No problem! Is it the 1/32nd kit?

Yep, please remove the Hayate and replace her with the big girl.

Zvezda: Got you posted to the front page!

Um, I feel stupid but somehow I missed posting your build to the list before- sorry... What company and scale was it? Again- my fault- somehow I forgot to put you down before.

Nathan & Bsyamato: Those look terrific- great work guys!

Clemons: Sounds cool, I'd love to follow along with you building the big Zero. Would you like me to switch out the Hayate then?

Wayne: Sounds pretty cool there too, do the badge however seems right to you.

fourtheth on the good work. just got an email from luckymodels saying my JGSDF iraqi assistance 4x4 has shipped. ordered it in june but i know they are hard to fine which is why i bought one at Nationals. may sneak this one in for II or hold off for III. since most of the builfd are ww2 may do a ww2 theme badge for III

Hey Cliff, I just opened the box of Tamiya's big Zero. It's a gorgeous model. It's covered in beautifully molded details, rivets and panel lines and the dryfitting of the cockpit parts and fuselage halves revealed a perfect fit everywhere with not even the slightest gap! I'm building it for the Pearl Harbor GB. Could I build that one as a crossover instead of the Hayate I've entered here before?

Alex Shaw

stikpusher

Zvezda, BSY, and Nathan, those are all some very sharp looking builds! Keep it up!

Seconded, excellent work!

Thirded(?) <= just me being dumb, nevermind

LOL, great work everyone!

stikpusher

Zvezda, BSY, and Nathan, those are all some very sharp looking builds! Keep it up!

Seconded, excellent work!

Zvezda, BSY, and Nathan, those are all some very sharp looking builds! Keep it up!

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

Time for a Tony update. I got the landing gear glued on and all the external pe attached and made some brakes lines from magnet wire:

Landing light lens glued on with Gator's grip:

Resin tail with elevators drooped a bit:

More small PE:

I hate the part of the build with all these small parts. Small scoop on the windscreen:

Resin cannon barrels glued on. Not sure how much they actually protrude in real life on the Ki-100??

Rear cockpit glued on:

Have to mask this one myself. Eduard made a mask set for the Ki-100 light years ago and is no more...But, I did find that ez mask makes a set. But after using it I discovered none of the darn pieces match at all, not even close. So I'll have to mask it all myself. Been ages since I've had to... 

Wel done with finished pictures and  scene Zvezda  

Raiden updates

Finished IP , the clear screen is gone after closing fuselage :( will replace later

gluing cockpit

under pressure

glued wings and correcting angle

All main pieces on

After putty cure , sanding and rescribe lots of panel lines, first layer of light grey

At the next!

Beautiful clean build there Zvezda! The pre-shading really comes though well.

I'll try to get you posted to the front page this evening. Sorry our local IPMS ran a two-day regional show over the weekend and I'm bushed.  

Thank you all for your kind remarks folks. I am very happy to participate in this GB with all these awesome builds.

These are the finish photos. I added some subtle paint chipping with a silver pencil and made a discreet black/burnt sienna wash (with good old artists oils this time).

Also, I thought of making a basic photo scenery with a grass field and a ladder with an oil canister (better background than my messy work bench).

Friendly regards to all fellow warriors of the rising sun

Good looking work guys!

Yes, I still need to clear off the excess wash. Then after that, I need to add the tracks, paint them up, and do the weathering to tie it all together.

Nice cockpit t Bsy. I had a heck of a time filling and sanding in the wheel bays of the Tony. That's what I get for cutting and deepening them! I used regular putty and round sanding sticks, and it still isn't perfect, but it has to be smooth so I can glue some pe in there later on.

Stik- The wash looks nice on the camo! Maybe a blending and dusting coat with the lighter sand color to tie it all together when your done?

well done guys 

Zvezda1980

Hi folks

Finally I managed to come to a completion. I exhausted my bad words arsenal when the upper wing hinomarus of Tamiya just disintegrated when they tried to adhere to the levers of the movable surfaces.

