Nakajima E8N1 Type 95, Reconnaissance Seaplane `DAVE`

[russ c]

Hi Everyone, me again come to bother you with some photo`s of my latest effort

My attempt at Hasegawa`s 1/48 `Dave` kit

Finished in the markings of an aircraft attached to `Seaplane Tender Kamoi` 1938.

But shown here, ashore for maintenance🙂

Built mostly from the box contents but with a few additions cobbled together.........

....as I`m to tight to buy the accessory kit to go with it.

So had to make a rudder for the main float, cleat at the end of the fuselage underside and seat belts

Rigging is a mix of invisible mending thread coloured using a black marker, paper soaked in PVA glue and bits of wire

and rear gun sights from wire too

Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ

[Zigomar]

Ichi ban des Russ sensei! Number one there Master Russ!

[Mig88]

Lovely!! Very nicely finished indeed!

 

Miguel

[VG 33]

What a nice biplane !

Patrick

[obdl3945]

Russ, I'm sure we have no objections to you 'bothering' us when you post photos of your handiwork like this... this is beautiful; such an elegant looking aircraft and you've done a lovely job with it.

 

Very well done.

 

Regards,

 

Paul

[Ed Russell]

Nice job on the E8N1 - one for his brother @e8n2 to look at.

I like the unusual camouflage.

[72modeler]

Very, very nice model-flawless paint and rigging!

Mike

[stevehnz]

That is a beauty Russ, a super scheme too & you've caught it spot on I reckon. 👍

[e8n2]

5 hours ago, Ed Russell said:

Nice job on the E8N1 - one for his brother @e8n2 to look at.

I like the unusual camouflage.

Nice indeed, but not my scale.  I actually have two kits for the E8N1/2.  One is the old Aviation Usk kit and the other the more recent RS offering.  Plan on doing one of them in the spurious FAA markings.

Later,

Dave

[BerndM]

Awesome build.

[Sky Keg]

Russ.........I certainly did not expect something like this from you.  Not only does the Dave look good, all of the equipment around it complete the overall presentation to perfection.  

 

Take a well deserved bow

 

Mike  

[Dunny]

Lovely work Russ!

[russ c]

7 hours ago, e8n2 said:

Nice indeed, but not my scale.  I actually have two kits for the E8N1/2.  One is the old Aviation Usk kit and the other the more recent RS offering.  Plan on doing one of them in the spurious FAA markings.

Later,

Dave

Thanks Dave, FAA scheme ?, sounds interesting. I`ll have to look that one up.

[Toryu]

Excellent Russ! The early-war camo fits this dated float plane perfectly. Nice pictures, too.

[Gary Brantley]

Yeah, just keep on "bothering" us Russ...beautiful models like this one are such a bother!    Such a beauty, I meant to say; as it is another incredible modeling job from you sir.   Please keep bothering us.    We love it.  🤩

[woody37]

Always look forwards to seeing your builds Russ, the way you get your weathering is superb, really brings them to life and this is no exception

[e8n2]

16 hours ago, russ c said:

Thanks Dave, FAA scheme ?, sounds interesting. I`ll have to look that one up.

Check Hannant's.  They have the front and back views of the box for the E8N1 and one of the options is for one marked as if it belonged to the Royal Navy.  I found confirmation of that particular aircraft in that scheme on-line but can't remember where right now.  The article had at least one photo of it.  Talk about violating the Geneva Conventions!

Later,

Dave

[Vinnie]

That's another beauty, Russ. They get better and better.

[RMCS]

Superb 

[sanfrandragon]

That’s really nice, and well posed too!

 

[73north]

World class ... painted with loving care 

 

amazingly since 2000 this is one of the very , very few -

new-tool 1/48 kits that Hasegawa have produced since then

( this came out in 2015 -and is the last new tool by them)

got to admit I am a Hasegawa man , vast majority of my kits are by them .

Hasegawa seem to do mostly re-boxes .

 

 

 

[Wulfman]

Excellent build and presentation, great work !

 

Wulfman