Aesthete Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) Kawasaki Ki-61 Type I-TEI, #5262, Chofu, April 1945,Pilot: 244th Senai commander Capt. Teruhiko Kobayashi (reserve a/c)Kit: Hasegawa (in the meantime clearly superseded by Fine Molds and RS Models)Photo-etched parts: EduardWheels with rubber tires: EquipageDecals: Life Like Decals “244th Sentai Pt.2”Built in 1997 and finished initially as that dubious "Shamrock Tony" much discussed around 2000.Partially repainted and completely re-decalled in 2004.Although the level of painting and weathering leaves something to be desired being obviously below that of my more recent models presented here and the exact colours might remain somewhat controversial, lot of corrections and extra detail (wheel wells,ventral radiator, drop tanks - just to mention a few...) were done and so I dare to present it to your attention... Edited September 21, 2014 by Aesthete 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Hi Aesthete: Really a wonderful build, just a masterpiece in every place you set she!!! I have downloaded some pics to watch the magnificent work you have done and get new ideas to build and try to improve mine. I have the ancient Revell rerelease, and even tough the difference is huge, I think is a piece in which anyone with a lot of work can do a nice replica, obviously not as wonderful as yours. Thank you very much for sharing!! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Well done on resurrecting this one and producing such a nice finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Cracking build of a very attractive aircraft,often thought if this had been a German design we would have been swamped with kits of it rather than the very few in all scales there are out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Very nice Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 nice build looks great, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philtn Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 extremely well done for 1/72 ...some pictures you could have made me believe were 1/48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesthete Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 Thanks for comments! In my (subjective) opinion, Hien is the most attractive single-engined Japanese WWII fighter. While normally doing strictly 1 model of each type, I couldn't resist buying also a "short-nosed" (Hei) version by Fine Molds some time ago in the hope to finish it with mottled camouflage some day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Superb ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelglue Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Looks wonderful, does the dragon kit have a place on your list? Just wondering your opinion as I have it but not built it yet. There is no doubt in my mind that the Finemolds kit would outclass it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesthete Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 (edited) Although I don't have the Dragon kit, according to the photos and reviews, it must be better than Hasegawa, but probably indeed outclassed by FineMolds and RS Models. Edited October 6, 2014 by Aesthete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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