Completed 2/14/18 Valentine Day Tamiya 1/48 Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Tony)

M. Brindos

I can tell that youre liking this kit. 

 

Your friend, Toshi

tempestjohnny

Looks great Toshi

 

Your friend, Toshi

mawright20

Toshi, i’m With you, I wish more kits would come as see through. Especially after all the interior detail is already completed.like working he cockpit and then Not seeing it.

 

Only to be shrouded over the next millenia.  Thank you mawright20 for your unending support!

Your friend, Toshi

Should be a neat build.  I'll be watching too Toshi.  Best of luck.

mmthrax

Should be a neat build.  I'll be watching too Toshi.  Best of luck.

 

Your friend, Toshi

What an exciting project and kit you're into this tim Toshi. I've certainly read wonderful reviews on this kit and in the hands of a master such as yourself this ought to make for an amazing build. I will be following along and getting me a fix on some eye popping goodness. 

Cheers, Joe

JOE RIX

What an exciting project and kit you're into this tim Toshi. I've certainly read wonderful reviews on this kit and in the hands of a master such as yourself this ought to make for an amazing build. I will be following along and getting me a fix on some eye popping goodness. 

Cheers, Joe

 

Your friend, Toshi

lawdog114

Looking good Toshi. I just picked this one up myself so I look forward to watching your build. I hope Mrs. Toshi is feeling better.

 

Your friend, Toshi

To my fellow forum members,

I just got done with doing Mrs. Toshi‘s IV antibiotics.  She takes this infusion once every eight hours (10:00am, 6:00pm, and 2:00am).  Also my grandson Ezra is spending the weekend with his mom so I have Saturday all day as a bench day and parts of Sunday to have some bench time as well.  The rest of Sunday will be dedicated to Super Bowl Sunday.

Eagles vs Patriots!  I got the Patriots winning the Super Bowl, they always find a way.  Whom do you think will win?  Let me know.  Until then, I added the gunsight, cockpit controls, and control stick to the ever growing and detailed cockpit Tamiya has so well engineered.  Let me know my fellow forum members what you think?  Good or bad.  Thank you so very much in advance and thank you for your dedicated SUPPORT!!!

Your friend, Toshi 

Progress is looking swell Toshi. I've been seeing these beauties being built on a couple of other forums as well. They look like some good kits from what I've seen.

 I hope all continues to go well on the home front for you buddy. Just one thing.........tha Pates????? Awww man! I'm not much of an Eagles fan but dang. Somebody else needs a shot at winning the Super Bowl ya know.

mustang1989

Progress is looking swell Toshi. I've been seeing these beauties being built on a couple of other forums as well. They look like some good kits from what I've seen.

 I hope all continues to go well on the home front for you buddy. Just one thing.........tha Pates????? Awww man! I'm not much of an Eagles fan but dang. Somebody else needs a shot at winning the Super Bowl ya know.

 

lol!  Yes, the PATRIOTS!!!  I collect football cards as my other hobby.  I’m a insane fan of Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, and Tom Brady.  I have rookie cards of Favre and Manning with autographs that have a street value of several hundred dollars a piece.  I even have rookie auto cards of Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson.

I also own a very rare Brett Favre 1991 rookie card (My best card in my collection) with a embossed Super Bowl seal at the top right hand corner worth over $600.00.  The only card of a rookie autograph I don’t own is one of Tom Brady.  I’d like to own one before he gets inducted into the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

That and knowing that Bill Belichek is one of the greatest football coaches of all time only second to Vince Lombardi in my humble opinion.  lol!  GO PATRIOTS!!!

Your humble rival, Toshi.  lol!

Completed cockpit.  I just need to clean it up a bit.

Here’s a couple of rare Baseball cards. I only own a small handful of Baseball cards as I’m more into Football cards.

card on the left

 card on the right

Peyton Manning Auto

Johnny Unitas Auto

 Russell Wilson Auto and Jersey

 Rare Favre Card

These are just some examples!!!

I wish I still had my BB cards when I was a kid. I had a ton of them but slowly they vanished as I gambled them away with other kids. I had over 3 shoe boxes full of them. I also remember having cards from TV shows like Combat, The Rat Patrol, The Munsters and The Addams Family. 

I remember having Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, Yaz and Al Kaline. I had a few of the long Football cards, in particular I remember Johnny Unitas and even Broadway Joe, all worth some serious cash now but saddly long gone..

Please pardon my rambling but the cards thing took me back some. The Tony is looking great Toshi, that office looks busy..

plasticjunkie

I wish I still had my BB cards when I was a kid. I had a ton of them but slowly they vanished as I gambled them away with other kids. I had over 3 shoe boxes full of them. I also remember having cards from TV shows like Combat, The Rat Patrol, The Munsters and The Addams Family. 

I remember having Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, Yaz and Al Kaline. I had a few of the long Football cards, in particular I remember Johnny Unitas and even Broadway Joe, all worth some serious cash now but saddly long gone..

Please pardon my rambling but the cards thing took me back some. The Tony is looking great Toshi, that office looks busy..

