Such a SEXY aircraft! I bought the kit at a swap meet for $5.00 as I'd never built a Japanese aircraft. My local aircraft model club had a little in-house competition on anything WWII. I forgot about the deadline and rushed to build this entire model in ONE WEEK! I got 2nd place. I also won 3rd place at the 2015 Blue Angel Model Fest for 1:48 Prop category--out of about 65 entries! :) Hell, I'll take that!
This was my first use of ALL Tamiya acrylics, and my first canopy dipped in future. This was also the first canopy I actually masked and airbrushed, instead of hand-painting the framework. It paid off, and I'm VERY PROUD of this build! This kit went together like a DREAM. I also added seatbelts made from masking tape, and buckles made from photo etch sprue scraps. Enjoy! Sorry, apparently I only have one pic of it in my photobucket account.
