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Tamiya 1/48 "betty" WIP

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  • Member since
    June 2012
  • From: Canada
Posted by tates on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 4:35 PM

I didn't know there was ape set for it, I'm sure it'll look good

  • Member since
    August 2014
  • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posted by goldhammer on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 3:41 PM

Got mine on evil for just about that price as well.  I see we are both going green inside.

Good start.  The PE for the interior is a bear, (first try with PE though.)

  • Member since
    June 2013
Posted by bvallot on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:50 PM

Really!?!  No kidding?  That's about half off friend.  I'd say that's a deal.  =]

On the bench:  

Tamiya F4U-1  Kenneth Walsh

 

  • Member since
    June 2012
  • From: Canada
Posted by tates on Monday, January 26, 2015 7:27 PM

Thanks guys, I got this kit for $43 big ones on ebay, I figured it was a pretty good deal. I have to get pretty much all my kits and supplies online since I don't have a local shop.

Not much progress today, I've just been detail painting.

  • Member since
    June 2013
Posted by bvallot on Monday, January 26, 2015 7:06 PM

Absolutely!  When I first saw the kit price a while back my jaw dropped.  I'm happy to see someone put one together.  I'll be watching eagerly. =]

On the bench:  

Tamiya F4U-1  Kenneth Walsh

 

  • Member since
    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Monday, January 26, 2015 6:59 PM

Very cool...I'm looking forward to this one.  

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    June 2012
  • From: Canada
Posted by tates on Saturday, January 24, 2015 8:58 PM

I've been using ak paints for a while and have liked them a lot. These air series sets need to be thinned unlike their regular stuff though. As for the montex masks, I just finished a p-51 that I used montex canopy and marking masks and I can't say enough about them, They go easy, don't bleed and don't leave marks coming off.

  • Member since
    March 2010
  • From: MN
Posted by Nathan T on Saturday, January 24, 2015 8:51 PM

Awesome! Don't see many of these being built up. How are you finding the AK paints so far? Can't wait to see the Montex Masks at work.

 

 

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    July 2007
Posted by scorpr2 on Saturday, January 24, 2015 8:42 PM

She's looking good so far!  Keep up the good work!!!

  • Member since
    June 2012
  • From: Canada
Tamiya 1/48 "betty" WIP
Posted by tates on Saturday, January 24, 2015 8:26 PM

Hey guys, I'm doing this build as part of the Japanese group build. I'll be doing it oob with a set of montex masks.

Lets get started, cleaning up interior parts and dry fitting for priming

time to prime

aall primed up

while I was waiting for the primer to dry I cut out the torpedo hole in the bottom panel

Time for paint, Tamiya calls for rlm gray, but I'm going off the board and use mitsubishi interior green from ak interactive, part of their ijn colours set

First coat done, one more coat befre bed then I'll pick out details tomorrow

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