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1/32 Hasegawa KI-43 Build COMPLETED

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 6:57 AM

Thanks guys!

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Posted by lawdog114 on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 1:24 AM

Turned out great!

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

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Posted by docidle on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 10:51 PM

That is one beautiful airplane ya got there PJ. Well done!

Steve

       

 

 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 12:02 PM

Thanks guys!

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Posted by keavdog on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 12:58 AM

Very nice.  Great finish.

Thanks,

John

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Posted by Hoss WA on Monday, March 30, 2020 10:52 PM

Outstanding! Great detail and I love the way the paint wear turned out. Congrats!

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Monday, March 30, 2020 11:06 AM

The Oscar is finally done. Here are what went into the build:

Eduard pe set used for the pit.

Brake lines made from wire. 

Stretched sprue used for landing gear positio indicators.

Copper wire used to wire the radial engine.

Cockpit detail enhanced with scratched built parts made from stretched sprue.

Landing light lens made from stretched sprue, and chrome chip bag punched out disc for the reflector.

Brass tubes used for 12.7 nose guns.

All markings were masked and sprayed, no decals used.

EZ line used for radio wire and stretched plastic hollow QTip handle used for wire insulators.

Paints used were Floquil and MM enamels. Flory dark grime washes used and oil paints for streaks and exhaust staining.

 

 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, March 28, 2020 9:35 AM

thanks for the kind words TJ.

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Saturday, March 28, 2020 5:52 AM
Ernie. This is absolutely fantastic work. Your attention to detail really is making it all stand out

 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, March 27, 2020 8:09 PM

Ok so I kept looking at things and something was off while looking at reference photos. I goofed and separated the clear parts but the actul canopy was a one piece long part and not separated from the rear glass as I thought. Well thanks to the thickness of the UMM saw, I was able to rejoin the canopy frames together for a perfect fit. 

All the markings were sprayed and most of the small parts are attached. The next pictures I post will be of the completed plane. 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 5:56 PM

Hoss WA

Wow! Your work is fantastic so far.  Engine, IP, cowling, control surfaces, canopy -- your bold fixes are extremely impressive. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the finish. 

 

Thanks Hoss for following my thread and posting.

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Posted by Hoss WA on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 12:08 PM

Wow! Your work is fantastic so far.  Engine, IP, cowling, control surfaces, canopy -- your bold fixes are extremely impressive. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the finish. 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:25 AM

I've been working on this to keep sane with all that's going on. I really never noticed that the canopy was in the closed position and would further block all my added details in the pit so I did some VERY careful surgery using the UMM saw to slice off the frame.

Surgery was a success!!!

The prop and spinner were painted and chipped

The hinoramus were sprayed 

I did the halo effect around the fuselage hinoramus

The lower surfaces of the ailerons and elevators were sprayed Japanese Army Grey lightened with some white for fading. The tail unit markings still need to be masked and prayed so that will be next.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, March 21, 2020 4:37 PM

Thanks Chad and BK. Glad to see you guys following my efforts.

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Posted by BrandonK on Saturday, March 21, 2020 10:56 AM

Fantastic work. This is gonna be a stunner.

BK

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, March 21, 2020 7:02 AM

Thanks ld. That was my hs graduation year.

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Friday, March 20, 2020 11:50 PM

No this is what modeling is all about. Taking an old kit and making it look modern!!

Chad

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On deck: Who knows!

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Posted by lawdog114 on Friday, March 20, 2020 11:38 PM

plasticjunkie

 

 
lawdog114
Awesome work. Looks like one of their older kits.
 

 

 

Thanks dog. You peaked my interest and couldn't find a date anywhere on the box or instructions. A quick search at Scalemates lists my model Kit # JS-089 as "New Tooled" for 1973. Geez that's the year I graduated from High School 47 years ago. Tongue Tied

 

Awesome work! Gonna be a stunner my friend.  1973? Wow....I was darn near still dead. 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, March 20, 2020 10:12 PM

Ok slight change in plans. I decided to go with a scheme i like better from the 2nd Chutai, 54th Sentai stationed in the Philipines. I did the Jap Army Green mottle scheme and then chipped it. The hinomarus and unit markings will be masked and sprayed since decals are slim pickings in this scale for the Ki43. The black antiglare panel and control surfaces also need to be sprayed.

  

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, March 14, 2020 2:12 PM

I have been plugging away at this model and I must say that I have never had so many issues with a Hasegawa kit as with this one. After many hours of fiddling, sanding and carving the cowl and engine fit properly. I'm pretty happy how things are fitting up front so now I can move to other issues.

The wing to fuselage gap was filled with stretched sprue and melted with Tenax. The bottom fuselage to rear wing join was terrible too requiring stretched sprue as filler and TONS of sanding to get things to line up. An RB Riveter was used to replace all the details lost to the sanding.

I made my own brew of Aotake paint using Tamiya metallic blue and clear green

That radial engine looks perfect in there

I also put together the tanks and both bombs. I will have the wing tanks on the Oscar and thinking of a simple dio setting with both bombs close by as if they were ready to be attached to a plane. The join lines were discolored by the Tenax but the fit is perfectly smooth and solid. Something about old silver plastic that does that.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:27 PM

The pit is done.  I was gonna add more wiring but once the fuselage is closed up most of the details including the beautiful IP get hidden so I stopped here.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, March 6, 2020 10:29 PM

docidle

PJ,

Everything is looking great so far! Loving your scratch building skills. I’m definitely following this one.

Steve

 

 

Thanks Steve. More to come .

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Posted by docidle on Friday, March 6, 2020 7:59 PM

PJ,

Everything is looking great so far! Loving your scratch building skills. I’m definitely following this one.

Steve

       

 

 

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, March 6, 2020 7:40 PM

BrandonK

You are certainly giving this kit a lot of love. Very nice work. This will be cool.

BK

 

Thanks for posting BK. Yes

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Posted by BrandonK on Friday, March 6, 2020 9:45 AM

You are certainly giving this kit a lot of love. Very nice work. This will be cool.

BK

On the bench:

A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed   

                         14 / 5 / 2  

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Friday, March 6, 2020 6:38 AM

Aggieman

Great work on the engine.

 

Thanks Aggie. Unfortunately most details will not be seen once the cowl covers them up.

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Posted by Aggieman on Thursday, March 5, 2020 9:33 PM

Great work on the engine.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Thursday, March 5, 2020 7:26 PM

Spent most of the day wiring up the Ha115 fourteen cylinder radial engine. It was quite a time consuming task but adds tons of detail.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:18 AM

lawdog114
Awesome work. Looks like one of their older kits.
 

Thanks dog. You peaked my interest and couldn't find a date anywhere on the box or instructions. A quick search at Scalemates lists my model Kit # JS-089 as "New Tooled" for 1973. Geez that's the year I graduated from High School 47 years ago. Tongue Tied

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