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Banzai!...1/48 Nakajima B5N1 Type 97 Model 1 "Kate" Imperial Japanese Navy


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#14/2020

After the Sonia, here´s my dad´s next finished IJ subject.
This time an early version of the Kate bomber in an unusual and rare camo scheme, operated by the 12th Flying Group over southern China in 1939.

Hasegawa kit, Eduard seatbelts, camo done with MRP Silver, Tamiya XF-52 Flat Earth and Gunze H59 IJN Green. The decals of this specific kit weren´t good. Tended to tear apart and especially the outer areas of the roundels slightly popped up again. So partly removed them again, used roundels form another Hasegawa Kate kit. The ones for the fuselage were slightly smaller so had to do some repainting too.
Antenna wires were done with EZ Line.

Build thread here

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235068803-banzai148-nakajima-b5n1-type-97-model-1-kate-imperial-japanese-navy/

 

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Very well done. The weathering and wear are very believable! A the BM crowd knows, I look at cockpit detail and you've done very well there too!

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On 6/19/2020 at 2:56 PM, Tbolt said:

Excellent work, the finish looks great.

 

On 6/19/2020 at 4:07 PM, SAT69 said:

Very well done. The weathering and wear are very believable! A the BM crowd knows, I look at cockpit detail and you've done very well there too!

 

On 6/19/2020 at 4:10 PM, Ron Pearcy said:

Impressive.

 

On 6/19/2020 at 4:50 PM, Vinnie said:

Very nice and a scheme I haven't seen before.

 

On 6/19/2020 at 7:49 PM, Wulfman said:

Another great build with a lovely camouflage finish !

 

Wulfman

 

On 6/19/2020 at 9:31 PM, Roberto said:

I love it, bravo.

 

 

Thanks a lot for your comments gents!!

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12 hours ago, The_Lancaster said:

Great work! I like the finish on it, rounds it all off nicely!

 

12 hours ago, John Masters said:

I find this era (late 1930s) of IJA/IJN aircraft extremely compelling.  Really classic lines and sporty designs.  Yours shows this perfectly.  Nice paint job too!

 

11 hours ago, Aces High said:

Superb! I really like the camouflage pattern here, very nicely painted.

 

Thanks for your kind words, appreciated!

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