tomthounaojam Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Dear Folks, As i grew up listening to stories from grandparent about Burma's Campaign and air attack by Japanese during ww2. I always wanted to built a Ki-43 however was scared as I was not good at weathering, however in last two days managed to build this, hope the weathering is satisfactory and also the bands were painted. I think my marking is little fictitious hope it is allowed. The kits was simple arii kits not much details just bare minimum however with price of just 10$ for a 1:48 scale couldn't say no to myself. Thanks for the peek cheers... 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 A fine pair of well worn warrior's.love them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) A fine pair of well worn warrior's.love them thanks buddy, re painted to Ki-43-II of the 64th Sentai, Flown by Capt Yasuhiko Kuroe, Toungoo, Burma, March 1943 Edited August 28, 2016 by tomthounaojam 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 That's a great looking Oscar (and Zeke). The weathering looks spot on to me. It's amazing how scruffy Japanese aircraft got during the War. It must have been something to do with the quality of the paint as no other nations' aircraft looked so worn. I've just re-read Hurricanes over the Arakan and Capt. Kuroe gets a number of mentions in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) You have produced a fantastic pair of rising sun aircraft! Such a well worn camouflage is extremely tricky to do in order to look credible. You have achieved that and it is all to your credit. I have just two points I wish to make: - usually the red paint of the hinomarus and the identification bands would get chipped as well, and therefore wouldn't retain their pristine appearance. - unless a japanese private was ordered to get the tyres brand new-looking by using boot polish and buffing them to hell, I would dirty them somewhat in order to match the overall appearance of the plane. Just constructive comments, not detracting from the quality of your builds! Congrats! JR Edited August 30, 2016 by jean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Very nice - it is amazing how weathered some of the Japanese aircraft became. I suppose it was the tropical climate and the quality of the paint. I specialise in building Soviet aircraft, and despite the ferocious weather in much of the old Soviet Union, they never became as weathered as Japanese WWII aircraft. Regarding the Japanese weathering, I need to get me a photograph that shows this and build one of my Japanese kits to match it. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 That's a great looking Oscar (and Zeke). The weathering looks spot on to me. It's amazing how scruffy Japanese aircraft got during the War. It must have been something to do with the quality of the paint as no other nations' aircraft looked so worn. I've just re-read Hurricanes over the Arakan and Capt. Kuroe gets a number of mentions in it. Thanks Sir, iirc it is not the fault of the quality of the paint ( beat the Subaru hehehe) when the manufacturer made the aircraft they finished it bare metal finish and not paint is applied, the problem start from there and the each unit which get the aircraft paint it without Primer and that is where the problem is exacerbated. Hence the paint start to come out very badly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 You have produced a fantastic pair of rising sun aircraft! Such a well worn camouflage is extremely tricky to do in order to look credible. You have achieved that and it is all to your credit. I have just two points I wish to make: - usually the red paint of the hinomarus and the identification bands would get chipped as well, and therefore wouldn't retain their pristine appearance. - unless a japanese private was ordered to get the tyres brand new-looking by using boot polish and buffing them to hell, I would dirty them somewhat in order to match the overall appearance of the plane. Just constructive comments, not detracting from the quality of your builds! Congrats! JR Thanks Jr Really appreciate your feedback Agreed about Hinomaru, there are some pictures where it is really chipped as well, and there were some incident where they painted the chipping part as matter of pride and Hinomaro look pristine, true about the paint as well, i completely forgot about it, will keep in mind for next built, wanted to built a George, look like the P-47 of Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Very nice - it is amazing how weathered some of the Japanese aircraft became. I suppose it was the tropical climate and the quality of the paint. I specialise in building Soviet aircraft, and despite the ferocious weather in much of the old Soviet Union, they never became as weathered as Japanese WWII aircraft. Regarding the Japanese weathering, I need to get me a photograph that shows this and build one of my Japanese kits to match it. Regards, Jason Thank you Learstang, true on those point and i look forward to your Japanese Built and soviet aircraft built. cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike DeTorrice Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Excellent job on this one ! The weathering looks exceptionally good on this Japanese fighter and you have been well rewarded for your courage to try your hand in this process, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Excellent job on this one ! The weathering looks exceptionally good on this Japanese fighter and you have been well rewarded for your courage to try your hand in this process, Mike You Sir, is very kind thank you so very much... ........................... My earlier built of Ki-43 with chipped Hinomaru 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinSK Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Weathering looks realistic to me. I like this style when the model looks like the real plane. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelprofessor Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Fantastic work. it is a really believable finish. i also like the suggestion that the meat balls are kept pristine and repainted . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Fantastic work. it is a really believable finish. i also like the suggestion that the meat balls are kept pristine and repainted . Thanks mate!! really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 That looks extremely realistic unlike some I have seen where the pattern is too random Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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