fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) 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: Edited February 2, 2018 by Moa improve wording 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Good work on this i enjoyed the build as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 Thanks Corsairfox! It was an uneventful, pleasant build. I have three more of these, that I plan to build between more challenging projects, as J-BAAI and twin machine, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Wow!!! Impressive work and what a stunning photography as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 Thanks Spitfire31 and Tom. A simple but good little kit that builds nicely, this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 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 ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Very nice, C. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Very smart model and some creative photography. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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