Good work Len - nice looking beast

Trey - Yes i'm doing the one with taht monster cnnon sticking out the top of the cockpit

TREYZX10R

Len WOW! That came out sweet !!! I really like how the finish came out and the antenae wire and rigging wires on the tip floats look spot on scale what did you use?

Len

Len WOW! That came out sweet !!! I really like how the finish came out and the antenae wire and rigging wires on the tip floats look spot on scale what did you use?

After adding the fiddlies I took some pics. Overall, the kit wasn`t horrible but it had lots of trouble spots. It had tons of flash on all the parts and fit wasn`t all that great. If you`re patient and take your time, it can be built into a nice model. Knowing now about all the kit glitches, I`d like to build another one in the not-too-near future mainly because I`m not patient nor did I take my time with it. So, here it is .....

Well, that`s it...started masking the canopies for the "Nell" which made both my hands go numb! Gotta get away from these 1:72 kits, they`re killin` me! Feel free to use whatever picture you want for the front page Cliff. Thanks for looking!

Len

Cliff thanks,you're one busy Viking lol

Jailcop glad to hear it did'nt get infected,heel up fast!

Bsyamato yep another 'in flight' just ordered some p/e prop blurs too

Hercmech that is a sweet looking paint job so far,the preshade really paid off,nicely done Sir!

Dostacos that is a gutsy way to build for sure,looking forward to the paint job and how you pull it off,should be a treat to watch

Needbeer love the Dinah ,is that the 37 mm cannon poking up the top?

I did get some major progress done this weekend,the office is a wrap did'nt get too crazy with it as you wo'nt see much of it

buttoned up the fuse and got the wings on now ready for a silver base of ts-30,the fit on these has kits are just spot on no filler needed

potchip nice looking ship!

Good work folks.

All that's needed is some AA guns to shoot those birds down. Knowing Japanese AA it probably wouldn't work but then again Japanese birds were made of firecrackers.

This is my cheerful for this group build - Fuso being the ancient name of Japan...

Hermech: love the way you're taking that bird, i'm a big fan of that scheme.

Dostacos: Wow  thats ballsy, getting the whole thing together naked like that.

Nearly finished the Hamp

Here's my Ki-46 Dinah, I'll be doing the 17th Company Independence Fright version

Not really inspired with this one, lacking detail, bit of sanding required on the bottom - went off 1/72 some time ago

have 4 new jap 1/48's in the mail

dostacos

well here are some shots of my FRANK, top & bottom.  [note to self: paint the engine BEFORE stuffing it in the plane ]

got some seams to fill

 

Live and learn. Aren't you normally a 1/48 armor builder? LOL

well here are some shots of my FRANK, top & bottom.  [note to self: paint the engine BEFORE stuffing it in the plane ]

got some seams to fill

Just some progress update.

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee438/hercmech1/Models/KI-46/20111014-IMGP1132.jpg

Gamera This is a amazing kit only negative I've heard on it is the fit of the gun pieces to the  wing

I have this also and will watch for this one

Byyamato great work on the ki-27

As for me I managed to put the canopy for the George in a spot where I wouldn't forget it. forgot where that is

The Jack will get its decals tonight

Jason

Bsyamato: You're right, I can't game too much, I get restless and have to move around which is a good excuse for modeling!

Windy and cloudy here today too, looks and feels like autumn. No rush on the photos, take them when you can.

Gamera

Trey: Wow, more great work- you're making the rest of us look bad!

 

Just got my computer back from the shop- seems there was a short in the power supply transformer.

Good news: I'll be on-line over the weekends now.

Bad news: More PC gaming time and less model building time

mmm try to get out of the gaming cage i did it and more fun on the workbench than the pc games .

Trey good progress there again in flight? 

Thanx for comments on exhaust, was nothing particular, i drybrushed using a tamiya standard brush the area with light brown (same of the weathering) and after in the middle of the stain i repeat the same with black

nothing about the outdoors pictures today wind and covered sun ... seems that summer is finished.

If don't get a good sun before next monday i'll place another indoor more effective than other pictures

Jailcop: Good to hear you're better now- if it's not infected that's a big good sign. Kick back and let 'er heal and you can jump back in when you're feeling better.

hey guys thanks for the well wishes.  finger hurts like the dickens butt doesnt seem infected so all good so far.  ive been doing everything else without my dominant digit so far so im sure ill be trying tto work on the model when i get home, the mrs says i got a small package in the mail so hopefully its the tamiya paint i had to order for the zero.

TREYZX10R

Thanks Cliff  ,glad to hear the 'puter is fixed. Not trying to make anybody look bad just keepin' ya motivated to build ,build,build! What games are you into?

