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Civil Mitsubishi Ki-15 II newspaper courier completed


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This is one of the several civil versions of the Ki-15 (I and II) that flew for Japanese newspapers in the late 30s, in this case for Domei News.
This somewhat old kit now re-released by Arii is very nice and only needs a few touches to render a nice model.

As explained in the building article (posted here as work in progress):

there used to be aftermarket decals for this one, but are now OOP, so I had to make my own, helped by the fact that the images needed are very simple and black. The hinomaru were taken from a kit´s stock decal sheet.
This worked out as a relatively easy assembly with very few touches as a break from more complex and demanding endeavors, also showing how easy is to take a nice, affordable, available old kit and turn it into something not often seen on shelves and much less in model shows or meetings, where military types tend to be predominant.
I found some of the info regarding this build some time ago on the Arawasi website:
http://arawasi-wildeagles.blogspot.com/2013/01/mitsubishi-ki-15-ii-domei.html

Enjoy this 30s nice civil plane:

 

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Beautiful and different 'Babs' and great photography!

 

I could've sworn that the crosslight pics against the sun were of a restored warbird – or should that be civil-bird?

 

Inspiring and impressive work.

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

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Hi Moa,

 

Fantastic to see the finished product! What type of IJA grey did you use?

 

I think I will also do the "Kamikaze" version with my Hasegawa kit (Ki-15 I), but will also have to do custom decals for that.

 

Regards,

David

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Thanks David.

I mixed my own gray-green, using Model Master RLM 76 and just an extremely small hint of Willow green Model Master FS 14187.

A base coat was mixed with a hint of a darker grey, Model Master Kure Naval Arsenal IJN SG, and the top coat with a lighter gray, RLM 63.

I built this model in roughly two stretches, with work out of town in between.

I had prepared graded samples of paint with some notes, but, in leaving town for work, I cleaned -as I always do when traveling- the workbench.

Upon returning I realized that I had, of course, put the samples with the rest of the workbench trash. So I reconstructed from memory.

I do not recommend this approach to coloring ;-)

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