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1/32 HPH Models Ohka Model 11


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Not Oger, bur still a very beautiful suit, Jeroen.

But.... why the parachute harness in a one-way aircraft ?

 

Good question!

Well... I found photo's of the suicide squad pilots with parachutes on. I guess you'd want to bail out in case of technical problems and live to pull a: "same player shoots again"

 

http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/japanese-militaria/kamikaze-pilot-headband-334520-3/

 

These are all kamikaze pilots:

 

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Or, standard issue, enforced by the Pilot's Unions - no matter what the mission  ;)

Just did some searching.

It appears sometimes the reason for kamikaze pilots to wear them was to increase the comfort. It made the hard seat a lot less hard :)

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Me too, a beautiful little kit. Was just looking at a color photo of one in the SDASM collection ( Charles Daniels Japanese a/c collection ) and

this one is finished in a distinctive glossy light blue color. Wonder if that was the original color, as opposed to the box art... Or a Museum

paint job ( let's use that leftover tin of blue paint for this one... )

Dammit!

Now you're making me do the research!

This is what I found. A long topic about the FS-translation of some relics.

Looks like I need to throw some grey / green and blue in the mix.

 

Modulation of a light grey colour will do the trick.

Already starting pre-shading.

 

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My father had a Vauxhall Viva in that shade of blue back when I was a kid. With the brakes it had there was a definite similarity to the Okha - every trip could result in sudden death!

 

Looks great Jeroen.

 

Gus

LMAO!!

Omg.. 

 

Well... had to back track a little to eradicate a small upper seam that showed up on the nose (visible in the photo). Some more Mr Surfacer, sanding and polishing and it's all gone. This weekend time for paint!

 

Cheers!

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