegawa and there was more flash, mould lines and some ejection pin marks than I have not previously seen on a Hasegawa kit. So there was much more sanding and filling needed than usual. There was a mould line all the way down the canopy that took a lot of care to eliminate. The transfers performed beautifully though. I've got a couple of Revell GR9s in the stash and I thought I'd build one of them next in standard colours but my heart dropped when I saw they were Hasegawa reboxings, not the reaction that usually happens. They were half the price of the Hasegawa boxing though. The airframe was brush painted in Xtracrylix Medium Sea Grey and finished with Liquitex matt varnish. The trilogy of Harriers

F-4E Phantom II, 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Tail Code: JV) 388th TFW, Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, November 1969-October 1972. OOB Hataka paints

Hello, Here's my just finished 1/72 Hasegawa G4M2 Betty. I've had this kit in the stash for many years, but the typical poor Hasegawa decals kept me from building it. Just about any aftermarket sheet is for the G4M1 version, which is quite different. Luckily I found some aftermarket decals, with bonus PE, by Rising Decals for this model earlier this year, so I had to build it. Apart from the decals and the PE radar antennas on the fuselage, it's OOB. I used Mr. Color paints. This "Hamaki" was based at Omura Airfield at Kyushu, Japan in June 1945. Thanks for looking, I hope you like it.

Hi dear modellers🌻 I just finished another Iranian Phantom from Hasegawa in 1/48 scale (OOB) and in flight condition during this quarantine. This Phantom is from 9th TFB based in Bandar Abbass city in south of Iran. Colors are Tamiya and Mr.hobby with leveling thinner. Decals are from Print Scale. The stand comes from one of my vintage 1970s McDonnell Douglas United States Air Force F-4 Phantom II desk model. Hope you enjoy. Wish you all to stay safe and healthy all the time.❤️ Barzin 9D41408F-675F-4ACC-A530-4F8C3D8473F0 by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr IMG_7367 by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr 8E78D567-271D-40CE-A3FD-19124E101E97 by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr 07F84D0F-03F0-4824-AF48-04F58A9D0FBC by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr 6DDB391B-B477-4703-9248-1906CA8C98D7 by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr 31C8AC79-506D-46DF-BAC9-5CB1402C5FDE by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr 9E201AE0-58DA-46C4-A669-49CB4C4ACE4D by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr C9D5B504-C8D0-4646-932E-49104885FDC4 by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr B8E98869-D98E-4D2B-8E39-6F77C85D6C64 by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr 99CD7C04-F8C6-496E-8665-DA5030C949BE by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr 17074545-DCB4-4DC3-BEDE-2A6B1B36A33B by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr 1102898A-D5E5-4151-B2C2-2BC04BADCF8A by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr 2019_02_20_IMG_5287 by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr photo_2019-02-23_23-00-59 by Freddy Pilot, on Flickr

Hi there. Here is my latest model, a 1/72 Mitsubishi F-2A in a colourful 3SQ anniversay scheme. Built from the Hasegawa corresponding boxing. I had to order an aftermarket decal sheet as my kit decals had a green colour shift and Microsol destroyed my blue paint coat on application anyway. MrColor JASDF colour set, DXM decals, Eduard etch, Hasegawa 3D printed exhaust and minor cockpit scratch. Hope you enjoy the plane and stay safe!

Once the tonka was announced to be retiring I decided to make a few seeing as the only one I had previously made was Airfix's god awful attempt at a GR.4 in 617 squadron 75 year anniversary Dambuster scheme. I got hold of the 1989 boxing of Hasegawa's Tornado as it had stickers for an RSAF version and I wanted to do one in the 3 tone camo scheme they wore. The only weapons the kit provides (for obvious reasons due to it's age) were either iron bombs or JP233's so I went 'tinterweb searching for alternative loadouts. In doing so I stumbled onto the Tornado Sustainment Programme. Basically, RSAF Tornado's flown by the RAF for test and evaluation purposes. The kit is a hodgepodge of a scheme worn and loadout carried by ZK113 in the TSP. Excuse the poor pictures, only working on a phone and the lighting hasn't helped but there you go. Enjoy and feel free to pick it apart as I know there are a lot of inaccuracies

Hard to believe there isn't a newer 1/72 tooling of the S-3 than the 70s Hasegawa kit. It's still really nice though, and the fit was amazing. I added a little bit of cockpit detail, mainly replacing the kit seats with resin items, and re-scribed the model. The engine intakes looked a bit narrow compared to photos so I widened them a touch. Markings are a combination of masking/painting, kit, and home-made decals.