Trey: I'm mostly into RPGs, used to play Dungeons and Dragons but got out of it when it seemed like half the group was always composed of 'problem' players. This year I finished off Mass Effect II, Dragon Age II and Fallout: New Vegas as well as dragging out The Elder Scrolls Morrowind and Oblivion and replaying them. Also I've been playing around with the 30 year old Wizardry I on DOSbox. And the wargame Panzer Korp.

I'll apologize ahead of time - when The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim comes out in early November I doubt I'll be getting very little modeling done while I'm indulging my fantasies about being a crazy bada@@ viking dude!

Thanks Cliff  ,glad to hear the 'puter is fixed. Not trying to make anybody look bad just keepin' ya motivated to build ,build,build! What games are you into?

Trey: Wow, more great work- you're making the rest of us look bad!

Just got my computer back from the shop- seems there was a short in the power supply transformer.

Good news: I'll be on-line over the weekends now.

Bad news: More PC gaming time and less model building time

Len awesome work on the Emily ,masking the yellow must have been a real pain but it looks great.

Bsyamato Wow the Nate came out sweet! Just right on the weathering and the exhaust is perfect.

Jailcop man sorry to hear about the finger, hurts just thinkin' about it.Hey If it makes ya feel any better I mangled my pinky in my motorcycle chain last xmas eve and the nerves are still damaged.

Not nuch progress been working a lot of OT lately. I did fit the gear doors in the up position.

The fit was pretty good after I sanded the inner details away,did need to trim the inboard door in the red area

Basic interior color sprayed ,next will be the details

tigerman

The Nate looks really nice bsyamato. I like the subtle weathering and the exhaust stains.

Thanx for comment Tigerman, the kit is complete to "ALL" rivets and panels but is almost impossible to see in the pictures and  the weathering was really hard this time for these toooo little surface details

Manny,  the kit is the ICM ki-27 b version ( the kit also included all the pieces for the A version) changes between the two version are th uncovered gears and back part of the canopy

Here i get it for 13€

http://www.mblmodellismo.it/dettaglio_articolo.asp?id=15395

A version

http://www.mblmodellismo.it/dettaglio_articolo.asp?id=10695

here some sprue shot

ps the corsair is 1/72 too

Waikong: Already started on the cockpit, great detail and fantastic fit. Hans von Hammer would hate this kit. Only  problem I've found so far is I'm having the devil of a time sanding/filing off the injection pin marks on the inside of the flaps, which if you build them retracted of course don't show. Not Tamiya's fault- I don't know of any way to engineer the kit without putting the marks somewhere.

Bsyamato: I'll wait till tomorrow for the rest of your photos before posting anything.

Manny: It's the 1/72nd ICM kit, Bsyamato can fill you in if you have any other questions.

Gamera

Bsyamato: Glad to hear your elbow is better, not much modeling you can do without your arm.

The Ki-27 looks great! Love your gunsight! It is amazing how small this plane was.

Which photo would you like on the front page or would you like to wait until you take more photos outside?

 

Thanx Gamera, chose yourself the picture, today the sun was really good, i'll try tomorrow to some outdoor picture (best was if i get one at the dawn with.. rising sun ) hoping in a less windy day

Jailcop, hope you have a speedy recovery.

Gamera, that's a great kit. I built it in captured US markings when it first came out, like you said, no PE needed. Can't wait to see your effort.

Bsyamato: Glad to hear your elbow is better, not much modeling you can do without your arm.

The Ki-27 looks great! Love your gunsight! It is amazing how small this plane was.

Which photo would you like on the front page or would you like to wait until you take more photos outside?

bsyamato

JailCop sorry for the wounded index , hope get soon back good. I had too some problem, no cuts here but some weather inflammation in the elbow. No good movements for two days.

NIce score Gamera 

well, today tried to get some under the sun pictures but the blowing wind speak not: a dangerous take-off of the ki-27 was possible, so i get some indoor picture and only one out:

on an italian modelling magazine, out of business from 2000 ( )

 

one of finest molded piece of plastic seen till now: the gunsight have a really tiny support, near to a hair

with a friend

that's all for now. Need to decide the next subject

The Nate looks really nice bsyamato. I like the subtle weathering and the exhaust stains.

JailCop sorry for the wounded index , hope get soon back good. I had too some problem, no cuts here but some weather inflammation in the elbow. No good movements for two days.

NIce score Gamera 

well, today tried to get some under the sun pictures but the blowing wind speak not: a dangerous take-off of the ki-27 was possible, so i get some indoor picture and only one out:

on an italian modelling magazine, out of business from 2000 ( )

one of finest molded piece of plastic seen till now: the gunsight have a really tiny support, near to a hair

with a friend

that's all for now. Need to decide the next subject

BTW: going to throw this in as well. Good golly this is a nice kit, I picked up an Eduard ZOOM set for the cockpit but it doesn't really need it, so I think I'll hang on to the PE and build the kit out-of-box.

Will try to get the photos of the Suisei up soon, I've been finishing off a P-47 and mostly busy with it.