rieser Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Started Hasegawa's Ki44-II for some light relief... Added rivet detail with Radu's Rivet-R tool... Shimmed the small gaps around the starboard underwing insert with card.. Port-side fit didn't need shimming... Once marked, each rivet hole was deepened with a needle... The large gaps around the forward fuselage inserts was first filled with superglue, tidied up with Mr Surfacer 500, and finally sprayed with Tamiya's Liquid Surface Primer thinned with Tamiya lacquer thinner... Quick-and-dirty cockpit painting as not much can be seen after fuselage assembly... Drilled out the seat and added FineMolds' WWII IJA Aircraft Seatbelts (item NH3)... Buffed the airframe with wet 6000 grade Micromesh... Replaced the over-scale rudder trim tab with card... Overall fit of the airframe parts was good... Next up - some Floquil Old Silver... Thanks for looking. Cheers, Ralph. 8
BevanBrooks Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Pulling up a seat Ralph. Dont reckon you can jinx this build mate, airframe looks like it's gone together very nicely. Cheers!
JG26 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Cool, looking forward to seeing some bare metal on this one. Banzai! 1
Administrators Fran Posted January 16, 2015 Administrators Posted January 16, 2015 Keep it coming! Very nice work!!
TeWika Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Ralph, Excellent subject- looking forward to your magic! Cheers Ted
CruZz Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Nice work Ralph, but aren´t walls of seat little bit thick? ;-)
polsen Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 lookin' good Ralph. Definately an aesthetically pleasing aircraft and a nice kit to. If in short supply of Hasegawa kits, other forms of light relief may include anti acid tablets, alcohol, finally killing your mother in law or taking a light stroll. Got a scheme in mind yet ? Cheers, Peter 1
polsen Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Hey Brewer, do you have anything cooking at the moment?
Administrators James H Posted January 16, 2015 Administrators Posted January 16, 2015 Stunning work Ralph. Those rivets really transform things, and the interior is a gem
rieser Posted January 20, 2015 Author Posted January 20, 2015 Cheers Gents. Yes Jan - seat is a special "extra armour plating" seat - very thick! Peter: going for this one as it is included in the '246th Flight Regiment" boxing (item 08220)... Model base-coated in Floquil Old Silver; panel variation added using Floquil Bright Silver and Tamiya XF-16 Flat Aluminium... Thanks for looking. Cheers, Ralph. 5
TeWika Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 That came out prima Ralph- very convincing! You going to salt this to break it up further? Cheers Ted
BevanBrooks Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 How many rounds of masking did you say that was again lol! Neat and tidy, on to the markings great stuff mate. Bevo
Dave J Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Looking awesome! This is a really great kit to build
rieser Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 Hello Ted: never tried the salt thing as I've not seen results first hand. Not sure how to approach the weathering yet. Bevan: a fair few rounds. And am in need of some more circle cutting practise. Time to reorder Tamiya tape... Dave: can't agree more. Hasegawa's Japanese subjects seem to be step above their Allied and Luftwaffe subjects. Some colour... Not up to Mal"s standard... Tamiya's XF-16 Flat Aluminum tinted with XF-1 Flat Black and XF-63 German Grey to approximate ALCLAD's Stainless Steel for the exhaust panel... A bit of XF-63 over the XF-69 NATO Black in the centre section... Thanks for looking. Cheers, Ralph. 7
Brewer Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Oh boy, excellent work Ralph! Can't wait to see more! 1
BevanBrooks Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Cool! Amazing how some colour can change the look. Great stuff mate. Bevan.
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