russ c Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Hi Everyone, `Popped` my Classic Airframes cherry at last with my attempt at their 1/48 Fiat BR-20 kit. Finished to represent an aircraft used by the Japanese Air Force during the war against China just proir to WW II Built pretty much from the box contents, I added some radio gear in the fuselage but you can`t see it Other additions included some structure in the nose, that you can barely see and some imagineered walls in the wheel wells Stuff you can see includes wiring harness and push rods on the engine cylinder, some dodgy seat belts and the usual antenna wires Quite a bit of filling and sanding and reinforced the fuselage join with tabs of card like you would with a `vacform` kit Overall not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking Cheers Russ 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Another cracking off-beat subject Russ, love it. At least you know all that extra detailing is hiding ine there! Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Looks great I'm very impressed. How was the fit of the nose to the rest of the fuselage? It looks like the latter is wider than the former on the one in my stash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Very nice indeed, Russ......beautiful job! I would like to do this as a night bomber from the Malta campaign, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 11 minutes ago, Silver Fox said: Looks great I'm very impressed. How was the fit of the nose to the rest of the fuselage? It looks like the latter is wider than the former on the one in my stash. Cheers S/F, not tooooooo bad, I made little tabs and fitted them to the fuselage and fitted the nose over them the next day, there was still some sanding and hacking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Polished up some history knowledge there -(once again! ). Fiats in the IJAAF -Interesting. I like the camouflage and the smooth finish of the end result a lot. Weathering looks realistic as well, especially the exhaust stains. The dorsal turret looks interesting; quite complex I must say. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Another superb one Russ,finish looks spot on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossofiron1971 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Wow! That's a different subject! Very impressive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve4536 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Nice job and great paint finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 What a curious, but beautiful bird. Really good job (as always with you!) Congratulations. Polo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Always enjoy seeing your completed builds Russ, and this is another beauty. I've got a Special Hobby one of these in the stash, and seeing yours has brought it nearer the top of my list to get started on. Cheers Adam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Very nice indeed, a rare aircraft wearing a different coat. What's not to like. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Hello,Russ - The subject may be unfamiliar to me but the quality of your build and finishing work certainly isn't.Beautiful work and portrayal indeed.😉👍All the very best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 lovely build Russ the paint and finish looks great. nice looking aircraft as well... im just doing my first classic airframes kit one of there meteors and certainly a lot of work lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Well now, that's not something you see every day... or ever come to think of it. Great model, Russ, one of your best, matey. Ian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Nice one, Ian I like to something a bit unusual as well. Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient mariner Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Nice one Russ. Im building the 1:72nd issue from Italeri. Is the colour scheme the original Italian colours? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 That's a cracker isn't it. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 2 hours ago, ancient mariner said: Nice one Russ. Im building the 1:72nd issue from Italeri. Is the colour scheme the original Italian colours? Thanks A M: I believe it`s the original colours it was delivered in, one of the other Japanese options in the box is for a sand with green and brown mottling camo`. The called out colours on the paint guide weren`t any different to the Italian options. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Excellent build. Didn't know the Japanese operated Italian aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRMLA Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Nice, excellent, cracking and so impressive work Russ! Very, very well! Simply, outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 You don't see many of these! Nicel done, looks really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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