Andwil Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) I’m getting back into this group build with a Hasegawa Ki-45 Toryu (Dragon Slayer), Allied reporting name Nick. I had this kit lined up for the Asia GB later in the year so will have to find something else that when the time comes. Started by putting the cockpit together and prepping some of the smaller components for painting. I added a little detail to the side walls for interest: The ejector pins wont be visible once the cockpit is in place. I forgot to rake a photo of the sprues before I started, here they are: Nice crisp moulding. Thanks for looking. AW Edited February 19 by Andwil 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Looks like a lovely kit of a good looking aeroplane, nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 This one looks like a much nicer build than the Blenheim was James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Welcome, the variety of subjects in this GB just keeps on increasing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 13 hours ago, Wings unlevel said: Looks like a lovely kit of a good looking aeroplane, nice! Yeah, although not quite as beautiful as the Dinah, it is a good looking plane. It’s tiny though for a twin, I’ll post some comparison photos when its finished, but just comparing the parts its going to be dwarfed by the Beaufighter and Bf-110, its smaller than a P-38 - in fact its smaller than a P-47 and the fuselage is not much longer than that of a Bf-109! AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 So it’s not the size of the dragon slayer in the fight that counts, rather the size of the fight in the dragon slayer?! 🤣 11 hours ago, Andwil said: Yeah, although not quite as beautiful as the Dinah, it is a good looking plane. It’s tiny though for a twin, I’ll post some comparison photos when its finished, but just comparing the parts its going to be dwarfed by the Beaufighter and Bf-110, its smaller than a P-38 - in fact its smaller than a P-47 and the fuselage is not much longer than that of a Bf-109! AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Some more work on the Nick, cockpit painted except for the wine bottle foil seat belts and the very nice Yahu instrument panel attached: Engines and propellers painted: Finally for today, the wings assembled. These are very similar in outline to the P-38 and about the same span. Thanks for looking. AW 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 You're making good progress on this one, and it looks to be a far easier build James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Nice work AW. It’s good to see something else Japanese in the GB. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Off to a great start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 (edited) Cockpit finished and glued into the port* fuselage half: and then: It just sort of fell together. The only problem areas are the wing roots, which will need some filler. The starboard one was particularly bad and required a piece of sprue wedged into the wing to force the top up to conform with the fuselage where there was a nasty step. I followed the instructions in assembling the wings first but I think I could have avoided this problem by attaching the bottom of the wing to the fuselage first and then added the tops. Still have the exhausts and other nick nacks to attach. (See what I did there?) Thanks for looking. AW *it is, of course, the starboard fuselage half. AW who doesn’t know his left from his right Edited February 3 by Andwil Correcting error 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Thats very nice work, she's looking very good and has certainly gone together a lot easier than the Blenheim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I've got to agree with Craig here, it's looking great and giving you a far easier build James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Its a great little kit, but some care needs to taken with the engine cowlings. Despite the tabs moulded on to the front of the nacelles it is possible to get the cowlings on ay the wrong angle. Ask me how I know 🤪. Easily corrected though. Today I masked the canopies with the Eduard mask set which made life easy and attached them to the fus with canopy glue. Gave the canopies a quick coat of the interior colour ( I’m using olive drab as for the Kawasaki interior green, the kit instructions call for a 55/45 mix of khaki and brown), then primed the model. Priming has shown a couple of spots requiring further attention. Thanks for looking. AW 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 That looks really good, the masks will have saved a lot of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 That's looking good, and a nice smooth coat of primer too James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 White airbrushed for the home defence bands and as a base coat for the yellow leading edges, which will be next. My plan is to use the kit decals as templates to cut masks. I used Lifecolour white and the first coat was not thinned enough hence the splatter which will get a rub down with micromesh. Subsequent thinner coats went down quite nicely. Thanks for looking. AW 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 Yellow leading edges airbrushed: Thanks for looking. AW 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Looking good AW, what are you using for the yellow? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, Wings unlevel said: Looking good AW, what are you using for the yellow? It’s Lifecolour RLM04 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 This morning before it got too hot I was able to airbrush the undersides with Mig IJA Light Grey Green: The apparent dark brown on the fuselage is a shadow. I might be able to the topsides tomorrow. Thanks for looking. AW 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Upper surfaces airbrushed this morning: Now I can move on the dark green “scribble” camouflage, which will by necessity be done by brush as neither my airbrush or I would be capable of replicating the dense but distinct pattern. Thanks for looking. AW 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 That's a nice coat of paint you've got over the whole aircraft now. Good luck for the scribbles James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Started on the scribble, Mig Kawasaki Green applied with a brush. It occurred to me while trying to get as close as possible to the instructions that what looks like a tight pattern of irregular outlines are actually long, wavy lines that criss-cross at different angles. Wings and tailplanes done today. It actually looks better in real life. Thanks for looking. AW 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 That's looking pretty effective to me James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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