well my Oscar and Ohka are 99% complete....just need to add some washes to the Ohka...will post some pics hopefully tonight

carsanab

well my Oscar and Ohka are 99% complete....just need to add some washes to the Ohka...will post some pics hopefully tonight

ohhhhh  can't wait to see the pictures GRL

Honestly dunno . the variant is the A6m2b squad is 201st kokuta, tobera airfield, east new britain, papua new guinea, 1944. So the box talk, also the camouflage i never see before, heres the rear box

 see lots of vaviants on the web about the green inner color, some seems as i did but others one are really near to the 78 cockpit green pure without mixing.

Need to investigate about

I use the Tamiya cockpit green,,,,,seem to be the best match....and for Aotake...Model Masters is a nice match too...I usually lay down a silver base then thin the blue a bit...it will give you the transparancy effect and you can "pool" a bit along the edges..

GRL

Gamera

BAHAHA: The corruption of Doogs has begun!!!

I know you're up to your neck in stuff already but when you do get to that Ki-61 I'd love to see how she goes. Don't know if she's quite as good as those other 1/32 kits you built recently but I've heard nothing but rave reviews of the model.

Well, she has to be better than the Fiat G.55 I'm battling right now. I'm having a blast with the Italian stallion, and it's amazing for a limited-run kit, but good god are the issues abundant. I'm kind of realizing that the reason I dig well-executed kits is because the kits that need...help (being generous)...stress me out something fierce. 

The Ki-61's rep is actually the main reason I jumped on it. Everything I've read says it's among Hasegawa's best.

carsanab

I ..I usually lay down a silver base then thin the blue a bit...it will give you the transparancy effect and you can "pool" a bit along the edges..

 

GRL

this will perfect for the wells

p.s. break the control stick when painted the cockpit!!!

bsyamato

Honestly dunno . the variant is the A6m2b squad is 201st kokuta, tobera airfield, east new britain, papua new guinea, 1944. So the box talk, also the camouflage i never see before, heres the rear box

 see lots of vaviants on the web about the green inner color, some seems as i did but others one are really near to the 78 cockpit green pure without mixing.

Need to investigate about

Depends on who made it. Nakijimi or Mitsubishi

Big-Z: Great news, looking forward to seeing them.

Bsyamato: From the paint scheme she's one of the Mitsubishi zeros. On the Nakajima ones the light grey underside paint swept up at a steeper angle to the tail.  The angle is bad here but you can kinda see it on the box art here:

I have read that the Mitsubishi interior green was a yellowish green that looks to me almost like USAAF interior green or green zinc chromate. The Nakajima planes it was close to the colour you had. The wheel wells I think were aotaki (metallic blue-green) on both. Oddly the aotaki was interesting - it started out blue but as it aged and weathered it turned more green.

I may be wrong on any of this- new information is coming out every day.  I don't think you'd have any problem if you painted it either way from anyone but the rivet counters.

Doogs: Very cool, and I have always liked the green blotches over the NM scheme.  

Ki-84 markings arrived today. I'm leaning toward either 1 or 4. Have to admit the stripes have me a bit freaked out, but dang is that a cool scheme. 

DoogsATX

Ki-84 markings arrived today. I'm leaning toward either 1 or 4. Have to admit the stripes have me a bit freaked out, but dang is that a cool scheme. 

 

"...PICK 3 MY LORD......!!!!!"

Been out of the loop for awhile, but back now after a VERY relaxing 7-day cruise to the Caribbean!! ( Yeah I know, but somebody has to do these things).

 Anyway,  my personal choice would be #4 just because you don't see many blue Japanese aircraft and I like the squadron marking on the tail.  Of course #1 is pretty cool too, but matching that yellowish green might be a bit 'interesting'.

By the way, who makes the decal sheet and waht scale is your Ki-84??

Kevin 

The markings come from Empire City Decals...I believe they're available in all three scales, but I'm doing the Tamiya 1/48. Believe it or not - the blue actually looks like Ocean Gray on the profile sheet, and is written up in the description as green (WTF is that about?)

well.....all done....but still need to take some pics....here's a quick shot of the Ohka....I will take some pics tomorrow night...stay tuned....same Bat-channel same Bat-time...

Big-Z: Ohhhhhh, super job there. Love the orange! Sorta like the X-1 except at the end of the flight the Baka explodes...

Doogs: All of those look really sharp to me. I've met the guy that runs Empire City at a show a couple years back. Real nice guy and I've picked up several of his sheets both because I like the subjects and to help him out. I've used one of the sheets and the decals worked really well.

carsanab

DoogsATX:

Ki-84 markings arrived today. I'm leaning toward either 1 or 4. Have to admit the stripes have me a bit freaked out, but dang is that a cool scheme. 

 

 

"...PICK 3 MY LORD......!!!!!"

My vote is for #1

Gamera

Big-Z: Great news, looking forward to seeing them.