 

You had some serious BB and FF cards.  I started to collect football cards again when I came out of the hospital.  It helped me with face recognition and organization with my TBI.  Once I graduated my disability in face recognition and organization, I got serious with card collecting hence the type of cards I currently own and enjoy.  

Thank you for reminiscing with me on our childhood love of sports card collecting.  Thank you for the kind words on my Tony.  I greatly appreciated.

Your friend, Toshi

All my years of collecting baseball cards, I was never able to acquire one of these:

I grew up on Harry Caray, Jack Buck and Joe Garagiola in the 1950s.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming...

Toshi

Thank you lawdog114!  Now that you own one in your stash, what if, if any will you be utilizing the visible fuselage or not?  Please let me know and if so why.  Each day, Mrs. Toshi seems to be improving with a slew of Anti-Biotics to counter the infection.  Thank you for asking on the welfare of Mrs. Toshi.  Your support touches my heart and means a great deal to me.

I'm buried in commissions right now, but when I do have a go at it, I'll use the normal fuselage piece.  I prefer my subjects closed up. I just snagged their new Bf 109 G-6 off ebay that I can't wait to dive into either.  Now if they could give us a state of the art P-38.  

Your welcome regarding Mrs. Toshi and I'm glad she is responding to the antibiotics.

As a Steelers fan, I'm hoping the Eagles take out the cheats.  Unfortunately I don't see the refs allowing that to happen and they get their sixth *.  We have the Tuck Rule, Spy-gate, Deflate-gate, and now Ref-gate.....lol.   I'm sure there will be more -gates that haven't been discovered yet.      

lawdog114

 

 

Toshi

Thank you lawdog114!  Now that you own one in your stash, what if, if any will you be utilizing the visible fuselage or not?  Please let me know and if so why.  Each day, Mrs. Toshi seems to be improving with a slew of Anti-Biotics to counter the infection.  Thank you for asking on the welfare of Mrs. Toshi.  Your support touches my heart and means a great deal to me.

 

 

 

I'm buried in commissions right now, but when I do have a go at it, I'll use the normal fuselage piece.  I prefer my subjects closed up. I just snagged their new Bf 109 G-6 off ebay that I can't wait to dive into either.  Now if they could give us a state of the art P-38.  

Your welcome regarding Mrs. Toshi and I'm glad she is responding to the antibiotics.

As a Steelers fan, I'm hoping the Eagles take out the cheats.  Unfortunately I don't see the refs allowing that to happen and they get their sixth *.  We have the Tuck Rule, Spy-gate, Deflate-gate, and now Ref-gate.....lol.   I'm sure there will be more -gates that haven't been discovered yet.      

 

   

 

fotofrank

All my years of collecting baseball cards, I was never able to acquire one of these:

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I grew up on Harry Caray, Jack Buck and Joe Garagiola in the 1950s.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming...

 

Here is the left side of the fueselauge completed.  As for the right side, no prep will be needed as it will be clear/visible.  I’ll be assembling the Ki-61 (Tony) Hien during Super Bowl Sunday.  So sit back and have a relaxing Sunday.

For our food today, it’s just Mrs. Toshi and I so I’ll be making some fresh homemade Chef Toshi Recipe, Guacamole!  Dinner is thinly sliced Cornbeef.  If you want my Chef Toshi’s Guacamole recipe, just let me know and I’ll post it here on this thread.  Thank you forum members for your support.

Your friend, Toshi

Toshi, 

great job so far on this fighter! I really dig the clear sided kits....I wish the B-17 I was working on came with one....I spent all that time on interior details and hardly any of it will be seen! Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one. The Tony is one of my all-time favorite Japanese fighters. 

Also, GO PATS! And definitely post that guac recipie if you get a chance! 

rocker286

Toshi, 

 

great job so far on this fighter! I really dig the clear sided kits....I wish the B-17 I was working on came with one....I spent all that time on interior details and hardly any of it will be seen! Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one. The Tony is one of my all-time favorite Japanese fighters. 

 

Also, GO PATS! And definitely post that guac recipie if you get a chance! 

 

As for your B-17G, Monogram has a 1/48 Visible B-17G Flying Fortress.  The one I’ve posted here was made two years ago with a full interior PE set by Eduard.  

I’ve never heard of the Ki-61 Hien (Tony) until it was recommended to me from M.Brindos and Model Maniac.  I’ve also read that the lines of the Tony is as streamlined as a Fw190 and a Me109.  

The Toshi Guacamole recipe as requested:

2 Avocados

1 Lemon

1 Jalapeno

1/2 Red Onion

tsp. Sea Salt

Directions, Dice everything to a minced consistentcy, except lemon and add in a large bowl.  Squeeze lemon juice and add sea salt.  Mix by hand to a chunky consistentcy.  Mrs. Toshi likes it like this, if you wish to have it in a smooth consistentcy, continue mixing.  I feel as a Executive Chef in that the flavors are much more prevalent in a chunky consistency.  Grab a bag of white corn tortilla chips and enjoy!

Thank you rocker289 for your support and read and reply.

Your friend, Toshi

Right side of fueselag.  Visible side.

Engine assembly.

Ready to assemble pieces together.

Engine and fueselauge assembly.

Nice job on that motor! And thank you for the recipe!