SEPECAT Jaguar T.2A XX150 / PW No.16 (Reserve) Squadron, RAF Coltishall, 2004 Hasegawa 1/72 kit + resin wing with flaps + PP Aeroparts airbrakes Model Alliance decals The old Hasegawa Jaguar kit still holds up pretty well against more modern mouldings. The cockpit interior is simplified, but we always like to add stuff there anyway don’t we. I used the kit seats as a basis, reshaped them a bit, added seat straps, firing handles, etc. The T.2 kit scores over the GR.1 issue in that two underwing drop tanks are provided (and also another under-fuselage tank for the French E version). I finished one of the tanks in the older Dark Green / Dark Sea Grey colours to add a bit of variety. I picked up the resin wing with flaps and slats deployed from the Freightdog stand at Telford. This is by no means a new item, but is just a straight drop-in replacement for the kit part with no cutting needed (though, as always, with a touch of filler here and there). I also had some old PP Aeroparts photoetch airbrakes which came in very handy as the kit parts are not great. Decals were from Model Alliance which were great in terms of printing and colour, but the 16 Sqn fin bars had slightly wrong angles front and rear and I found myself fiddling around with tiny strips of yellow decal to correct that. Worked out OK in the end though. I used another Model Alliance sheet for the stencils. This provided some microscopic no step markings on the top surfaces which was very impressive but I must admit I struggled with decals that small and abandoned them after convincing myself from photos of the real aircraft that they’re just not visible anyway. What do you think?:

Still working through my old pics, I think this was the next one that I completed - Hasegawa's amazing Miura SV. No prizes for guessing the reason for this colour! The wheels were the kit chrome with several applications of a gold wash (just thinned humbrol enamel) to tone them down and bring out the detail. Whilst there are no opening panels, there is still a huge amount of detail to this kit e,g. the filler cap visible through the front vents: and the metal transfers included plenty for the interior too: and underside: The top of the engine is intended to be visible through the rear vents but once assembled, it's difficult see (or photograph), so here's a pic before the body was fitted:

Hallo again This time with an F-15A from the IAF. The same kit my husband finished a short time ago. Now I learned from him, and I got advice how to make it better. Together with present day regulations according Corona, I stay home and use this amount of time to focus on the paint job of my model. To understand it clearly: The hot area is the first area I focus on. Using the new SM colors from Mr. Hobby. I do not refer to them, read my husband’s blog please! I did nothing else as: Base colour is Titan for the hot area of the engine. Afterward masking panels one by one or in groups. I used highly diluted black for this purpose. One stroke, two or three, to create individual shades. It takes time to learn to understand what one stroke more with the airbrush causes. So I learn on a fuselage with base color in all SM colors. So I get a clue what the result will be. Anyway, the pictures include also the gun and nose area. This is just the beginning. Happy modelling

Good evening guys, here are some photis of my most recently completed model, a Hasegawa N1K2-J Shidenkai in 1:48. The numbers on the tail came from a Tamiya Raiden and Zero, while the 4 was masked and painted by me.

