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1/48 Tamiya Nakajima Gekko Type 11 - 202nd Naval FG, Manggar base, Balikpapan Borneo Island, 1944.

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  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 5:43 AM
Another beauty

 

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 8:34 AM

Oh wow- beautiful job!!! 

Love the fighter and the base is super cool too!!! 

 

I build this kit years ago, and I wish she'd turned out half as well as yours! 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    April 2014
Posted by Grant Dalzell on Monday, February 24, 2020 8:24 PM

Forgot to unmask the nose....

 

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Monday, February 24, 2020 7:03 PM

Nice job!  Nice looking air frame. 

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    April 2014
1/48 Tamiya Nakajima Gekko Type 11 - 202nd Naval FG, Manggar base, Balikpapan Borneo Island, 1944.
Posted by Grant Dalzell on Monday, February 24, 2020 6:59 PM

OOB build, goes together well, unfortunately it suffers from heaps of injector pin marks where you don't want them to be, I didn't fill them, it would take to long.

Camo paint is pictured (Green and Blue/Black), other paints used, Gunze, Tamiya, Vallejo metal colour. I painted the Hinomaru on, looks so much better than Tamiya thick decals. Flory dark dirt wash, and Vallejo matte varnish for final coat.

On a side note, I have been using Mr.Hobby Mr.Cement S lately, and I have found it quicker than Tamiya extra thin quick drying, and have been using Tamiya putty, yes, it is messy, I apply with a toothpick, it sets nice and hard, and I have only been filling seams once with this, where is other types can take a couple of goes in areas.

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