1/48 Hasegawa Nakajima Ki 43 II finished

Pix, great job as always, silver looks fantastic.

I just got my first Eduard set for a Typhoon, do you have a interior pictures of your model I can see?

Great work as always Bill. What did you use for the prop and leading edge color?

Jerry

Beautiful build Pix.  Fantastic NMF finish.

Regards,  Rick

Thank you Gumiflex, Jerry, Rick, Bgrigg, and smokinguns !

Gumiflex - I'll add a link here to my article that's posted at ARC. The pics aren't very large, so let me know if you want bigger ones. They're on one of my hard drives, and I could email them. I used Jaguar's resin and PE set on mine. Here's the article: http://s96920072.onlinehome.us/Gal4/3101-3200/Gal3175_Typhoon_Lachance/gal3175.htm

Jerry - I used the out-of-production AeroMaster Warbird acrylics Primer Red-Brown on the prop and antenna. The yellow leading edge ID bands are kit decals, as are the white "bandages" under the Hinomaru (meatballs).

I used MicroSet when I applied them, and MicroSol to help them conform. I also slit them along the panel lines with a sharp #11 blade. It took about four or five applications of MicroSol. I also dip Hasegawa decals in very hot (but not boiling) water, since this seems to help them.

Thanks again !

Thanks mkhoot and wooverstone !

You must have been posting while I was typing. My one-finger typing method isn't very speedy !

Glad you like it !

A very nice bird Pix. I really like the metal finish.

Cheers,

Eric

Thanks ModelNerd and flippersdad !

I've tried both of Alcad's primers, the gray & the gloss black. I've been using Future on quite a few builds, and prefer it to anything else. If you haven't tried it, do so. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Thanks again !

"Oscar, Oscar, Oscar...!"

Felix Unger would be proud to share his name with that build.   Very nice, very nice indeed. 

Thanks Darren, Brian, and wing_nut !

Darren - I used the kit decals for the white "bandages" and leading edge ID bands. They worked pretty well after slicing and applications of MicroSol. Makes for a pretty "splashy" scheme !

Brian - that's the Alcad, Eduard PE, and Hasegawa's kit. The trailing edges of the tailplanes are translucent, they're so thin.

wing_nut - I thought of making a reference to the Academy Awards or Oscar Madison, but neither lent itself to a humorous title. I just went for the factual.

Thanks again !

Thanks Pisis, jboutin, and waikong !

Pisis - the kit itself is VERY nice. Highly recommended !

jboutin - the flaps were probably the most challenging part of this build. I cut away the interior detail molded on the bottom wing, and filed the thickness of the flaps to get them to fit flush. Since the flaps have a flat surface with panel lines and rivet "holes"on the exterior, you may avoid the work I did by cutting replacement flaps from thin sheet styrene. I spent a few hours on the flaps the way I did them.

waikong - Future doesn't kill the metallic look of Alcad. I Futured the airframe before adding the decals, and I also sealed them with Future. You can spray semi-gloss and flat over Alcad without worry. I don't feel that the Future defeated anything about the metallic finish on this build.

Thanks again !

man o man Pix thats one nice lookin oscar!

lol south park!

Beautiful work on the Oscar.  You are truly master in the use of Alclad paint.  The wash in the panel is perfect, just enough to highlight them without being overly high contrast.

Darwin, O.F.

Thanks duckman, waikong, and yardbird !

waikong - Future will affect other metallic paints, but not Alcad. I haven't tried it on their polished aluminum or chrome, though. They suggest that decal solutions not be used on those shades, so Future would probably change the look.

yardbird - I use enamel washes over Future. The metallic areas received a mix of RLM 66 & flat black, and I mixed a light gray for the white "bandages" under the Hinomaru. Yellow and red were each mixed with black to get a shade that matched the shadows under a light. When you look at pics of actual aircraft, panel lines are not the first thing you see. Washes that are done with a dark or unrelated color, and panel lines that are preshaded, are the first things I notioce when I look at a pic of an aircraft that's been done that way. I prefer a whisper to a shout.

Thanks again !

Thanks Fred, Jon, and miduppergunner !

Fred and Jon - nothing beats an Alcad shine !

miduppergunner - I may only be 50, but some days I feel a lot older. They say that memory is the second thing to go. I can't remember what was first . . .

Thanks again !