Ki-84 Hayate Armament (7505 for Arma Hobby) 1:72

[Mike]

Ki-84 Hayate Armament (7505 for Arma Hobby)

1:72 CMK by Special Hobby

 

 

We reviewed the excellent new 1:72 kit of the Hayate recently here, and here’s a new resin set from CMK to depict the wing-mounted armament that is absent from the kit.  As usual with CMK's resin sets, they arrive in the familiar clear vacformed box, with the resin parts safely inside, and the instructions sandwiched between the header card at the rear. 

 

 

Inside the package are five casting blocks containing 20 resin parts of varying sizes, many on the small side.  Before installing the set you must of course remove the corresponding panels in the upper wing, which are replaced by thin resin panels in the set, so you don’t have to be too careful with the removal.  You are advised to test-fit the bays in a complete wing and grind away some of the thickness of the lower wing so that the bays will fit neatly.

 

The larger troughs are the gun bays, which have a machine gun breech and cross-brace inserted before they are glued under the opening.  The bay doors for this are supplied as three separate sections that fold forwards into the vertical position, as demonstrated by a scrap diagram.  The ammo feeds are perpendicular to the bays, and have a length of ammo inserted in the shallow bays before they too are glued to the underside of their opening.  Their doors are a single part that is laid flat on the wing as if left there by an armourer.

 

Highly Recommended.

 

 

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