Gamera

PS: Vetteman's Natural Metal GB IV is kicking off pretty soon, I'm sure he'd love to have your P-51 if you'd like to enter another GB.

I had exactly that in mind!

Thanks much for the kind words.

Great Zero Stoutfella

painted hinomaru on!!! not perfect but good

also painted some other ex decals with red 

Bsyamato: She's looking really good to me

I realized now that curiously 3 of 4 kits i've involved here are with fixed gears LOL

Excellent looking build stoutfella!  That's a real fun kit and you won't be disappointed with the Tammy P-51 either. 

Hi guys

It's a bit of a late start but I'm looking to broaden my horizons with an attempt at salt weathering on the 1/48 Hasegawa Ki-84 I have in my stash. Can I still join?

Blitzwing

Hi guys

It's a bit of a late start but I'm looking to broaden my horizons with an attempt at salt weathering on the 1/48 Hasegawa Ki-84 I have in my stash. Can I still join?

You're certainly welcome and btw welcome to the forum! I've set the end date to Sept 1 so we've got a little over three months yet to go. That's assuming no one wants an extended deadline. Even if you don't run over no big deal there! I'll go put you down on the front page.

Cliff

Hi everyone,

I finally found the time to finish the Kyofu.

This is my second model since returning to the hobby after 18 years.

Here's how it went,

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Going at it with denatured alcohol...

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And some pics of the finished model ! I tried not to overdo the chipping...

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VP: That looks really nice!!! Did you use the alcohol to rub the upper layer of paint off?

Going to put you up on the front page now. Good show!!!

Stoutfella great looking Zero you did it justice! You could scratch up those mass balancers pretty easy!

Bsyamato I like the painted on meatballs!

VP Nice lookiing Kyofu.I like the weathering technique with the alcohol very effective!

Greetings,

TREYZX10R, Bsyamato and Reasoned: Thanks to all for the positive comments. They are most welcome and encouraging. I'm pleased overall with how the Zero turned out, but aggravated that I'm yet to complete a kit without some nagging annoyance such as the lost/broken parts.

Vincent Price: That looks terrific. Nice job!

Nice weathering job Vincent Price. Good worn look. 

Vincent Price

Hi everyone,

I finally found the time to finish the Kyofu.

This is my second model since returning to the hobby after 18 years.

Here's how it went,

Priming...

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Silvering ...

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Going at it with denatured alcohol...

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And some pics of the finished model ! I tried not to overdo the chipping...

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Well done Vincent!! my second work after my stop was not so good as your kyofu!!

stoutfella

..... I'm pleased overall with how the Zero turned out, but aggravated that I'm yet to complete a kit without some nagging annoyance such as the lost/broken parts.

Vincent Price: That looks terrific. Nice job!

Forget about this!! i build lots of kits and don't remember i finished a kits withouth lost or break some piece

Thanx Trey

on the claude i put last decals and forget to take pictures (claude in the kitchen ) .now just left to complete minor things to finish it!!

Bsyamato: sounds good, looking forward to the photos!

here the little updates:

Builds looking great guys!  I have to admit these Jap planes are just the peach.

bsyamato, so what's with the "3 stuks" for 1.99?  Are "Frites"  French Fries?

Nice work as usual Bsyamato! Are you adding some weathering? She looks done to me.

Thanks for the kind words on the Kyofu, much appreciated

Stoutfella : That Zero is awesome ! Outstanding work.

Bsyamoto : The Claude is fantastic, an epic subject. I really like the color scheme on this model I still have a two-seat Claude 1/48 trainer plane in my stash, and your build will be an inspiration.

Now, about the '3 stuks voor 1.99 €' and the matter of the 'Frites'. This means that a local grocery store offers 3 bags of deep frozen French fries for 1.99 €. 'Frites' is French for French fries.....although 'frites' are in fact Belgian, there's nothing French about it. Over here, we call them 'frieten' in Dutch and the french speaking part of the country (yes, you guessed it) 'frites' ! Nevertheless, they are served everywhere.

Ok so I've gotten the ball rolling with my Ki-84 and assembled the cockpit, no problems there. I decided to paint the cockpit in aotake because when I originally bought the kit I was hoping the second scheme would be one with the white homeland defence bands, but unfortunately no dice. I read somewhere that the first Ki-84's had aotake cockpits and since the 22nd Sentai was the first unit to be equipped with the Frank so that was enough for me. 