I then decided to paint the hinomarus over the remains of the decals, which I roughly achieved after cutting and applying various masks, playing with my circles like Archemedes for many hours to make everything concentric

I also attempted to make an experimental wash with an acrylic water soluble color,which dried up too fast and left a bloody mess, so I just washed it of and did nothing more because I had started to feel a bit retarded.

Below are some pics of the finished model without any weathering at all.

Great work Zvezda  

Updates some

Washing on cockpit:

Other parts painting

IP works, added a layer to avid decals use

replaced original clear shield supports

And start painting, not yet finished.. just waithing his completation to glue fuselage :(

filled gaps in the new wells with milliput

At the next!

OK, a few progress pics..

The woodpecker has its base colors on

and then I used some dry transfers (actually for Soviet Armor) for the 1st Independant Tank Company markings. Not exactly the same but as close as I had in my decal bin

and then I applied a pin wash of Burnt Umber around all raised details...

Paul: I'd forgotten about your accident, I hope that otherwise you're recovering well. Seems like we have plenty of interest in Japanese GB III so I'm aiming at posting the sign-ups in late November - around US Thanksgiving.

As I said anything anyone didn't or couldn't finish in II is welcome to roll-over into III.

Hi guys,

I keep on reading about an continuation of this GB in a part 3. If so, count me in!

Due to the accident I had in the beginning of this year, the "fine tuning" of my fingers is still not as I would like to have. So my Yamato build is standing still for the moment. On the other hand, I'm still busy trying to make beautiful things.

cheers for now and keep the good builds coming!

Paul

Wayne: Great!!! No hurry, as said Part III won't start till the first of the year. And thanks!

Clemons: I saw where ZM is now doing a 1/48th scale Shinden to go with the 1/32th kit... gee it's soooooooo tempting!

After looking at some pics on the ZM website i decided for the Shinden. It just looks so nice! Those ZM kits are really hard to get by here in Austria though. Hannants doesn't sell them and my LHS has a hard time getting any of their kits. They ordered a bunch of Ta-152s and Shindens 2 months ago. I already picked up one of the 152s (the last one!). I wonder if they have a shinden left...

i'll do a "serious GB badge for III. looks like my JGSDF TYPE 87 SPAA will be in 3 GBs. wonder what the record crossover number is? i am such a geek.

Hey Clemons sounds great! Those kits look like absolute gems!

Maybe one day... I still need to get my entries finished here though... looks bad for the host to let everything roll over into the next build!

Nathan: Looks great! Don't think I've ever been able to build something without the gaps there in the wing roots. And the engine looks fantastic! I'm planning to start Part III on Jan 1 since there seems to be plenty of interest. If you want to go ahead and start when you finish your current kit you're welcome to do so-  roll-overs are fine! 

BTW: Just for the halibut I got a comic artist I know to draw up a new  'fun' badge and it looks fantastic!

Wayne: If you still want to do a badge we still need a 'serious' one if you have a good idea.

I've been pluggin away at the major assembly once I got the fuselage closed up. The wing halves fit pretty good and managed to walk away with no gaps at the roots, which would been a pain to sand:

And a close up of the engine before it disapperars almost completely..

I dry-fitted the front cowl ring and it will need some filling at the top near the carb scoop. Shouldn't be too bad I hope.

As far as a Part III, I might be in with a frank in 1/48... If the idea is a go, would you start right away in Jan. Gamera, or hold off a bit and start later in '14? 

I'd be in for round 3 as well! I want to get me one of Zoukei-Mura's 1/32 kits. Either the Shinden or the Raiden...

Thanks Gamera. I'm really liking the lines of the -100 now that its getting together.

Looks good to me, again- great work on the cockpit there.

Cockpit finished! I had a tough time getting the resin pit to fit inside the fuselage, as the forward gun deck was a little too wide, so it was out with the dremel. The fuselage is now closed up and drying, so when that's dry i'll get some finished pics. Here's a quick test fit before I committed to glue:

The only casualty was the gunsight... 

She looks great, Zvezda!