Thanx guys, problem i hope resolved, after removed the bad paint and cleaned even the panel lines (and lots of swearing because even parts of frame paint was removed) ,i brushed on the camouflage grey mix withouth priming more He seems working. Plastic seems to work good with my mineral thinner .

I forget about but the zero is really heavy for the kit dimension  

I don't know bsyamato, that "weathered" finish looks almost plausible.

Bsyamato ,man really hate to see that! I'm confident you'll get it sorted tho my Man!

Reasoned

I don't know bsyamato, that "weathered" finish looks almost plausible.

Yes but unwanted

Trey the correction seems accomplished, the mixed grey seems grip good withouth the primer but i'll leave the color dry for two or more days for sureness. Just today weather finishe a  3 heavy raining days!

here some update:

two coats of mix grey, waiting for total dry bet seems enough

painted others grey pieces too and the engine cover with mix of semigloss black and dark blue (instructions says 50/50 % but seems incorrect, i used a little percentage of blue)

Out of topic, if you need good raf pilots try the new revell set

some poses allowed and good and not soft plastic easy to gut, clear and modding. The luftwaffe set probbly at same good standard.

Now left to detil the main wells and retouch the removed paint from frames and the rest of work wil be "standard " finishing work (if no more bad things will come )

Bsyamato: Nice! Very smooth clean paint job there. Looks like you're back on track.

Is that RAF pilot 1/72nd scale? If so that is some really sharp molding.

ops i forget to specify .. yes, 1/72, i'll put some more picture soon, want to use on some raf planes, also have the 1/72 preiser set about luftwaffe. Just waiting to get the courage to do a diorama

bsyamato

ops i forget to specify .. yes, 1/72, i'll put some more picture soon, want to use on some raf planes, also have the 1/72 preiser set about luftwaffe. Just waiting to get the courage to do a diorama

Wow, I'd assumed he was 1/48th until I remembered you do 1/72nd. That is some great detail, most 1/48th pilots I have aren't that well done.

The diorama sounds really cool, love to see you build it. I've started several but keep adding stuff to them and they get so big I never finish most of them

LOL i''ve about 3 dioramas started and never fiinshed for the same problem one sci-fi in 1/144 with too many planned thing on that is sleeping from 2007

Got a small start last night primering the cockpit bits.

Have to say, I'm VERY happy I decided to spring for the Ultracast seat!

Question(s) for the group:

1 - Cockpit color for the Ki-84? I've been getting at least three conflicting choices - silver, light gray, or something similar to interior green. Is any one right? Are they all right? 

2 - Drop tanks. The Tamiya instructions (which I so don't trust BTW) say to paint them the exterior color, but I can swear I've seen builds where the tanks look like they were painted with Tamiya XF-4 Yellow Green. Seems to me that'd be a lot more visually striking...any habits of drop tank painting out there I should know about?

Sorry - Japanese aircraft noob...

Doog: Yeah night and day difference between seats there.

Cockpit paint: Every reference I've seen for Nakajima aircraft like the Ki-84 give a greyish- green colour. It looks very much to me like RAF interior green. Mitsubishi a/c had a yellowish-green that looks very much like USAAF interior green which may be what's confusing you here. There may have been some Ki-84s with NM cockpits but I haven't seen any references to them. Personally I'd go with Nakajima interior green if you can find it in your paint brand- if not RAF interior green should be close enough not to make much difference.

Drop tanks: Most references I've seen show them painted the underside colour. Some may have been left in NM aluminum as well. I've seen the yellow tanks but not sure where and when they were used. Maybe someone else here has more information.

Anyway, my two cents for what little it's worth.

BTW: 'The Bug' is looking great!

Excellent! I'll track down some pics of Nakajima interior green and probably use Tamiya's interior green - I've got enough of their paints that I can "push" it a bit in pretty much any direction if needed. 

Looking around, I learned that IJAAF tanks were actually made out of wood or bamboo, not metal (due to shortages). Not quite as crazy as the USAAF paper tanks, but still, interesting. Also have references to the tanks being painted some kind of Japanese version of olive drab. Basically - I find tanks the same color as the underside dreadfully boring and thought it'd be interesting to do something a bit "off". Example, if the underside is that light green-grey color, using straight-up light gray for the tanks.