I also painted the consoles semi gloss black and picked out some of the details in the cockpit in silver and red according to the instructions.  The instructions say all the lever tops are in red, is this really the case because the seat will look like it is surrounded by a lot of cherries there. 

Now to the negative........ While changing colours from aotake to black in my airbrush I, I began by removing the rear cover as usual and then dropped it. I watched it go down and saw it fall on the back of the needle so no harm done. So I thought......

It is solidly wedged inside the nozzle and resisted all attempts at removing it. Any ideas on how it can be taken out or is it a write off? Luckily my airbrush came with some other nozzles and needles of different sizes so I was able to swap the needle and nozzle and continue on with no problems apart from the paint spill...

With unpleasantries behind me I decided later on I decided I wanted to start on the canopy and begin masking it. I cut it from the sprue and a chunk of it also disappears. Fortunately it is part of the frame so hopefully some putty will be able to fix that up. 

I don't know what happenned today but hopefully that is the worst of the problems. Next is finishing off the cockpit before construction. Fingers crossed. 

Thanx for the comments guys

Reasoned

Builds looking great guys!  I have to admit these Jap planes are just the peach.

 

bsyamato, so what's with the "3 stuks" for 1.99?  Are "Frites"  French Fries?

3 stukas for... i have only one and again in the box  (or not referred to stukas?) LOL i use the kitchen table to put decals for better light and for the hot water ... never try to fry some undisciplined kit

perfect aoteke Blitzwing sorry for the mistakes on the airbrush 

Vincent Price

Now, about the '3 stuks voor 1.99 €' and the matter of the 'Frites'. This means that a local grocery store offers 3 bags of deep frozen French fries for 1.99 €. 'Frites' is French for French fries.....although 'frites' are in fact Belgian, there's nothing French about it. Over here, we call them 'frieten' in Dutch and the french speaking part of the country (yes, you guessed it) 'frites' ! Nevertheless, they are served everywhere.

 

Ahh thanks VP, sorry about giving the question to bs when it was your picture.  It's funny to see a similar style Ad for groceries in a foriegn language and somewhat understand it!

Great looking build BTW.

Blitz, sorry to hear about your airbrush. Have you tried putting some airbursh lubricant on and let it seep in a bit, then try turning it out with the aribrush wrench?

bsyamato

 

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perfect aoteke Blitzwing sorry for the mistakes on the airbrush 

 

Aotake !! aotake aotake!!!! i will never learn, dam**** mamory

bsyamato

bsyamato:

 

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perfect aoteke Blitzwing sorry for the mistakes on the airbrush 

 

 

Aotake !! aotake aotake!!!! i will never learn, dam**** mamory

Blitz: Really nice work on the aotake there and the instrument panel looks great!

I was going to tell you to grab the tip with a pair of pliers and try to yank the needle out but I like Waikong's suggestion better. Some sort of lube would probably allow you to remove it with less damage. Probably not too much damage to the needle but the tip might be damaged from having the hole torn bigger than it should be and possibly out of shape.

For the cockpit I'd just put a layer or two of masking tape over the clear parts of the canopy and then putty and gingerly sand out the damaged area checking often to make sure you're not cutting though the tape mask.

Cliff

troublemaker66

 

bsyamato:

 

 

bsyamato:

 

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perfect aoteke Blitzwing sorry for the mistakes on the airbrush 

 

 

 

Aotake !! aotake aotake!!!! i will never learn, dam**** mamory

 

Ha ha!  I think the word you`re looking for is "memory" my friend...."mamory" is something totally different....

 

ops .. yes

ps what's mamory?

Gamera

Nice work as usual Bsyamato! Are you adding some weathering? She looks done to me.

i'm really in doubt about a weathering. Normally i like to whetaher my planes, but this time the claude seems look better with only panels washing. Probably will put only exhausts fumes and leave the rest clean

I think he means the mammary gland, ie boobs, hooters, breasts, etc, etc, etc. I assume there is a funny term or two in Italian for them too.  

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double ops!!

nope i don't need of these for me

Gamera

I think he means the mammary gland, ie boobs, hooters, breasts, etc, etc, etc. I assume there is a funny term or two in Italian for them too.