Cookenbacher Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 That interior looks incredible Giorgio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 You've done this sort of thing before haven't you Giorgio? 😄 Making shapes look all brilliant and coloured-in and all... More than just craft so it is! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Christ alive, I might try and fly the thing when your done, looking very life like! Â Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) I was just in contact with Giorgio about a mistake Tamiya made when they made these molds. I didn't want to bring it up here but Giorgio suggested that I should as a heads up to others. This is in reference to the blue object on the starboard side in the picture below... Â Â In Monogram Close-up 14 "Japanese Cockpit Interiors Part 1", the caption reads..."The right side of the cockpit primarily contained electrical and radio equipment. This captured TONY was flown by American pilots for evaluation. For this purpose an American made oxygen system was installed and all switches and gauges were marked in English..............." Drawings in "Mechanism of Military Aircraft and Kawasaki Ki.61/Ki.100 by Modelpres confirm this space was empty Edited February 17, 2019 by fubar57 Include "American" which I forgot 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Nice work Giorgio - that 'pit's looking very special  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Looking rather splendid Giorgio. Very fine work. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 On 17/02/2019 at 01:24, keefr22 said: You're cracking on at a great pace with this one G - she'll be finished in no time...!!  K Thank K, hopefully so!  Albeit, I predict the painting is going to take up some time...  13 hours ago, Cookenbacher said: That interior looks incredible Giorgio. Cheers Cookie, thanks, glad you like it!  12 hours ago, TheBaron said: You've done this sort of thing before haven't you Giorgio? 😄 Making shapes look all brilliant and coloured-in and all... More than just craft so it is! Thank you Tony, much appreciated  12 hours ago, rob85 said: Christ alive, I might try and fly the thing when your done, looking very life like!  Rob  I should have put the pilot it, then! Thanks for the appreciation, Rob!  10 hours ago, fubar57 said: I was just in contact with Giorgio about a mistake Tamiya made when they made these molds. I didn't want to bring it up here but Giorgio suggested that I should as a heads up to others. This is in reference to the blue object on the starboard side in the picture below...  In Monogram Close-up 14 "Japanese Cockpit Interiors Part 1", the caption reads..."The right side of the cockpit primarily contained electrical and radio equipment. This captured TONY was flown by American pilots for evaluation. For this purpose an American made oxygen system was installed and all switches and gauges were marked in English..............." Drawings in "Mechanism of Military Aircraft and Kawasaki Ki.61/Ki.100 by Modelpres confirm this space was empty George, thank you for pointing this issue out - I should still be able to remove that oxygen regulator without too much trouble  And hopefully this will prevent other modellers from doing the same mistake  9 hours ago, CedB said: Nice work Giorgio - that 'pit's looking very special  Thank you Ced!  8 hours ago, bbudde said: Looking rather splendid Giorgio. Very fine work. Cheers Cheers Benedikt, thank you  Last night I went on fixing the gaps, pouring some CA on top of them    After sanding and polishing, there would still be small gaps, even after a second CA application, so I decided I needed something with a more capillary action, and resorted using sprue slices blended in with Tamiya Green Cap   The bottom back end of the fuselage came put pretty well, though  It's very important to have the cleanest join possible, otherwise the NMF finish will show any blemishes.  This is curing for a couple of days now; meanwhile, comments welcome  Ciao  16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom61 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 33 minutes ago, giemme said: Thank K, hopefully so!  Albeit, I predict the painting is going to take up some time...  Cheers Cookie, thanks, glad you like it!  Thank you Tony, much appreciated   I should have put the pilot it, then! Thanks for the appreciation, Rob!  George, thank you for pointing this issue out - I should still be able to remove that oxygen regulator without too much trouble  And hopefully this will prevent other modellers from doing the same mistake  Thank you Ced!  Cheers Benedikt, thank you  Last night I went on fixing the gaps, pouring some CA on top of them    After sanding and polishing, there would still be small gaps, even after a second CA application, so I decided I needed something with a more capillary action, and resorted using sprue slices blended in with Tamiya Green Cap   The bottom back end of the fuselage came put pretty well, though  It's very important to have the cleanest join possible, otherwise the NMF finish will show any blemishes.  This is curing for a couple of days now; meanwhile, comments welcome  Ciao  excellent work Giorgio very clean... Silvano 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 3 hours ago, phantom61 said: excellent work Giorgio very clean... Silvano Thanks Silvano  - not so clean, yet, but I'm getting there....   Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Great work on the office Giemme. Looks the part. Good idea to leave it out though while sorting out the seams etc. Saves errant dust entering... Â Soon be together then? Â Simon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Hi Giorgio, You're doing well and those joints look just right! And I like very much those interiors! Well done!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 17 hours ago, Spookytooth said: Great work on the office Giemme. Looks the part. Good idea to leave it out though while sorting out the seams etc. Saves errant dust entering...  Soon be together then?  Simon. Cheers Simon, thanks!  The kit is very well engineered (as we come to expect from Tamiya, but let's not take it for granted  ), so handling at this stage is still very comfy. BTW, I already tried a dry fit for the wings, and they just click in place and fit to the fuselage like a dream, so yes, soon to be completely mounted 10 hours ago, Massimo said: Hi Giorgio, You're doing well and those joints look just right! And I like very much those interiors! Well done!!! Thanks Massimo, glad you like it!   Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) Hi everybody; pressing on with this, I sorted the seams and removed the erroneous oxygen regulator. Here's a shot after a quick paint touch up  So I could slide in the tub from the bottom  It's a pretty tight fit, almost no need for gluing it, but I did run some Tamiya Green Cap along the bottom edges, just to be on the safe side    It looks suitably busy, doesn't it?  I couldn't resist a wings dryfit  As yo can see, the wings to fuselage joins are perfect, and the same for the bottom side  I then glued in the rudder and the horizontal tail planes/elevators, perfect fit there too  Then the supercharger intake and the engine top cowling  There's a bit of a gap right in front of the cowling that needs sorting. As you can see, I taped on a cardboard protection for the cockpit ... because I know me, and didn't want to knock off the gunsight ...  Upper and lower wings got glued too  Not very visible from the above pic, but there's some filling to do on the leading edges  That's it for the day, comments welcome  Ciao    Edited February 20, 2019 by giemme 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amblypygid Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 That is a nicely fitting kit, G. Lovely work thus far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Very nice! Kits like that will not go down well with the manufacturers of putty! Â Ian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Well done with the modification Giorgio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 hours ago, amblypygid said: That is a nicely fitting kit, G. Lovely work thus far. Thanks Chris, it does fit really well 56 minutes ago, limeypilot said: Very nice! Kits like that will not go down well with the manufacturers of putty!  Ian True, but Italeri balances for that  2 minutes ago, fubar57 said: Well done with the modification Giorgio Cheers George, thank you!  Removing the oxygen regulator was actually easier than I thought: I just pried it with the tip of a knife and it popped of.  Ciao 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hello Giorgio !! Nice job Indeed !!I will get this oxygen regulator out of mine right now !! CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Ciao Giorgio, that cockpit is simply superb!!! And also a very unusual but effective colour which gives justice to the lovely detail. And the fuseage is taking shape nicely! What a start!!! Bravissimo!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Great idea using the cardboard to protect the cockpit, I’ll borrow that for my own builds!  AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 This is looking absolutely superb already with that pit detail ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 16 hours ago, corsaircorp said: Hello Giorgio !! Nice job Indeed !!I will get this oxygen regulator out of mine right now !! CC Thanks CC!  Glad that George's comment was useful for you too! 13 hours ago, Massimo said: Ciao Giorgio, that cockpit is simply superb!!! And also a very unusual but effective colour which gives justice to the lovely detail. And the fuseage is taking shape nicely! What a start!!! Bravissimo!!! Grazie Massimo, much appreciated!  I agree on the cockpit color, it helps showing all the details 13 hours ago, Andwil said: Great idea using the cardboard to protect the cockpit, I’ll borrow that for my own builds!  AW Thanks AW, necessity is the mother of all inventions, they say - in my case is necessity combined with clumsiness ....   4 hours ago, clive_t said: This is looking absolutely superb already with that pit detail ! Thanks Clive, glad you like it!   Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) Hi everybody, how about a WE progress report?  