Tamiya 1/48 G4M1 Betty

That's a beauty John.  Really well done and a beautiful airplane. 

That's a nice clean build right there!

Thanks everyone, it was a fun build, just a great kit.  I did use the Uschi thread, the superfine and it was very hard to see,  I finally put masking tape on each end so I could find the ends.  I'm sure it is near scale thickness because it's almost impossible to see!  I don't know if I could rig a 1/72 biplane with it, it certainly can't be pushed through a hole.

That's a beautiful bird. I just got this one for Xmas and I'm looking forward to building it. Excellent work.

BK

Nice work!

Very nice looking build. Congrats!

Thanks, everyone, I appreciate the nice comments, this hobby is so much more fun when it is shared with other friends. 

For those that are going to build a Tamiya Betty, I will have paper camouflage paint mask patterns and patterns for a few of the window masks that I thought Eduard did not do well enough on my build log for the Betty.  Here is the link, though it will be a few days before I have it all written up:

http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/g4m/1g4m/1g4m.html

Excellent work, John. It's nice to see a Japanese plane from the beginning of the war that hasn't been weathered to death!

I've come to really appreciate your group shots, it's always neat to see how planes stack up with other similar birds, or in this case peers from the same timeframe. 

Thanks for sharing!

Very cool John! Thanks for sharing. Glad to see you still around =]

Out standing job on those Japanese planes . i always wanted to build a betty In 1/48 but no place to put her, it looks bigger in a 1/48 B-25?

Really nice build and painting. The camo scheme came out very well. 

Crown, it is sitting next to a B-25 and a B-26 in the display case and yes, it's quite a bit bigger.

Thanks, everyone.

Excellent looking Betty John, very nicely done Sir!

Good lookin' Betty and a very nice trio of builds as well John!