Brad Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 This aircraft was reportedly seen in a derelict condition at Phenian (Pyongyang) airfield by Soviet ground crew around 1950. The story is certainly not beyond possibility as there were many Japanese aircraft left in Korea at wars end, with photographic evidence some being pressed into service with the North and South. I based the colour scheme on the North Korean Tachikawa Ki-54 that was captured probably at Pyongyang. The kit itself is showing it's age, although it's not that bad. I only had trouble with the fit of the windscreen which too some mucking about. The mix of raised and engraved surface detail is accurate and quite nice. Humbrol Matt 27 steel and Tamiya Khaki drab are the main colours, sealed with some future with an oil filter of white and yellow applied. I added to that with different coloured pastels, MiG pigment and a black chalk wash for the under surface. I yellowed out the canopy with a make up brush and Tamiya weathering pigments. Decals came from some MiG 15 decal sheets. The base is the case of an old clock, glued together and painted with a cheapie rattle can of black. The dirt is grout left over from bathroom repairs, spread around over the base then flooded with water from an eyedropper and left to harden. I added some MiniNature grass tufts and couple things from the spare box to fill a hole. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampartiger Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 An unexpected user of the Hayabusa.....wow...that really caught me off guard! Never expected the North Koreans to use Japanese leftovers but I guess the airforce had to start from somewhere! Thanks for sharing, I have learnt something new today! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient mariner Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Interesting build,well executed. Certainly gets a like from me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I'd never heard of North Korean Oscars either! Lovely build, I especially love the yellowed out canopy. Tiny niggle: the tyres look pretty pumped up for such a derelict old heap! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Marvelous- nice simple but "lively" base, and I particularly like the yellowed/opaqued canopy. bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 looks great, nice to see something different and very nice bit history... like others I had no idea korea used these a/c !!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Nice work Brad. Thanks for sharing. Rod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Very nice job !! Looks great !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 interesting, never seen this before, nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Always good to see something different! Mike. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blogs On Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hi Brad, That, is a lovely model. I am intrigued as to how you achieved the degradation of the canopy. Regards Darren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 Hi Brad, That, is a lovely model. I am intrigued as to how you achieved the degradation of the canopy. Regards Darren To get the yellowed canopy, I used Tamiya weathering pigment 'sand' and brushed directly onto the canopy with a soft women's make up brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 First, I want to congratulate you on this depiction of a plane that was observed by more than one person at a North Korean airfield. The choice of colors is spot-on. It appears that of the six Japanese aircraft photographed in Korea during the war years (Ki-9 )(2x) Ki-86, Ki-54 (2X); Ki-55) at least two were painted overall green with red tails. The others were overall light gray. The build is great and the paint work is faded perfectly; I especially like the faded insignia. The diorama is simple but effective. Thank you for sharing this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAVY870 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Good job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blogs On Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Hi Brad, Thank you for the tip. Regards Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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