Bsyamato: From the paint scheme she's one of the Mitsubishi zeros. On the Nakajima ones the light grey underside paint swept up at a steeper angle to the tail.  The angle is bad here but you can kinda see it on the box art here:

I have read that the Mitsubishi interior green was a yellowish green that looks to me almost like USAAF interior green or green zinc chromate. The Nakajima planes it was close to the colour you had. The wheel wells I think were aotaki (metallic blue-green) on both. Oddly the aotaki was interesting - it started out blue but as it aged and weathered it turned more green.

I may be wrong on any of this- new information is coming out every day.  I don't think you'd have any problem if you painted it either way from anyone but the rivet counters.

Doogs: Very cool, and I have always liked the green blotches over the NM scheme.  

Thanx Cliffi'll switch the cockpit then with a different mix to the mitsubishi standard green for the wells will use the Carsanab method don't want to get a rivet counter zero but sure not too wrong

Great Ohka Carsanab waithing for more angles

Number 1

Great Job on the Okha

Jason

carsanab

well.....all done....but still need to take some pics....here's a quick shot of the Ohka....I will take some pics tomorrow night...stay tuned....same Bat-channel same Bat-time...

In my best Manny, (cough cough) "I want to take your cherry blossom and slam it into the nearest Essex-class carrier." (chuckle)

I've never seen one done in those colors. Fascinating (Spock).

Doogers, I'd go with number 1 too, but I so love the home-defense markings. I've never heard of blue before.

tigerman

 

carsanab:

 

well.....all done....but still need to take some pics....here's a quick shot of the Ohka....I will take some pics tomorrow night...stay tuned....same Bat-channel same Bat-time...

 

 

In my best Manny, (cough cough) "I want to take your cherry blossom and slam it into the nearest Essex-class carrier." (chuckle)

I've never seen one done in those colors. Fascinating (Spock).

Doogers, I'd go with number 1 too, but I so love the home-defense markings. I've never heard of blue before.

Hey ladies! Check out my cherry-red, hot-rod, flying bomb

I'm assuming that's an experimental version- if I were an AA gunner on an American or Australian ship the first plane I'd shoot would be the bright red one. Kinda draws the eye...

Gamera

tigerman:

 

carsanab:

 

well.....all done....but still need to take some pics....here's a quick shot of the Ohka....I will take some pics tomorrow night...stay tuned....same Bat-channel same Bat-time...

 

 

In my best Manny, (cough cough) "I want to take your cherry blossom and slam it into the nearest Essex-class carrier." (chuckle)

I've never seen one done in those colors. Fascinating (Spock).

Doogers, I'd go with number 1 too, but I so love the home-defense markings. I've never heard of blue before.

 

Hey ladies! Check out my cherry-red, hot-rod, flying bomb

 

I'm assuming that's an experimental version- if I were an AA gunner on an American or Australian ship the first plane I'd shoot would be the bright red one. Kinda draws the eye...

you are correct my hard shelled cousin......this is the trainer version...actually its a glider hence the front skid....of course no rockets in the back and it carried a water ballast weight in the front instead of the warhead....painted trainer orange....just like those 2 seater zeros.....

Big-Z: Gee Carlos - thought you'd be done by now!

I wanna see more pictures!

OK...here are some more pics...sorry about the lighting....I need to get a better set up for taking pics....I will post more pics on the Aircraft threads...Not too happy with the Oscar...I rate it as acceptable....GRL

First....Ohka....

now Oscar...

and the 2 together for scale...

Great accomplished Carlos

What's wrong about george? to me seems more than acceptable

Big-Z: Hey what's the problem? They both look great to me! And the lighting is fine.

Love the Ohka- going to have pick up one for myself.

Love the Ki-43 even better. The silver pencil wear worked out great and I love the grime on the white 'bandages'.

Are those ok or do you want to wait for me to post the roster photos? I'll have to wait till I get back to the home computer sometime tonight or tomorrow night to post them in any case.

I think they both came out great GRL!

Thnaks....I'm not happy with the Oscar 'cause of all the problems I had with the white bands,...that and the fact that I melted away most of the detail on half of the bottom of the left wing...it was a struggle...

Big G...get the kit....Its got great detail and fits like a charm!!!! You will love it!!!

and you can post any of thi pics you like on the roster....

Carlos

Big-Z:

Well, from the photos you posted they both look good to me. Will get the photos posted to the roster hopefully tomorrow night or sooner.

the famous white monster helps when the carpet monster fail!

I'm near to use a white layer to the under fuselage of a eb-66e, i'll try to use mr surfacer instead of some weak white color.

part of the problem I had with the Oscar was the lack of a good primer...I usually use Tamiya...but it wasnt available...I tried the Testors....what garbage...So I didnt use any....of course I got to the LHS couple of weeks ago and there it was ...cans of Tamiya primer...oh well....for the next one...BS...if you can get it in Italia...I would recommend it!!!!