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Looking good Toshi, thats one impresive looking kit.
& well congrats on getting the Harrier onto the gallery.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
Despite all the issues looks like you are moving along and winning the fight.
Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!
Hi Toshi,
See you have your photo hosting issues worked out, I haven't.
I bought this kit when it came out and was afraid it might have been full of little fit errors. After seeing the great job you are doing, I will keep it, but may not build it for a few years. I am at present burned out on ill-fitting kits. Then again, you look like your having soo much fun, I may have to start mine.
Scott
I am still following this build in earnest.
I am disappointed to hear that this Kingfisher kit is a difficult and ill fitting one because I planned to make it my next purchase. Now I have second thoughts about that since I need a break from all the effort it takes to make a silk purse from a sow's ear. I 'm currently working on a 1/350 resin ship and this pricey kit is just garbage, but I hafta perserve because it's the ship on which my Father served in WWII and it's the only one to be found.
I'm finally retired. Now time I got, money I don't.
Bish Looking good Toshi, thats one impresive looking kit. & well congrats on getting the Harrier onto the gallery.
Toshi
On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell
Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world. Mrs. Toshi
plasticjunkie Despite all the issues looks like you are moving along and winning the fight.
scottrc Hi Toshi, See you have your photo hosting issues worked out, I haven't. I bought this kit when it came out and was afraid it might have been full of little fit errors. After seeing the great job you are doing, I will keep it, but may not build it for a few years. I am at present burned out on ill-fitting kits. Then again, you look like your having soo much fun, I may have to start mine. Scott
Jay Jay I am still following this build in earnest. I am disappointed to hear that this Kingfisher kit is a difficult and ill fitting one because I planned to make it my next purchase. Now I have second thoughts about that since I need a break from all the effort it takes to make a silk purse from a sow's ear. I 'm currently working on a 1/350 resin ship and this pricey kit is just garbage, but I hafta perserve because it's the ship on which my Father served in WWII and it's the only one to be found.
I wish you the best of luck in assembling the 1/350 resin ship. You'll do your father very proud! I have the upmost confidence in your skills.
To to my fellow forum members,
My latest progress includes the two small pontoons. It was a very difficult assembly as some of the attachment points were nonexistent. I had to drill my own holes and use CA to glue the pontoons on. They are very delicate to the touch hence the CA.
Now comes the main pontoon, and I have no idea on how to attach this as the attachment points are so small compared to the size of the main pontoon. I just don't understand how such a design can exist.
But, please forgive my negative discussion here as this is positively one cool plane. With these issues that I will definitely overcome, I think and feel that this build will at the very least turn out to be a very satisfying kit to build. The Vought OS2U Kingfisher!
This took awhile to do. I had to use Gorrila brush on CA, waited till that set, then added a bit of thin CA with an accelerator.
Then I hit it with some thick CA and let that sit overnight. I'll find out tomorrow if this monster pontoon is stuck to the airframe so I can add some PE to enhance it a bit! Thank you fellow forum members for putting up with my rants. I just needed to get the frustrations out and off my chest!
P.S. At least the metal landing gears fit fine! I'm glad I purchased that as that was a very good investment.
After letting the CA sit overnight, everything looks great! I'll be applying the PE details at this point, I just hope I can make it happen! LOL!
On a completely different subject, I've made it into the Digital Readers Gallery for the fourth time with my Trumpeter 1/48 Night Attack Harrier for the July issue. Yeah! Here's the excepts.
Toshi Miura
Streetsboro, Ohio
Happy to be back in a modeling space, Toshi says, “This is my first build after a month of moving from a three-bedroom condo to a two-bedroom condo. Do you know how difficult that is? That’s like hand-brushing a 1/48 scale B-29 Superfortress. Actually, I’d rather hand-paint a B-29 than move!” Instead, he airbrushed Trumpeter’s 1/32 scale Harrier with Vallejo paints.
Go Toshi, Go Toshi, Go Toshi!
Well done, after all the issues you had, you pushed past the problem, gave it a good kick as you blasted past it.
Your on the home stretch mate.
Great work.
P.S. Great work on having another build show cased, I'm green eyed!
damouav Go Toshi, Go Toshi, Go Toshi! Well done, after all the issues you had, you pushed past the problem, gave it a good kick as you blasted past it. Your on the home stretch mate. Great work.
You deserve the compliment, you earned it.
Now enough banter, more eye candy!
damouav You deserve the compliment, you earned it. Now enough banter, more eye candy!
PE bomb rack.
PE bomb rack and PE landing lights.
Well done on the readers gallery and the KF is looking like one now for sure. Looking forward to seeing some color on it.
BK
On the bench:
A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!
2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed
14 / 5 / 2
BrandonK Well done on the readers gallery and the KF is looking like one now for sure. Looking forward to seeing some color on it. BK
Here is the Kingfisher with the canopies masked and I hand brushed the front of the fuselage just to see how it looks visually. I'll be AB the body and hand brushing certain areas.
This is coming together beautifully, Toshi. Your perseverance in the face of such a difficult build is inspiring.
Cheers, Mark
On the bench: Revel 1/48 B-25J Mitchell
In the queue: Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A Corsair
MrStecks This is coming together beautifully, Toshi. Your perseverance in the face of such a difficult build is inspiring. Cheers, Mark
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