Dave J Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Ok, so the P-47 Work Lunch Time project is annoying the hell of of me... I seem to be spending all my time sanding, filling and rescribing at the moment and I feel that I am getting no where with it! So I need to build some thing that is nearly shake and bake to get my mojo flowing again for the P-47! I been wanting to tackle the Hasegawa K-61 Tony for a while now... so I am going to do it now! I am also going to throw some AM at it too, I have the following - Aires Cockpit Set Quickboost Undercarriage Covers Wolf Pack Exhaust set Wolf Pack Ki-61 Tei Conversion Hasegawa Barrel set Scheme is going to be Commander Teruhiko Kobayashi, of the 244th Sentai of the Tokyo Defenders. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators James H Posted April 10, 2013 Administrators Share Posted April 10, 2013 What sort of Fokker is this? The Hien is such a great looking bird.. almost 'German' in appearance. Is that a metal finish with green blotches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 What sort of Fokker is this? The Hien is such a great looking bird.. almost 'German' in appearance. Is that a metal finish with green blotches? Whats a Fokker? Yeap Sure is Metal and Green! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 OK, is it a Green fuselage with metal paint or metal skin with green blotches ?? it might even be a red fuselage with green and aluminium splodges Love this Hein - as Jim says, it's almost German in looks but not very WnW's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Here is a couple of Hein Facts for you... The first encounter reports from the Amercians claimed Ki-61s were Bf 109's... Kawasaki Ha-40 is the engine that powered the Ki-61, these were a license-built Daimler Benz 601a engine... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I didn't know that Dave .. The Germanic look makes sense now looking at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkranias Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 boouya! have this kit in my stash and I will be watching this closely. Landing Hien DB Brothers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 I knew you would like this one Rick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest styrenedemon Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 This is a refreshing build...a little outside of the normal stuff you see a lot of. That scheme is going to be fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Awesome! Indeed! Its about time that I pulled finger and did it! This is a refreshing build...a little outside of the normal stuff you see a lot of. That scheme is going to be fun. Yeap... Love that Bare Metal, Green blotches and that brigh Red Tail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest styrenedemon Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Now I want to build this...sigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Go on Matt... Get yourself a Hien! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikester Posted April 11, 2013 Members Share Posted April 11, 2013 Nice, need to pick this one up one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolboxx Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Nice nice and nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 So doing a little bit of reading last night and it appears that Kobayashi's Hien was a Tei (D) model which has the longer nose. The Tei was lengthen by 190 mm (7.5 in) just after the exhaust line and forward of the windscreen to make room for the installation of Japanese 20 mm Ho 5 cannon, as the supply of MG 151 was not guaranteed by U-boat and the Ho-5 stocks were there in Japan... The Hasegawa kit is a short nose version, but Wolf pack designs do an conversion set. I was able to find one out of BNA Models in Aussie, so it should be here in the next week, since it only has to make a quick trip across the ditch to NZ. So I am going to have to do some chopping to make this fit!... So much for my Shake and Bake build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Well, this just made a very interesting build into a fascinating one. I can't wait to see how you do this Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 That's what you get for reading, Dave... Indeed Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Cool Never seen any wolf pack stuff here that I know off - what else do they do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamme Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 That will be a nice build! One to follow. Cheers, Jamme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkranias Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 if your gonna give that kit a nose job might as well convert to a Ki100. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Looking forward to your build Dave! IIRC, didn't Kobayashi fly a few different Ki61's with the silver/green splotch paint scheme, giving you the option to do one with the standard kit nose as well (maybe a different colored fuselage stripe)? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 Yes Doug, Kobayashi flew a few Ki 61 with a similar schemes... Just happens the scheme that I chose is a long nosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 So the resin plug arrived today.... so I performed a little bit of surgery during lunch... excuss the shitty iPad pic's! The cutlines were marked out using black ink, lucky all of the cut lines were panel lines, so it will make this task a tad easier! Using my sprue cutters.. the nose has been removed! It just needs some clean up with a file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Most impressive Dave - a very productive lunchtime!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 So the parts have been cleaned up with the file... and now to see if the kit gets binned or not! Everything fits quite nicely! A couple small gaps.. but they can be filled! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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