neil5208 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) Just finished this one, Hasegawa's 1/72 Ki 61 Hien or Tony. Originally released in 1973! the Hasegawa kit has fine surface detail on the outside but the cockpit was a seat base moulded to the floor and didn't even have a control stick. Used Eduard photo etch (long out of production) for the cockpit and Rising Sun's decal set with ski conversion (also out of production) Considering the kit was older than my wife it built up pretty well, the plastic was quite hard compared to more recent kit's I built but cant tell if this was down to age or how Hasegawa made it. Time had not been kind to the kit decals and could only use 4 of them, everything else just broke up when being moved. The kits canopy is very finely molded and crystal clear. The aircraft represented seems to have been a test aircraft as I have only managed to find one picture of it which shows it in pristine condition hence the models un-weathered finish. Painted using Tamiya acylics. As usual any comments welcome. IMGA0727 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0728 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0729 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0730 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0731 by neil Connor, on Flickr IMGA0732 by neil Connor, on Flickr Edited February 18, 2019 by neil5208 resized pictures 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Nice work, love the subject you don’t normally see them with skis on! Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Interesting variation on the Hien (not 'Hein') theme – on skis! Neat model! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 That looks great. Nice job on an old kit. Perhaps the pictures could be a little larger. You have used the 600x400 range. A better size, at least for my old eyes is 800x600 size. Unless you are using your phone or pad, then I don't know how to post different sizes. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 The “Tony” is my favorite Japanese fighter of the war. .... Excellent work on your Tony. I never knew they ever used ski’s ? I guess i knew Japan gets a lot of snow in certain areas, so it makes sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 7 hours ago, dogsbody said: Perhaps the pictures could be a little larger. You have used the 600x400 range. A better size, at least for my old eyes is 800x600 size. Unless you are using your phone or pad, then I don't know how to post different sizes. Chris Hi Chris Don't know why the pictures where a different size but redone now for you. 8 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: Interesting variation on the Hien (not 'Hein') theme – on skis! Neat model! Kind regards, Joachim Hi Joachim Spelle7ing corrected, thanks for spotting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Oh yeah! Much better. Thanks! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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