AWESOME work Rigid!!

I know it is very late in the game for this group build but thought I would throw my Tamiya 1/48 freshly completed A6M2 Zero into the mix.  I hope that is okay but my apologies if the late entry is not protocol.  No prior group builds for me.

Anyway, had some fit issues with the wings and not real pleased with the canopy, but I guess it came out ok considering my very modest skill level.

Some very nice builds here.

Swede

Thanx for comments here and in the one year war GB Doug  actually some problem to reply there (again!!) 

Sweet Zero Swede 

Nice Swede, that's a fun kit.

Beautiful work there Swede! Kinda hard to make a monochromatic finish look good but you've done a great job there! If you should want to do another Japanese aircraft before the end of the year the GB runs till Dec 31.

Guys, my favorite aunt passed away Sunday morning and I'm feeling kinda out of sorts so I probably won't be around for awhile. Should be back by the weekend though.  

Sorry to hear the sad news... Take care brother...

Swede... Very clean, nice!

Thanks Doug, I'll be ok, just need a little time to get over it.

Cliff

Take care Cliff. It hurts to lose someone whom you're so close too.

My condolencens Cliff. Take your time friend

Since there are 4 months left please count me in with a 1/72 Hasegawa KI 46 Dinah.

Theuns

Eric & Bsyamato: Thanks guys, that means a lot!

Theuns: You're more than welcome, putting her down on the roster now.

Hasegawa 1/72 KI-46 "Dinah". I bought this plane purely for the sleek good looks to it (and it also halped that I got it at 70% off usual price LOL!)

In the box it all looks nice. Finely recessed lines and I hope the fit is as good as was on my 1/48 Hasa Zeke.

Theuns

Theuns: Looks good to me, the Dinah was a very nice looking plane in any version!

Here is my Dinah's cockpit sofar.

Wing -

Really nice kit this!

Do any of you know if this Dinah would have flown in the all IJN grey sceeme?

The decal sheet states that but I can not find any pix of the full size in that colour.

Theuns

The pilot and observer look really good! You've got a better eye and hand than me to paint 1/72nd figures that well.

I don't think I've ever seen a Dinah in anything other than the green over grey scheme. I'll look at my references when I get home but I can't recall anything other than the standard green/grey.

What would be the bottom colour for a green Dinah? I have seen pix of a restored one and the bottom looks allot more "light sky-blue" than IJN grey.

Any ideas on this?

Theuns

This kit is just falling together! This is about total of maybe 5-6 hours of work.

I think the only bit of filling and sanding will be on the nose section. I hope the glass will fit as well as the rest of the model, the entire top fuselarge is made of clear plastic although most of it is painted !

I like the engines, they are well detailed and look cool inside the cowls.

Anyone know how the crew would enter the cockpits? Would they walk allong the wing's root? If so witch one, left or right? I have no idea how the Dina's cockpit opened.

Theuns

Theuns: The only colour I've seen is Mitsubishi Army Grey. I forget what brand of paint I use, I'll check though it may not be readily available where you live.

And a big oops! on my part, I was going to check my references and clear forgot. I'll try to remember to look tonight- sorry.  

Looks good Theuns, I always thought that was a cool looking plane.

Dinah-mite 

Theuns, that is one sleek looking machine  And obviously you are making rapid progress 

Well, I have finally cleared up enough projects to where I can now start my build for here... the old 1/48 Tamiya Ki-84 Hayate aka Frank. I will be using AM decals and an old Airwaves PE set to dress it up a little bit...

I started with the cockpit and added a seat with lap belts and some rudder pedals from the Airwaves set.

and I built up the engine (not much to build there   )

painting to commence soon and more progress pics to follow

I'll be watching that one Stik, got that kit in the stash..... I'll bet most of us here do too!

Thanks. Aside from what I am doing in the cockpit here and a few other PE adds, this is gonna be mostly OOB. Yeah any Japanese aircraft fan should have this kit in their stash, I think that I paid around $15 max... very affordable, and a good basic kit, like their A6M2.

Theuns: Whoops! Sorry I was wrong! I found some photos here of a Dinah in overall Army underside grey. And yes the Imperial Navy did operate a small number of Ki-46s.

There was some difference in the paint used by one company to another, IE Mitsubishi underside army grey was slightly different from Nakajima underside army grey. Still if you use the paint marked as Imperial Army green and grey you should be pretty close. 

And BTW, seems the forward and aft cockpits opened from the left, folding up to the right much like a fighter:

Stikpusher: Nice!!! Yeah, I've got one of those in my spare parts bin I build about twenty years ago! Good kit and I love what you've done with the photoetch- way to make a good but spartan kit even better.

Those pix were just saved to my hard drive, thanx a stack mate! That clears up the questions I had.

The kit supplies decals for both the all grey and the green/grey planes. I did a Hasa 1/48 A6m2 in Tamiya IJN grey Acryilc, and it worked very well indeed.

I was wondering if I should do a bit of salt chipping on the left wing-root as it would seem a likely place due to being a walkway, but then I am not sure how hard these Dinah's were worked and if they were as weathered as on other IJA/N aircraft.  

Maybe it will detract from the nice looks of the plane.....then again it might also make it look less "toy like"

Dang! what to do... what to do LOL!

I have painted the interior side of the center section glass green and glued it on, fits like a glove!Cowls are on and most sanding should be completed today.

pix to follow

The canopies went on very well, happy with that!

Theuns

Theuns: Looks great! I've always been a little leery of those big transparent pieces like that but it looks good from here.

Glad that the photos were of use. I'd say a little chipping at the wing root would look good. Maybe a little around the canopy, the gear doors, and the cowling. Most of the aircraft I believe were based in the home islands and got a great deal of maintenance attention. I think the planes that got really beat up were the ones based out of small airfields in China and various islands.

Sounds like a plan ,thanx

Theuns

Here is the Dinah with a little chipping and painted using Tamiya IJN Grey Acrylic over tamiya silver enamel.

I will have to paint the canopy framing freehand as I could just not see it well enough to cut through the masking.

Theuns