Cliff it looks great ,well worth waiting for. I ca'nt wait for more pics!!! From what I can see from the one pic the colors and subtle tone changes really look scale .

To me seems great Cliff really not the same problem of my tomcat .Probably need a macro to see the trouble.

Hey thanks guys, I really liked how the shading turned out. You'll probably be able to see the uneven panel lines on the canopy but not the film- though it's visible if you see the model in person. Maybe I'll strip the thing sometime in the future and redo it. Right now I want to get the Tamiya Zero done. Finished the wheel wells and flaps, painted the yellow leading edge ID stripes, and am ready to paint the underside now, photos when I get the painting done.

Hopefully will have more photos of Judy soon, I guess I should see about building a photo set-up, I've been taking them outside but of course you have to wait till the sunlight is good.

Cliff I'm eagerly awaiting the Judy pics ! 1 pic is such a tease !

Heres a resize for the front page

and the better pics as promised

trey, i have to tell ya - when i saw your second pic i felt a strong urge to duck behind the  armor plate in my f4u!! man you make some great stuff.

some assembly required

trey, i have to tell ya - when i saw your second pic i felt a strong urge to duck behind the  armor plate in my f4u!! man you make some great stuff.

Gotta agree there! ACK she's coming right at us!

Seriously great job Trey, love how you kicked the weathering up a notch and it came out great. I think I'm weird that I like to do Japanese aircraft in pristine finishes

Photo posted to the roster- oddly no problems at all this time, hope things keep going so well.

SAR thank you Sir thats a great compliment ! Very much appreciated!

Cliff  many thanks for the high regards  .I do'nt see anything wrong at all with a pristine build of any subject. I mean they were all new at one point right? I really like the way your Judy looks ,sometimes its refreshing to see a 'clean' build and yours looks great !

Trey: Thanks! Hopefully will have the rest of the photos up this weekend. The nephews were up and shooting NERF arrows at each other this evening, was a little afraid to take Judy outside for photos!

Since the Judy came into service near the middle of the war most were being either shot down quickly or flying suicide missions so I just figure most didn't have time to get weathered.

effectively my motto is not for you Trey magnific hayabusa and picture too

(add the hayabusa on the wishbook )

Cliff the hayabusa image link on the wall is broken your pc win another battle

TREYZX10R

Cliff I'm eagerly awaiting the Judy pics ! 1 pic is such a tease !

Heres a resize for the front page

and the better pics as promised

bsyamato

effectively my motto is not for you Trey magnific hayabusa and picture too

(add the hayabusa on the wishbook )

Cliff the hayabusa image link on the wall is broken your pc win another battle

Hmmmm, odd it was showing up last night after I posted it but yes this morning it's gone. I reposted the photo and it's showing up now- cross your fingers it doesn't vanish again

aliens during the night i say , try a sabotage to the group

Trey, your plane and pics are awesome. Fantastic work !

The realism is outstanding, if it wasn't for the fixed prop, I couldn't tell the difference from the real thing.

TREYZX10R

Heres the lot of 'em ,going to build a special display for them stay tuned

TREY: What A nice collection that you have there...two thumbs up! 

You built more for this GB than I have all year!

Probably last ship for the year.

Kongo class battleship Hiei, a training ship for the IJN, and having hosted the emperor on multiple occasions, a symbol of IJN navy and one of the more luxurious fitted ships around.

Will finish as her 1940 config when the emperor of Japan coordinated a navy drill with full ensigns.

Note the resemblance to the tower of Yamato, this Hiei's super structure was built as an experimental config for the eventual Yamato class. 

Officers greeting the emperor.

Potchip

stunning work on those ships! love the guys on the front

Jason

Wow, Potchip she's a beauty!!!

Great job on the weathering and PE, and gotta love those figures!

Another work of art Potchip. Real beauty.

While finishing an F6F-3 Hellcat for the IPMS Ernest A. Love Chapter's display in the Prescott City Library, I started toying with the AZ Models 1/72 Kawasaki Ki-78 'Ken'.

There are 2 kits in the box, 27 pieces each, plus 2 canopies, and 2 sets of decals.  Low pressure molding so large sprue gates and ejection towers (see lower wing).  Anyway, lots of clean up, not to much flash, but LOTS of test fitting, filing,test fitting, sanding, test fitting. seam filling, test fitting - did I mention TEST FITTING??

Anyway, still a fun little kit, challenging - not a Tamigawa assembly kit.  This one does challenge my modeling skills.

The parts for one kit plus both decal sheets.  See what I mean by ejection towers on the lower wing?  And large sprue gates?  Did I mention this kit needs some test fitting??

Yes that is the whole canopy.  Hope my fingers aren't too fat to mask this thing!

Very sparse kit interior plain flat instrument panel, seat, and stick.   I did add a few little fiddly bits from fine wire and white glue, but you're not going to see much under than little canopy anyway.  Maybe more detailing on the second kit - now that I know what I'm in for.

A bit of .010 plastic card along the wing to fuselage seam.

All of the white along seams in filler.

Large fselage side radiators added, seams filled, needing sanding.  Oh yeah, I also drilled holes to add brass wire to the butt joints of the tail planes to the fuselage.  The radiators will need more filling.

That's it for now - more pictures shortly as soon as I get more seams cleaned up, and do some more test fitting.

