Hello,
Since there is almost as good as no posting of new W.I.P's or kits that are finished, I thought that it's time I'd do something about it........
At the moment I'm building a 1:32 scale N1K1 Shiden. It's an old kit made by Revell / Takara , Japan. There is a "story" that the molds for this kit ( and the Revell Raiden, Revell Ki-61 Hien) were lost a sea when the ship that carried them got in a heavy storm and the container went overboard.
I've won this kit on ebay for a relative low price, (only €80,- with shipping ) when you take in account that others are sold for twice that amount!.
It's not my favourite Japanese fighter... but it's 1:32 scale and Japanese so I HAD TO HAVE IT!
The kit is, considering it's age, very well designed. It went together very well and the only problems were that it has rivets, which are very well done and small but difficult to reproduce once sanded off, the wing edges were not flush went the halves were glued together.
The pics;
the box
seatbelts made of Evergreen.
the engine,
The wing parts that didn't seem to fit very well.....
the wing/ fuselage needed some putty
masking the canopy, the tape in the corners are to make "round" corners in the window panes.
made new oleos (if that's what they are called) of Evergreen rods.
Best regards;