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I got this little airfix Kate 1/72 on saturday afternnon at out IPMS meet.
The detail is exelent for this scale but allot of it will be lost when the fuselage is closed up :-(
The build was started late Sunday morning and by last night I had the fuselage and wing assembly all glued up ready to sand! Goes really fast.
IMG_20190929_085220 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr
IMG_20190929_094630 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr
IMG_20190929_180142 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr
IMG_20190930_063758 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr
I anm stil undecided on the colours, the kit shows an all over IJN grey with green mottle and a standard green top grey bottom. I have however seen an early Kate in all over bare metal I really like, I might have to cheat with the colors LOL
Theuns
I had a Hasagawa kit that had the silver with mottled green and I adored that kit back in the day.
I just finished my P-40B and I'm really impressed by how these Airfix kits turn out.
I'm going to have to get this kit.
Nice work, Theun!
- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"
Interior colour looks good! I look foward to your progress. Ahhh metal finish Kate would be cool.... can you find photos again?
Josh
maybe something like this
Theres something you dont see everyday! Im on board. Of course the green looks good to.
Nice going on that Airfix Kate. I still have the Hasegawa Kate which I bought in 1995
Looks like it can hold on its own against new-tooled kits.
Theuns maybe something like this
John
On the Bench: 1/72 Ki-67, 1/48 T-38
1/144 AC-130, 1/72 AV-8A Harrier
nkm1416@info.com.ph Nice going on that Airfix Kate. I still have the Hasegawa Kate which I bought in 1995 Looks like it can hold on its own against new-tooled kits.
That's the kit I had. It will hold up to the current standards. Beautiful kit. I miss that one.
I painted the tail and fuselage band red
IMG_20191006_071505 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr
Then gloss alclad black as a base
IMG_20191006_091601 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr
Then alclad airframe alluminium untill I had a nice dark allu look. After this I used the standard black basing to give shading and modulation to the final alclad.
IMG_20191006_095244 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr
IMG_20191006_095258 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr
Most painting now done, will seal it with a clearcoat and start weathering
IMG_20191006_124246 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr
So cool! Nice job on the aluminium. Just to ask your method on the paint application, have you just used the black for your ground and reverse shaded by continuously applying the aluminium to the areas you wished to highlight?
Basically yes. I used black gloss and sprayed about 3-4 coats of airframe alluminium over the whole thing to get a dark alluminium look. Then I sprayed more alclad onto the areas I wanted to highlight, maybe another 3 coats in total.
The last was an aclad coat over the whole thing to tie it all together.
This model has been taunting me for a few weeks and I need to complete it now ,but finding the energy to do so is lacking badly. The thought of masking the canopy frame just brakes my moe-joe.
Anyhow I will beat it into submition still LOL
She's looking really good. I find masking the canopy a motivator. I means I'm getting ready to paint, and that's a good thing.
BK
On the bench:
A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!
2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed
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Recently bought that kit. Looking forward to building it. Great job!
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
This Kate is now done except for needing to matt clearcoat the wheels.
I tried preshading the pannels for the alclad but I am not sure if I actually like the effect or not. Granred it does break up the mono tone look but it may look "wrong" to me.
As for weathering, I didnt go mad , just enough to look used.
airfix 1/72 Kate by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr
Very nicely done Theuns, really like the chipped paint! Just right without being overdone!
gif creators
Thanx
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