no copying me now Jibber ;-)

Gamera, I know its late for this build but I find that I'm all caught up and I have a Tamiya Type 97 Chi-Ha Japanese WWII tank in 1/35 on my shelf. Is it to late to get into the build, I'll most certainly have it completed under the deadline and post pics. Thanks.  

Thanks! I've tried the vinyl masks from Meteor Productions but always had problems with them conforming to curves - much more than the tape ones. I can see where they'd work great for national insignia though- the thicker material I'd think would be easier to handle there.  

Montex Masks fit real well in this case. They are vinyl, so are a little thick, and if you airbrush too heavily on the canopy frames it will leave a little paint lip when you take off the masks, but I got no bleed through. The main masks for the markings are pretty good. I've used them before and simple one-piece masks such as late war German crosses are a piece of cake, but markings requiring multiple colors and masks get tricky, as Montex only supplies outside masks, meaning you have to keep the whole mask and its various parts together while placing it on the model, then removing 1 mask at a time as you paint... Hard to explain without pics. The markings on this Ki-100 seem pretty simple though..

Nathan: Nice! How are the Montex masks? I've never used that brand.

And too bad about not drilling out the holes there before assembling the wing- never forgot to do that myself- nope, never ever...

Well I'm about finished with all the boring pe/masking work and ready for paint. The True Details wheels:

More small PE:

Speaking of my EZ mask woes, Montex Masks to the rescue! These fit perfect, and offered inside masks as well:

Last thing was to add the brackets for the drop tanks, which is much eaiser if you remember to drill out the locating holes before the wing halves are joined..

But I managed to figure out approx. where they should be by looking at some ref pics. Canopies are glued in place and the next pics should be with some color on this bird! 

Great variation in the green on that little plane Bsyamato, very convincing!

She's a beauty! I totally forgot how small 1/72nd is. Very impressive!

Nice work Bsyamato! Seeing her sitting on top of the paint bottle does give an impression of her size.

Not sure about the colour inside the gear bays, probably aotake but not at all sure.

Near finish i think :)

masking and yellow tips on wings after 2-3 layers of green

cleaned the canopy from excessive paint with toothpick and highlight/postshading on the plane

I'm in doubt to leave wells and gear doors in bottom light grey instead of painting aotake  someone knows about?

I looked though my big Japanese armour book and frankly from looking at the black & white photos I couldn't tell what the things were painted.

I am following the kit directions on painting the antenna like that. I really need to look at some photos to confirm if that is accurate. But Tamiya did research the rest of this kit pretty well so I am leaning towards that being correct. It is really hard to day definitively from looking at B&W photos,  but there does appear to be some contrast from the antenna itself and the mounts that are camouflage painted. An oxidized copper might be more in order.

SP: Great job! You're almost to the finish line now! If I may ask were the radio antenna left in bronze/brass like that? I've always painted mine with the tank- if so I need to go back and touch up some older kits!

Bsyamato: Nice work, and yes it's even more amazing when I remember it's 1/72nd!

BSY, your work in 72nd is simply a sight to behold. Truly great work with all the detail you put in there.

Excellet Stik 

Updates on raiden:

Glued a new clear screen, fixed canopy clear parts and radio 

First layer of green, i used a mix of 91 and 69 from humbrol, high thinned

At the next :)

I did pin wash those big rivets... just cleaned up most of it. The beauty of enamel washes is that you can clean them up for long afterwards.

sweet. i think i was wrong about the pin wash for the rivets. they are so big it would have been overkill. your wash brought them out just fine.

Tracks painted and installed, some weathering done on the lower hull (pro modeler Mud Brown wash), Pin wash completed, and some dry brushing done.

You're more than welcome to enter as many times as you want! We've had several people do multiple models. If you want to start now and then let it roll over into GB III please go ahead!

Funny, I started I think the same kit as Iwamoto san's fighter back in GB II and somehow ended up with bad silvering on the kill markings. I tried a couple of things but never was able to clear it up and put the model back in the box. I really need to pull the thing out and finish it.

Gamera one question: Can somebody participate in the GB with a second build?

I was reading about a mr Tetsuzo Iwamoto who seems to have finished the Chinese and WWII Pacific killing contests by:

1. Surviving 8 years of combat flying, from China, Dutch West Indies, New Guinea, all the way to the Carolines, the Philippines and finally to Okinawa and Japan home islands!!!

2. Achieving an estimated 87 kills, which was quite amazing considering the highly trained and technologically superior Allied Air Force/Navy he was fighting .

All this reminded me that I have for many years a Tamiya Zero type 21 on the shelve and inspired me to  make a fast build, out of the box, as a tribute to this guy.

Just let me know please if that's possible, or else I will wait for GB part III.

here's the kit and markings

LOL Bsyamato he does look like he has a turtle skull!!!

:)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W6UC9y92S-k/TCY0iUUEuKI/AAAAAAAAADg/UOV-1uq43zI/s1600/medievil_psone.jpg

Really? Lol!

it reminds me an old playstation game (ps1..) called medievil :D :D

Zvezda: Thanks, I guess I was bound to miss someone eventually - still sorry.

Tony: Looking forward to having you.

Bsyamato: Thanks, it's my Halloween undead turtle skull!

That's a great looking model Zvezda, well done. Nice work on the Jack and radial Tony too, BSY and Nathan.

I hope to get time to put multiple builds in next year if I can.

Cheers

Tony

Nathan T

Nice little Raiden, BSY! Lots of extra detail there. What's your scribing tool?

Nothing special Nathan, just regular cutters and reversed 11 blade to refine :) 

Nice works on the tony 

Gamera halloween's approaching? nice avatar :)

No problem mate.

That was a Tamiya 1:48 Ki-46

Cool, you're changed! Really looking forward to watching you build her.

It is (one of the best kits I've ever seen)!