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Sorry Joe never even looked st the price. That's nuts
Well, I guess a Raiden looks sorta like a Würger if you squint your eyes just right!
All joking aside may I say again I love your cockpits, looking forward to seeing the rest of her come together.
John: Very nice looking Raiden there too, I love those old Arii kits.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Thanks for the compliment John!. Nice to have you aboard. No, those markings, or similar, came with the kit I have. I always have issues with Hasegawa decals. I'm looking for Akamatsu's 302 NAG markings, with the tail code "3D-1195". Its the box art subject on Tamiya's Jack kit. I may just buy one of those for the decals.
....and nice job on that Jack. Looks great! I hope mine comes out that good...
Joe
"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"
John
tempestjohnny Joe just found two sets of aeromaster decals for JACK. On ultracast website 48286 and 48287 Empire Defenders. Hope this helps
Joe just found two sets of aeromaster decals for JACK. On ultracast website 48286 and 48287 Empire Defenders. Hope this helps
Thanks for the kind works guys. Johnny, I checked these out. I got excited until I saw the price. At $30.00 a piece, I think I'll pass. They're nuttier than a fruitcake thinking someone would pay that kind of money for either of those. The closest I came to paying that kind of money for decals was Victory Productions Spitfire sheet, which has 40 Spitfire aces!
The Jack seems to be a neglected subject in decal-dom.... I'll figure something out.
I've done the Tamiya kit, if you are talking about the markings with the thunderbolts, I wouldn't bother buying it and try to do something else... I tried to use them on my Raiden and they just ripped apart when trying to apply them, despite being very careful since they're already quite large.
Bvallot, If I had the choice between the Tamiya and Hasegawa kit I'd go for the Hasegawa one.Hence, Im actually planning to build another Hasegawa Raiden sometime since the Tamiya one isn't that great. The tamiya kit are rather older molds and they're great as they are, but they can't stand up to the Hasegawa kit detail at all. Especially when it comes to the detail inside of the cockpit (which you'll rather like to have because you can see a lot of the detail through the giant clear part).Just my thoughts on the matter :)
Pretty sure you'll make something nice of this 'free' kit Lawdog, it couldn't have found many other better places to wind up
With regards, Ninetalis.
Nice doings in the cockpit Joe.
Thanks Bvallot. Yep, this kit looks like it will go together nice, but I haven't added the cockpit yet so we shall see. Funny you mentioned the Tamiya kit. There doesn't seem to be any aftermarket decals for the Jack, so I'm actually considering buying the Tamiya ki so I can get Sadaaki Akamatsu's decals, which come in that kit. They can be found pretty cheap on E-bay, as much as an aftermarket set of decals. I'm just concerned about the quality of the decals since Tamiya's are notoriously lousy and I hear this kit is actually 1/50th scale. I'll probably just try one of those Montex masks I've been itching to try.
Ha! Everything's fitting A-okay?!? That's amazing. I'm happy to see you doing this kit. I've been deciding which one I'd like to do between the Tamiya and the Hasegawa. Some of those cheaper Tamiya kits can be pretty sparse although fairly accurate and they fit great. Soooo...what do you trade on ya know...?
This is all looking great as always Joe. =]
On the bench:
Tamiya F4U-1 Kenneth Walsh
Hello all.....check this out!. I bought a Hasegawa FW 190 A-5 off Ebay and this kit showed up instead. When I brought it to their attention, The kind seller sent me the correct kit and told me to keep this one. Now thats what I call customer service (Thanks Omni Models). I've always found the stubby "Fat Jack B-29 killer" rather intriging so I was anxious to build it. From what I understand, its wasn't worth a in a dogfight, but it ran like the dickens and was one of the few fighters that could reach the B-29 stream with any success.
I started with the cockpit which seemed fairly nice as is. With all the levers and such it reminded me of their Ki-84 a little. I discovered that the canopy is one piece, which is a shame. I painted everything XF-1 Flat Black them mixed up XF-71 Cockpit Green with a tad of XF-49 Khaki to brown it up. To my eye, it match the pictures of the Jack's interior green I saw on the jaircraft website. Well, close enough fo me. This was sprayed then I picked out a few boxes and such in Flat Black. I drybrushed everything with Floquil Old Silver and paint some dials various colors. I did thin out the seat to scale and added some old Eduard Photoetch seatbelts from my spare box, I think they were from my Hellcat. I've never been a fan of Hasegawa's seats so this added a bit more realism. Everything got a Testor's Gloss Coat and I then added the instrument panel decal. This snuggled right down with Micro Sol. Once dry, I added 5 minute clear epoxy to simulate glass dials. Everything got a Detailer wash and a Testor's Dull Coat to seal it up. Here is an evening's worth of work.
As I waited for the clear coat and such to dry on the cockpit, I figured I would fiddle a bit with the air frame. I did a dry run and it appears that everything will fit fine. It also seems that the famous Hasgawa wing root gaps are on coffee break, but we will see.
More to come...
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