Tom, if I am not mistaken, that aircraft was based at Rabaul and was teh mount of one of the Yamamoto escort pilots during his ill fated flight of April 1943. There is info on it in the Osprey book IJNAF Aces and I will have to look it up for confirmation.

Falcon, your Frank looks great! Beautiful build!!!

OK, time for some overdue updates on my I-19. I dont recall exactly where I left off photowise but here is what I have. I added a couple more layers of black wash to the deck planking to darken it up more. Teh camera flash burns thru it a bit, but under normal vision it looks right to me

1st layer

second layer

then once I was satisfied with the decking, I wnet back with a fine tipped brush and touched up the flat black where needed, and added the conning tower 25mm AA gun and deck mount 10.5cm gun. I also finally glued the upper hull to the lower hull

more to come soon...

Tom: Seems this aircraft belonged to Air Group 204 based at Rabaul in May 1943. They were most known for their involvement in the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Hope this helps.

Tom68

Falconmod, how did you do your paint chipping.  It looks great.

Question: The Tamiya kit I'm building comes with decals for 4 planes.  I've searched and can't find any info on one of them, tail number T2-197.  I'm leaning towards the challenging "blotchy" paint scheme.

Anyone know anything about it?  I've seen the same tail number in other scale kits, so it's seems like it might be a well known aircraft;  I just can't find anything about it.

  I used hairspray over the silver base coat then put the green on and then used tape, sandpaper and X-acto blades to remove the paint.

John

Thanks.

Tom: I'll try to remember to look though some reference books tonight and see what I can root up.

Falconmod, how did you do your paint chipping.  It looks great.

Question: The Tamiya kit I'm building comes with decals for 4 planes.  I've searched and can't find any info on one of them, tail number T2-197.  I'm leaning towards the challenging "blotchy" paint scheme.

Anyone know anything about it?  I've seen the same tail number in other scale kits, so it's seems like it might be a well known aircraft;  I just can't find anything about it.

John,

Nice Frank. I really like that fighter. Thankfully for us, the Japanese didn't have a reliable engine to put in it.

Can't wait to see your new pics.

Steve

Nice John, she's sharp!

Seems like everyone is finishing up! Waiting on a nice sunny day to grab the photos of my Shiden.

Well I'm  considering my Ki-84 Frank as finished.

I'll try to get some better pictures than these at 12am.

John

Hey Tom, it's never too late! Welcome!

She looks good so far.

Hope it's not too late to jump in with a Tamiya A6M3.  I've just started it over the last few days.  I think I can finish it in time.

Fuselage and cockpit started.  The cockpit is so bland I think I'll probably build it closed.

That's perfect.  It's the one I would have chosen.  Thank you sir.

Steve: Just posted you to the front page- of course if you'd rather I used another photo just let me know and I'll change it out.

Thank you.

Third post on the first page, congrads- well earned sir!  

Take either one you want, your choice. 

Hey Gamera,

Where do I find my badge?

Looks terrific to me! As I said before beautiful work on the camo, the weathering looks good. and nice work on the base too. I'll get you posted ASAP.

Hey MC,

Great job on the Chi Ha. Really looks good in a hull defilade position!!

Finished the Type 97 Chi Ha. It is depicted hull defilade in a crater waiting for something to happen.

As usual, feedback and comments are welcome. Steve

Sounds good Gamera, thanks!!

Dave

AJD: Ouch, so do you want me to swap those out or would you like to keep the N1K1 up in case you do find some decals for her?

Gamera, I am finding it next to impossible to find AM decals for my N1K1 (lots for the N1K2 though) without having to pay twice what I paid for the kit its self. I picked up the Tamiya F1M Pete this weekend instead. I know I never do anything outside of 1/48, but 1/50th is close enough to get on my bench.

Hey Dave, you're more than welcome. Unless something happens I'll be running a Japanese GB IV so if you don't finish in this one you can 'roll over' your model(s) into it.

Hey Gamera,

Is it too late to sign up for this GB??  If not, I'd like to get on board with an Airfix Zero and Val; both in 1/72nd scale.  They would be crossovers from the Pearl Harbor GB and the Pacific Carrier GBs....

Thanks,

TAD

Trey! It's good to see you again, hope you're doing ok?

Thanks guys,

I wasn't sure how this intricate paint scheme was going to turn out, but I'm ok with it. I think I'm getting better with every build.

Great looking builds going on in here Fellas, sorry I've missed this been catching up tho,keep it coming!

Looks great Steve, very nice work on the complex camo scheme.  

Here's my Chi Ha so far, I'm just waiting for the AM cannon and tow cable to finish and install the tank commander, tracks, weathering and putting it in the diorama.

Cool, looking forward to seeing the deck all finished up.