Work on wings has been completed; as I said earlier, I had to fill in some gaps on the leading edges, but very minor. This time I tried @Massimo's technique, mixing CA with flour, and it worked very well! Thanks Massimo . Before gluing them in, I prepared the central section by brushing on Model Master Metallizer Exhaust:   and the same for the radiator faces, followed by a drybrush with Lifecolor Matt Natural Metal and a black tempera wash, thus  Then I decided to paint the main wheel wells at this stage, because I figured it'd have been easier to mask and handle, so out came the masking tape  and here's after airbrushing a Tamiya Flat Black base coat, a Lifecolor Giallo Mimetico coat and various drybrush/washes - and a flat clear coat, of course  With that done, I glued the wings in: excellent fit, I only had to run some Tamiya Green Cap along the joints, using a fine brush  Radiator faces glued in as well   The inside of the radiator bottom panel was also brushed with Model Master Metallizer Steel  And this is the very detailed internal framing (8 pieces  )   As per instructions, I airbrushed it with Tamiya German Grey  and here's the complete assembly   More work on the wings: the wing guns need to be inserted before gluing in the corresponding through, so again I brushed on the resin replacements some Model master Metallizer (Burnt Metal, this time)  The above pic shows what you need for the brush technique, dipping the brush in the paint remaining on the pot cap after a good shake  Wing gun barrels glued to their respective throughs, using CA  I did paint the wing parts with Model Master Steel, although these areas will not be left NMF, but I thought I'd give them a base coat because the masking for the gun barrels is going to prevent paint to creep in the apertures - in my mind, it should be easier to touch up/weather those spots after the paint job is done  In place  The same for that thing that resembles a lamp, unless someone has different info?  All glued using Tamiya Green Cap, the fit was excellent.  I did cut the mask from the supplied mask sheet using a new blade, and posed it on the clear cover, which got glued in place again with Tamiya Green Cap  and masked the windshield and canopies too  Here's a dryfit  Fit is close to perfect. Here's the sliding canopy in place, too  I the masked them on the inside and airbrushed a coat of Lifecolor Giallo Mimetico, followed by a protective gloss clear coat  Then I glued the windshield and the rear canopy section in place, again with Tamiya Green Cap  I'll have to fill in that small gap just fore of the windshield with some PPP. Apart from that, the fit was perfect   While doing all of the above, I also conducted a painting test for the NMF: using a styrene sheet cutout as test bed, I base coated it this way:  Clockwise from the bottom left corner: bare plastic, Vallejo Grey Primer, Tamiya Gloss Balk on top of Vallejo Grey Primer, Tamiya Gloss Black on top of the bare plastic.  I then airbrushed the central section of this cutout with decanted Tamiya Gloss Aluminium  and the outer strips with AK Interactive Extreme Metal Polished aluminium  For the Polished Aluminium, the black base coat is compulsory, the left strip really came out rubbish (ignore all the dust particles trapped in the paint, I wasn't paying any attention to that) The Gloss Aluminium isn't bad in all four areas, although I think I'll use the primer base coat + gloss aluminium to reproduce the doped alu paint on the ailerons  What do you guys think would best suit this NMF?  I wanted to do an additional test, this time using the transparent half fuselage provided in the kit as paint mule: I base coated it airbrushing Tamiya Gloss Light Blue (again, decanted from the spray can) and then airbrushed the left side with Tamiya Gloss Aluminium and the right one with AK Polished Aluminium  The Tamiya paint dries quite quickly, while AK (as you can see from my clumsy handling  ) is still very wet after 10 minutes. As a matter of fact, the paint on the plastic cutout is still wet after a few hours ....   What would you guys pick?  Any comments welcome  Ciao Edited February 24, 2019 by giemme 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sting67 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hello Giorgio, as always.... a beautiful job! Regarding the metal finish I remembered having watched a Youtube video of the same build but in 1/72. This modeller uses Alclad II Chrome which unfortunately costs a lot more but the effect is good. I don't have experiences with the extreme metal range of AK Interactive but the videos I have seen so far look good. What I don't understand is the long drying time. Shouldn't be. The must be some factor that delays or prevents the paint from drying properly. Maybe too much humidity in the air? But here the link:  Ciao! Ramon   4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Thanks Ramon   I don't know what is wrong with this paint, this morning it was still very wet. BTW, I had previously used AK Extreme Metal Steel, and I hadn't got any sort of issues: drying quickly and very tough, no trouble at all in handling and masking over. My guess is that this specific color needs to be sprayed in very light coats, allowing quite some time between one another; in fact, to obtain a good coverage, I had to airbrush a very wet layer in multiple passes. I think I'll give it another try.  Ciao 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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