Looking great Doug!!

Doug: She looks great. Love the sprayed on hinomaru , some day I'll have to try that instead of decals.

Clemons: Ok, just posted your big Zero from Part II- sorry I haven't been around my PC much and have been following things on my phone- which I'm not very good with typing and editing stuff on.

Looking good there, mate!

Ok, got some more done last night...

You guys are doing some fantastic work! Very inspiring!

Cliff: Would you mind adding my Zero from round 2? It's the big Tamiya A6M2.

plasticjunkie

Rigidrider

WOW... A 24th scale George! What a find!

Yep, factory sealed and cheap under25$

That's a heck of a deal on a heck of a kit! 

Only thing about those large kits is I feel like I have to detail the krap out of them instead of building out of the box. 

Thanks David! So far so good... I try not to look to far into the build, I tend to forget things when I do, trying to rush things I thought of two or three steps down the list.(grin) But I think its going to  come out as planned!

Doug

Rigidrider

WOW... A 24th scale George! What a find!

Yep, factory sealed and cheap under25$

Looking good Doug

David

WOW... A 24th scale George! What a find!

Rigidrider

 

Yes friends, the 32nds are my favorites st this stage of life, but I still enjoy a well detailed 48th. 72nds are out of the questnow!(ha) fingers arent an nimble as they used to be!lol...

Doug

AMEN to that!! I do wonder once in a while into a 1/72 venture but ..............rather deal with larger scales. Which reminds me,, I also have the Bandai 1/24 scale George but that will be a MAJOR project as most of the cockpit has to be scratch built to correct it and the full Nakajima Homare engine needs hefty scratch building too.

 

Did some work on my George over the weekend. Got the fuselage and wings together and all seams closed up and polished. I also shot the ID bands on the wing leading edges. The paint portion will be coming up pretty quick.

Thanks one and all... I'm glad others are confused too about the Japanese colors, I knew there wernt many referances to this topic. Being a Nakajima built aircraft, thats the referance I'm trying to use. I usually wind up doing so then someone with more info will find something that differs from my findings( and are likely more informed) and I wind up with a mismatched scheme(LOL). But its always appreciated and I note for future builds in my referance files.

Yes friends, the 32nds are my favorites st this stage of life, but I still enjoy a well detailed 48th. 72nds are out of the questnow!(ha) fingers arent an nimble as they used to be!lol...

The aluminum finish is just the base... Getting into the scheme next

Thanks

Doug

PS... Nathan has ALWAYS been a great source of referance! Very knowlegable, and a great help!

If I had to pick one I'd say it looks more like Nakajima Navy cockpit green. As Nathan said it's something you'd probably best do more research on the specific aircraft you're modeling.

Tamiya's color isn't based on any real research afaik. It looks alittle too faded and pale. I would suggest Nick Milman's Japanese aircraft blog for color chips and pics of old relics and plane pieces.

Doug, I'm liking that aluminum finish.

Guys, thanks for answering the cockpit colour questions.  I noticed Tamiya has  XF71 listed  as Japanese Interior Green.  Which would this one fall under?

regards,

Jack

The Oscar is looking pretty good. It's making me want to pull one out of the stash.

Doug: Looks great! Looking forward to the rest of the paint.

Jack: As Doug said there wasn't any 'normal' cockpit colour used by the Japanese and not much information available now. Colours varied by company and by Army or Navy. Mitsubishi Zeros for instance had cockpits a yellowish-green that looks to me much like US Interior Green and Nakajima were painted a more greyish-green that looks a lot like RAF Interior Green. Kawasaki Army aircraft were painted a tan/brownish shade. Some the smaller companies like Aichi it's hard to find much information one way or the other.

Good work on the Oscar, Doug. Another 1/32 build that has drawn me back to that scale.

Cheers

Tony

Got some more done this weekend, and starting to near my favorite part of the build, the paint work and detailing!

Wings and tail attached.... most was so basic I didnt take pictures of assy. No gaps at all. but I did have to insert a small riser under the starboard wing root to raise it enough to match the fuselage where it mounts.

Primered!

The first top coat of silver, Nothing fancy just some good old no smudge glossy aluminium. I believe it was Rustoleum brand.

Well thats all for now... More later!

Doug 

Well, From what I was able to gather, (Damn little info available) on the actual orders from the Imperial war ministery, The Army aviation units were either painted a Metalic Blue Green or a dark grey very similar to RLM 74, With the side walls of the cockpit Dk grey RLM74 or natural metal with Grey floor, or Metalic Blue Green with the Blue Green floor.

I have ordered 2 books on the Oscar through Amazon, (Oscars Aces and Japanese aircraft of WWII) in the hopes of gaining a better look and understanding of these birdies. There are several other books but most well outside of my budget and I know very little about Japanese WWII aircraft.

Doug

Guys, indeed, great work on the pits.  Is there a standard interior colour based on aircraft type, or maybe by manufacturer, such as Mitsubishi or Nakajimi?  

regards,

Jack

OK, Got a bit more done... Tomorrow I'll start the tail and wings. Like some one already said, (I believe it was PJ...) You can toss a Hasagawa kit in the air and it will fall assyembled! Not alot of fiddley parts like I like, but a super nice amount of detail on the Fuse and wings. Think it will look pretty nice dressed up and weathered.

Thanks all! Its going to be interesting taking a break for just a bit from the Luftwaffe... I'm getting closer to deciding which pilot and Sentai to do, there are some intersting choices to pick from.

And PJ, thank you for the kind words... yeah the Hasagawa is a nice kit, very few negatives from me.

Doug

Those are fantastic looking cockpits guys!  

Snake....Thanks bud. Nothing fancy in the pit just dry brushing and adding a couple of wires here and there. I don't like spraying acrylics but I must admit the Tamiya paints cover very well and evenly.

Doug...Good to see you here and thanks for your comments. These Hase kits are a pure joy to put together. If you take the parts for this George and toss them up in the air, they all fall together without any effort, just great fit all around. The Oscar is looking awesome and as I have seen your past work, this one should be equally impressive when finished. As you mentioned about wires being on top of the flooring, just look at my George floorboard. The reference pictures I have seen show loose wiring as such. Just glad our Nissan, Toyota and Honda cars have their wires neatly tucked away!

That some nice work Doug

David

Alright, I finally got to do some Bench work this weekend, This again is a Hasagawa 1/32nd scale Ki-43 Oscar.

Not sure yet what Chutai or Sentai to do yet but before paint starts, I will have decided, Likely it will be a aircraft stationed in the Philippines in Cebu or Luzon around 1943. Well, Heres what I was able to do so far...

The Kit and the parts... Not extreme detail, but a little left over PE and some Eagle Strike Decals aint gonna hurt a bit!

Made some masking tape belts and harnesses and added some rudder cables.

Like I said... a little left over PE...

Port and Starboard sides of the fuselage office area. You know, as fussy and detail oriented as the Japanese are, I couldnt believe some of the detail in the pictures I found, like the exposed rudder cables just laying on top of the flooring, and the wiring just run along the interior ribbing and exposed like it was. But reguardless, the Oscar was a heck of a plane!

More later... Thanks,

Doug

That cockpit looks great!

David

PJ... I love the George! In my opinion it was probably one of the best fighters the Japanese had at the time! I might try to do one after the Oscar I'm doing first. Great work so far!

Doug

Shot the pit with Tamiya Acrylics so as to act as a barrier to the artist oil washes to deepen the details. I added a couple of wires here and there, dry brushed to pop the instruments and used the instrument decals. trying to keep this simple as possible.