Gamera

First my apologies for taking this long to get them posted.

Second, big thanks to Rock Baker for the original artwork and to Jgeratic for whipping out a first class badge! 

Rock's website: 

http://rock-baker.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

Wonderful Job on the badge!! Iconic figure for this build. Great Job Rock Backer and jgeratic 

Hey Everyone,

Sorry I have been missing for a bit.  Life happens and model building gets pushed to the side.  Anyway, I have a couple update pictures of the "Nick" which is coming along pretty nicely.  I still have to wrestle with the landing gear retraction rods, but I have nmanaged to get her sitting on her "feet", so to speak, and get her ready to be weathered.  I have to build her rear defensive weapon, and add the fiddly bits, and I can call her done.  In the meantime, I have started on the Ki-100, "Tony" and have the cockpit painted.  I'll post those pictures after I'm finished with "Nick" here.

Have a great Sunday everbody!

Regards,

Freddie from LI

PS.  I put the props on for posterity, the model just looks better with them on.  I'll be removing them for the weathering, plus I have to add the yellow caution stripes and beat them up too!

Freddie, wow, just WOW, it is beautiful !! Awesome.

BK

Beautiful build, very nice job indeed Freddie.

Sorry Guys I inadvertantly deleted the pics on Photobucket

Freddie - 

Wonderful job sir...that is one great looking build!!

JJ - 

WOW!! Very Awesome Job on the pit, and the pilot is fantastic!! Great job buddy. can not wait to see her done.

Just another two pictures taken in natural light, looks much better.

Freddie: She looks great, love the streaking on the wings. So I guess you want me to wait till you get the props finished to post the photos? I'm not sure I'd have even noticed if you hadn't pointed them out. 

JJ: Really nice job there on the pilot, the face looks perfect. 

Thank you Gents. Not impressed with the fit of the cockpit so still need to do some cleaning but it's now on.

Outstanding job on the figure JJ. 

You're moving right along there JJ, at least it's not one of the more complex canopies to mask. 

Okay Folks,

I'm calling this one finished!  Nichimo kit, 1:48 scale and I had to do a few things like add a cockpit and wheel well sets, because the kit was just too empty.  I used the only sets available for this model, made by Lone Star Models, and they were tough to get in.  Lots of extra work.  They look pretty good once inside though, inspite of how much a pain in my rump they were.

In addition to the aforementioned Lone Star products, I used Aeromaster decals, True Details wheels, scratch built the rear MG, and landing gear retraction links, which I'm not sure they are accurate, but they look the part.  I also cut back the kit's canopy so you could see all the interior. 

Anyway, here are the pictures, and now it's on to the Hasegawa, Ki-100, "Tony"

PS.  Model represents a Ki-45, flown by Lt. Totaro Ito, 5th Sentai, 1st Chutai, Kiyosu AB, Japan in November 1944.

Thank you for looking everyone, and have a great evening!

Regards,

Freddie from LI

Excellent Nick Freddie 

She turned out great Freddie! I think I said the streaking on the wings looks really neat. And I think one of the issues of those Nichimo kits is the lack of interior detail, the resin parts really help there. 

PS: Just posted you to the front page. 

Freddie - 

Great job sir...your build turned out beautifully. Great detail and paint work.

Freddie, was just admiring your Hurricane for the '39/40 GB, and here you have another sweet build, nicely done!

regards,

Jack

Freddie, awesome build, simply stunning. 

BK

Finally able to get finished pictures of the rufe:

bsyamato, that Rufe is gorgeous. Very nice work. 

BK

Wow, she looks great Bsyamato. I really like the chipping there. Going to post you to the front page now.  

And neat looking Nate there too. 

BK: And even more amazing Bsyamato does it all with hand brushing, no airbrush work at all! 

Well, I got most of the major painting completed on the Raiden today. Only have the landing gear and prop left plus the antenna. When that's done I'll get the decals down and on to final assembly. 

BK

I like that Rufe, looking very keen in those outdoor photos. Nicely done, bsyamato!

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BK,  excellent paint coverage on the Raiden.

regards,

Jack

bsyamato - 

Outstanding job on your build sir. Wonderful detail, and the chipping is fantastic!!

BK - 

Great job on the paint job! Your build is looking awesome thus far.

FREDDIE that turned out really well. i like the streaking on the wings.

some work on recon vehicle, all the big pieces are on the hull so now i can add all the grab handles. i don't like the thin acetate for the vision blocks so i have to cut some thicker plastic. the hull is no problem as i can paint the base coat separately, tack them on to do camo and remove them to do lenses. i may be able to do that with the turret top and add the lenses then add the bottom and some touch up. annoying but will be worth the effort.

BK: Nice work, that's some of the sharpest masking I've seen in some time. I always get some overspray or paint creeping under the mask somewhere. 

Wayne: She's looking good! I have to agree with Steve there that's a pretty diverse selection- is that a Messersnitzel and a camel??? 

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Wayne: She's looking good! I have to agree with Steve there that's a pretty diverse selection- is that a Messersnitzel and a camel??? 

Yep. a cutie from Tiger models that came in my AMX-10RCR 6x6. the camel is a Heller arab on camel and a Legionaire set. i was in a French phase and it was in the sale bin. Nice fit on all 3 figures. as always filling abd seam work but nothing bad. also picked up another 1/35 dinosaur kit. 

Thanks for comments on Rufe guys 

Good updates on the veichle Waynec 

yesterday a gift from a friend 

bsyamato

Thanks for comments on Rufe guys 

 

Good updates on the veichle Waynec 

 

yesterday a gift from a friend 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BK