Hi comrades! So, here my F-86F-25 USAF 53rd Fighter Day Squadron, Bitburg AB-Germany, mid 1950s finished. The build is here It was my first try of NMF, and I made a lot of critical mistakes in every possible area... 1) Hasegawa kit is fantastic! Built OOB with only addition of ejection seat by Quickboost. Decals was dead (after 20 years... - my fault), but some of them were cured with liquid decal film. 2) Prototype - I'm not a Sabre fun, so my basic research was limited just to find the right decals for the type of the wing in my box. A missed the Sidewinders... 3) Armycast decals are fantastic, but they don't forgive any mistakes. I distorted one of them, the other was just destroyed...Sad, but acceptable for the "try project". 4) I used the Gunze MC 218 like the base color. It was my major fault. The paint is fantastic, but not in the case You want to mask it and paint with other colors - its just lifts up with masking tape with or without gloss lacquer over it...My next NMF model was painted with different series of Gunze metallics. Nevertheless, this "try project" finished. Thanks for looking!

Hello guys, here's my latest build, Hasegawa's 1:48 J7W1. The original box of this kit was for the jet version J7W2, but I wanted to have another J7W1, so I used the propeller that came with the kit. The name Shinden means "Magnificent Lightning" when translated, so the decals are really appropriate for this aircraft.

#11/2020 After the Fw190 with the Hagelkorn gliding bomb, my dad has finished another subject of the Special Weapons And Tactics category. Hasegawa kit (limited), added Eduard seatbelts, Antenna wire with EZ Line and fishing line, yellow fuel line in the cockpit and brake lines with plastic rods and lead wire. "Spears" of the wing tanks with plastic rods. As a G-1 the aircraft had a pressurized cockpit. Removed the side airscoop from the windshield and added a sealed canopy back wall with an Eduard part found in the sparesbox. The little airscoop on the font fuselage was a Fw190 part taken also from the sparesbox. Hasegawa didn´t provide underwing Stammkennzeichen decals, these were done with Luftwaffe code decals from Fantasy Printshop. Painted with Gunze RLM 74/75 and AK Real Color RLM76. The additional landing gear is provided as a metal part in the kit. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235068490-swat148-messerschmitt-bf109g-1-fieseler-skoda-fisk-199/ In 1942 plans were made to enable the 109 to carry a large 500kg bomb. The Fieseler company designed the modifications. This consisted of the addition of a auxiliary undercarriage leg fitted under the center of the fuselage. This leg was jettisoned after take-off and was fitted with a parachute for retrieval. After the bomb was dropped the FiSk-199 could land in a normal way. The modifications were carried out by Skoda in Prague, hence the assignment of the Fi-Sk designation. It is thought that two aircraft were converted and tested. DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0018 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0019 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0023 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0025 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

Hi all, I'd like to participate in this if I may? I've had a P-40 gathering dust in the stash for ages. I'd been looking for an alternative scheme for this for a while, because the options in the box, including those captured and flown by Japanese forces didn't inspire me. So, the base kit will be this, Hasegawa's 1/48 P-40E. The markings will come from SBS Models "captured fighters in Finnish service" sheet. The aircraft represented on the sheet is actually a P-40M but I'm going to accept the error - my goal this year is to reduce my stash by selling kits I've accumulated and, more drastically, by actually just building them and having fun! 🤣 Other goodies include a replacement IP from Yahu, resin wheels, also by SBS Models, and some Quickboost exhausts. So, hopefully that all makes sense and fits the groups criteria. I'm hoping to make progress because for the first time in a couple of years, I'm enjoying my modelling again. Matt

Hello guys, here's my next model, Hasegawa's Shinden in 48th scale. I'll be building it as the propeller pushed J7W1 instead of the jet powered J7W2, but I'll add the underneath fuel tank.

Having not built a Stuka for nearly 50 years I thought joining this GB would sort that out, this year is also the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain so I could also start my build of aircraft that took part in that epic battle. On checking through my stash I had two Hasegawa Stukas, one with resin ski's and this one for the Balkan operation. I was going to build it in North African markings, yes with the snake, I have the Peddinghaus set for that, but as I have always wanted an aircraft from 6./St.G 1, their badge has a devil holding a flaming torch and sitting on a bomb, I thought why not. The plan is to build it almost straight out the box with just the Eduard zoom to improve the cockpit, Eduard mask to help with the canopy and Quickboost resin machine guns and exhausts to improve those two areas. I do not want to over complicate this build, that's how I end up not finishing in time. Let the fun begin.