1to1scale Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 My previously finished model is now a work-in-progress again. This was my favorite model that I finished, I was most proud of the paint & weathering job on this one. But I was never 100% happy with it, and when I moved across country a year ago, one of the landing gear ended up snapped, in the process of repairing it, I managed to break the other gear leg and antenna wire. In addition, the Eduard panel in the cockpit just never matched the rest of the dirty cockpit, I never did the plug wires on the engine, and the gearbox detached itself from the cylinders inside the cowl. I decided that it was time to make this pretty good model into one I am absolutely proud of. Its going to undergo a restoration and improvement. Today... One year ago 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Step one, fix landing gear. I drilled out the legs and the wing with a .4mm pilot hole, then opened it up with a 1.1mm bit. I had some plastruct steel core plastic rod, this was 1mm, but it runs a little oversized. You definitely want to use hardened cutters to cut this stuff! Pressed into place, not glued until it leaves for Chattanooga. I will also be adding brake lines too. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Next thing to do, engine wiring. Drilled these out using a .4mm bit 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Got this sucker wired up, and added a few oil lines. Looking at this lad photos, these things were pretty simple for wiring on the front. I still have to paint the plug wires and oil lines. Not a lot can be seen past the smallish opening. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Nice my one started as a green over sky but I didn't get the finish you did so it was stripped back and had a nmf I'll see if I can find some pics. Like you I also wired thd engine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Yes, surprisingly, this aircraft has some wide color choices, unlike late war zeros. I plan on building my Ki-44 in NMF, ought to a nice contrast to the rest of the Japanese collection. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Grunhertz said: Nice my one started as a green over sky but I didn't get the finish you did so it was stripped back and had a nmf I'll see if I can find some pics. Like you I also wired thd engine My green was actually a mistake, I meant to paint it a lighter more olive green, but picked up the wrong bottle of paint, then found that it actually was a better color match (I was making a very specific aircraft). The bottom color was Tamiya IJA light gray. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted July 18, 2019 Administrators Share Posted July 18, 2019 Mark, not to be picking nits, but if you have the front off, IS that a molding line on the box (governor or mags?) sitting on top of the gearbox? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 Yes, I see it. Not sure if it can be seen with spinner in place. I’ll check it out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 17 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: Mark, not to be picking nits, but if you have the front off, IS that a molding line on the box (governor or mags?) sitting on top of the gearbox? NOTHING wrong with your peepers, Ernie ............. good catch, I sure didn't see that, I had to go back and look.......................... sigh............................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 Ok, I decided to scrape that seam before I closed up the cowl. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 That is a nice Ki-84! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 Final version, I finished the engine wiring, closed up the cowl, fixed the broken pitot, re-attached broken antenna wire, added brake lines, repaired broken landing gear, and added some dirt to the Eduard IP. Not perfect, but for a 30 day quickie build, I’m happy! It’s going to Chattanooga... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Nice! May you bring home the gold! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 Thanks for the compliment, but I’m really just hoping not to embarrass myself. looking at the pictures, I could have done better with the brake lines, I planned to add pe brackets to hold the line to the gear, but could not find them, later after I finished, I found them. I also goofed and attached one of them to the backside of the gear, I later pried it off and reglued it to the front. I also could have used something to represent the fittings, but wasn’t sure what. Next time I’ll do better. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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