I don't build many Bipes, but when I saw this kit on a vendor table at the IPMS Region IV show back in April, I bought it on impulse. Decided to give it a go.
The Perry was Japan's last bi-plane fighter & saw combat service in China, 1937-1938. The kit is very nicely molded, has adequate detail & mostly good engineering, with a only a couple of quirks to trap the unwary.
The model was built basically OOB, with only the seat belts molded on the seat cushion removed & repaced with generic IJA PE seat belts from Eduard.
Model was painted with ModelMaster enamels, mixed to more closely match the early IJA colors. Decals came from the kit. Weathering was done with oil washes & Tamiya weathering pigments. I usually don't weather my aircraft very much, but decided to beat this one up to more closely match the few reference pics & to depict the rather primitive conditions these aircraft operated from in China. Rigging was done with .006" steel guitar string wire but the antennae is stretched sprue. Can't swear to the accuracy of the rigging as the kit does not provide a guide & I couldn't find reliable reference pics. Used the Box Art as a guide which is always a crap shoot.
Thanks for looking. Comments/questions welcome.
Regards, Rick
RICK
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