Kevin

Kevin: Very cool! I love seeing different stuff like this. Interesting to me that the problems the Japanese had with the in-line engines with the Ki-61 and D4Y1 they went with an in-line here.

Really like the third decal scheme with the blots but the first with the neat red tail stands out too.

Thats a great looking ship Potchip,nicely done Sir!

Hey Gamera, I've finally got going here. I thought  I'd begin this adventure with a Kawanishi N1K1-J George by Otaki.  I've built a few Otaki's, and for the money they may be the nicest kits that used to be available.  They have nice, delicate detail.  Maybe a little sparse on detail, but generally nice kits for under $15 bucks.  I'll begin trudging away in the next few days.    Rick

Gamera,

I think this plane (orininally built in 1939 for an attempt at the world speed record) used an imported DB 601-A.  I think a production version might have used the Atsua Type 31 in line 12 cylinder.  Not sure when they started trying to develop this into a fighter.  No real evidence of guns anywhere except through the spinner(?).

  I was thinking of the first scheme as well, although masking the red around the tail plane will be interesting.  When you look at the fuselage the stub area where the tail plane joins also needs to be red.  Also there is no decal for the blue stripe, so either mask & paint (around the radiators), or use some blue decal film.

 I am also thinking of the green splotchy camo for the second model.

Kevin, was that a real plane? I mean did it hit production? I can't say that I ever heard of it. Very interesting and looks a bit like a Tony on roids.

Hello tigerman,

  Yes the plane was real, but no never made it into production as a fighter.  First designed in 1938 (I was wrong earlier) to attempt to break the world speed record.  Only one plane was actually built and flew.  According to Rene Francillon's 'Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War', it was very difficult to fly, very small wing area (11.0 sq. meters), high take-off speed (205 km/h or 127 mph) and landing speed (170 km/h or 106 mph).  It did reach 434.9 mph at 11,539 ft ( 699.6 km/h @ 3,527m) on 12/27/1942.  But never acheived its goal of 528 mph so development was suspended after 32 flights on 1/11/1944.

Next to my 1/72 Ki-94-II (which is a larger airplane) this looks like a 1/144th scale kit - it's that small!

Actually it is about .75 m shorter than the Ki-61-Ib, 1 m shorter than the Ki-61-I KAI, and 1.1 m shorter than the Ki-61-II.  Also all of the Ki-61's had a wingspan of 12 m, the Ki-78 had a wingspan of just 8 m.  The Ki-78 was also only 8.1 m long.

Ok, probably more info than you wanted, but hey I'm a History PhD ... so ask a question and you'll automatically get the long answer. 

Kevin

AZKevin

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There are 2 kits in the box, 27 pieces each, plus 2 canopies, and 2 sets of decals.  Low pressure molding so large sprue gates and ejection towers (see lower wing).  Anyway, lots of clean up, not to much flash, but LOTS of test fitting, filing,test fitting, sanding, test fitting. seam filling, test fitting - did I mention TEST FITTING??

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The parts for one kit plus both decal sheets.  See what I mean by ejection towers on the lower wing?  And large sprue gates?  Did I mention this kit needs some test fitting??

 

 

Kevin

LOL yes you did  

this sound like my Amodel kit

Nice subject

Hi bsyamato,

It is a nice subject and I rather enjoy the challenge of something that doesn't just 'fall' together.  I have not built any A Model kits yet (but might have to look for a few).  I like the more unusaul subjects, but like the standard Japanese aircraft as well.

I did just recieve the MPM 1/72 Ki-64 'Rob' ($8.00) and it looks about as challenging.  I also have a Planet Models resin Nakajima Type 94 Floatplane and the AZ Models 1/48 Ki-48 Lily that aslo look to challenge my skills a bit.

Finally, I did just find (and order) the 1/72  A+V Models resin Ki-94-I.

I think my next build here will be a bit more relaxing Nichimo 1/48 B5N2 Kate with the brown and splotchy green camo.

Kevin

Potchip,

  Very nice indeed!  Wish I have more space to tackle a ship every now and then.  And the $$$$,  some of the newer Hasegawa ship kits are really cool, but a bit pricey.

Looking forward to seeing more.

Kevin

I like amodel for the strange subjects thety have ,till now only one finished and win also have lots of unique kit for russian subjects . Again in stand by for this GB waith to clear more kits from workbench and will return in full japan immersion

potchip

Probably last ship for the year.

Kongo class battleship Hiei, a training ship for the IJN, and having hosted the emperor on multiple occasions, a symbol of IJN navy and one of the more luxurious fitted ships around.

Will finish as her 1940 config when the emperor of Japan coordinated a navy drill with full ensigns.

Note the resemblance to the tower of Yamato, this Hiei's super structure was built as an experimental config for the eventual Yamato class. 

Officers greeting the emperor.

as i say in australian forum your 1/700 ships skill is awesome

Rick: Hey cool kit there! That same kit was one of the first Japanese models I ever built! Think she's still around somewhere as a paint mule. Looking forward to seeing what you do with her.

Kevin: The Kate sounds really cool! Love that off-the-wall stuff you picked up. I've seen the AZ Models 'Lilly' at shows but I was always priced more than I wanted to pay.

Don't know if anyone here is Jewish but Happy Hanukkah if you are!