I did find a few references to yellow, but nothing connecting them to the Ki-84. Course, I'm pondering painting the thing blue, so...

Also, for kicks, I found this on the internet today:

Japanese Fart Scrolls

Talk about Japanese "air power"...

That'd make great nose art for a Betty.

Reasoned

That'd make great nose art for a Betty.

LOL

Good find Doogs!

Interesting, I wasn'a aware of the wooden drop tanks. Most I've seen are the underside colour. As you said painting them slightly lighter or darker or adding a slight tint sounds like a good plan to me.

Gamera

 

Reasoned:

 

That'd make great nose art for a Betty.

 

 

LOL

Good find Doogs!

Interesting, I wasn'a aware of the wooden drop tanks. Most I've seen are the underside colour. As you said painting them slightly lighter or darker or adding a slight tint sounds like a good plan to me.

Proof from the internets! 

Doogs:

I wasn't disagreeing with you, I'd never heard that and just assumed that they were metal tanks.

Thanks, I learned something new today

Funny I've been to the Arawasi website but didn't see those. Of course that was a year or two ago. Very cool find! 

DoogsATX

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Also, for kicks, I found this on the internet today:

Japanese Fart Scrolls

Talk about Japanese "air power"...

just eat a midnight hamburgher with tobasco ,mushrooms salsa and others stuffs inside, after dinner: triyng to not emulate this power on workbench, lots of little pieces on

Working right now on the zero, today needed a third layer of grey to ensure final look and now working on wells, will post pictures tomorrow 

Nice things about fuel tanks

Detailed finally wells

don't worry about the green color, i just primed wells and covers with interior green

This morning (it's about 3:00 am ,can't say this night) mixed some color for the upper zero surfaces, trying to obtain a correct zero green:

and just after painted

Another layer and some correction to the mix seems to be needed mhh...

Wow wood drop tanks! I would've lost money on that bet ,learn something new everyday! Doogs nice seat, and yes RAF interior green is a very close match . Bsyamato it looking great keep burning the midnight oil!

Speaking of midnight oil...had one of those hurry up and wait moments with the Fiat tonight, so on to the Hayate!

First, interior got greened...here's the seat. Apologies, the iPhone does stupid things to color (why won't they offer white balance controls?)

Next, the IP in this kit is...a decal. Unacceptable. Made copies of the decal sheet, broke out the punch and die set:

Not much, but off to the races!

The IJN Hiei from December, is finally done.

My crusty old Canon died. Instead, the new point and shoot replacement is vastly inferior with no manual options - ended up with terribly grainy pictures.

Doogs-

Nice IP! Looks better than some that actually come with kits.....wish I would`ve thought of that before I glued the IP decal of my Kingfisher into place....

I`ve been looking for a Waldron punch set...do you know who carries them and a ballpark price? Getting to be a "must have" tool.

Len

Potchip-

Nice!  The pics don`t look grainy to me at all....great work!

Len

Potchip, superlative job on the Hiei. More pictures please.

Doogs, you're a creative guy, for sure.

Bsyamato: Looks like you've recovered from your accident and are coming right along now

Doogs: Even if the colour is off I can see the detail. Seat looks good and love what you're doing with the instrument panel.

Potchip: WOW! Love what you guys do with ship models. So much detail and wow love those flags! Thanks for posting.

Len: I picked up a set of cheap no-name (they say 'product of Pakistan' and that's it) punches some years ago. Cheap but they seem to work pretty well.

Couldn't help myself- picked up a 1/72nd Francis at a show yesterday for about eight bucks. Box says 1972 and was distributed in the US by Revell. Everything is still in the plastic bag and the kit looks good except for the 40 year old decals that are yellow as a canary.

well it's try number for the salt weathering

Jason

I'm going to be away from the bench for a while due to my wife having surgery but I thought I'd show where I'm at with the Val project.  The interior is done and the primer is on, it'll sit and cure for some time.  Man does this a/c have a HUGE wing surface area (and I thought the Spit's was large).  Provided everything goes well, I hope to sign in from time to time.

Reasoned, I wish your wife good luck on her surgery. Get back when you can.