fubar57 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) This aircraft is from the Akeno Training Flight Division, Akeno Airfield, 1944. A very nice kit with no vices. When I started collecting info on this kit I noticed almost every build mentioned an over-lap of the of the wings near the wing root(see below). Many builders filed this in and a few let it be. I test fit mine and sure enough mine had it as well. Going through my books I found that this is correct, It represents the Fowler Flaps the aircraft used. To paint the innards I first used Model Master Acryl, some kinda dark blue, the name worn off years ago. This was lightly over-sprayed with Polly Scale Blue Grey. The aircraft moving surfaces were sprayed with Tamiya XF-14: J.A. Grey. Hasegawa provided decals for white Home Defence bands and these were a gawd awful beige. I measured the bands and then sprayed them on using Vallejo White with a few drops of Grey to tone it down. The Yellow ID bands were also sprayed on using Vallejo. I just purchased the new (to me) line of Vallejo Metallics; I used Semi-Dull Aluminum for this. The stuff sprays fantastic. For weathering I used Tamiya Panel Line Brown and around some of the panels and wing root area I used Citadel Gryphonne Sepia wash. I use Citadel washes a lot as they can be slowly built up. I used the kit decals for the fuselage Hinomarus and tail markings. Somehow I got very, very lucky with these because when I went to apply the wing walk decal it shattered. I used the wing Hinomarus from my N1K2 George kit as they were a lot bigger than the ones Hasegawa depicted. For the aerial I used Uschi van der Rosten Superfine Rigging Thread-0.01mm. This stuff sticks almost immediately to CA and has a lot of stretch to avoid sagging. If there is a small minus to this thread it is so light and fine I never know when I have in my fingertips. To glue the thread at four points took seconds, to handle it took minutes Edited May 14, 2019 by fubar57 freakin typos man 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DStewart Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Very nice, but shouldn't this be in the Ready for Inspection section? You'll get more comments and feedback there. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 58 minutes ago, 3DStewart said: shouldn't this be in the Ready for Inspection section? yes it should be. @fubar57 I will move it there, for your next one please post in the appropriate section. Thx Julien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Great result on this one! I like the NMF finish and the restrained weathering too. Well done fubar! 🍺 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuky76 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) Shoki looks great! Edited May 17, 2019 by kuky76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Nicely done. Great metal work on this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 On 16/05/2019 at 01:13, Julien said: yes it should be. @fubar57 I will move it there, for your next one please post in the appropriate section. Thx Julien Thanks all. I tried to edit it to the correct section just after I originally posted but I couldn't find an option to do so. Is there such an option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 6 hours ago, fubar57 said: Thanks all. I tried to edit it to the correct section just after I originally posted but I couldn't find an option to do so. Is there such an option? Hi, You cant change it, just message one of the moderators and we will sort it out. JUlien 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Very nice job Fubes, excellent metal finish too Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linescriber Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Magnificent!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 Thank you very much gentlemen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Nice job Fubar !! Realy good painting job ! Sincerely. CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Excellent! The Ki-44 is one of my favourite Japanese WWII planes. Your build shows this pugnacious beauty to great effect. The NMF is nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Beautiful. The finish is superb. The Vallejo Alluminium looks the business. A very convincing metallic look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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