Thank you Gamers and Gary.

John, I know that Pitot tube will not last a year unless I never pick up that model again, 

I think that metal finish is weathered just right!  Super job, Waikong!

Gary

Wow Waikong! That's just superb! Beautiful job- I love the NM finish! 

Just posted you and thanks for joining us! 

Lovely job on the Kamikaze.  I think I would be constantly distracted by the stork like pitot tube.

Well, looks like I'm able to get in consistenly now.  And lots of great updates.  

Here's my Ki15 finished as the Tokyo to London record breaker.

Thank you for another great GB, looking forward to seeing other builds finish.

Gary: She's coming along well! Nice work!!! 

John: Cool! I'll file those away for whenever I start on mine. 

Thank you John-this will come in handy.

keavdog

Oh cool Bob.  I almost bought that kit the other day after watching Godzilla minus one.

Interested to hear your opinion on the kit.  Lot's of pics please!

 

It is an earlier Hasegawa kit.  One thing that I was worried about was the landing gear, the main gear is kind of wobbly and leans forward a lot so I think it is best to let the glue harden really well before setting the model on its landing gear.  I made masks for the Shinden,here is a link to my web pages where you can download a dxf file for cutting in a vinyl cutter:

http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/j7w1/019j7w1.html

And here is a jpg:

Nice progress, Gary.  That's a pretty old Hasegawa kit, it will be interesting to see it come together.  Looks like a real tail sitter.

Starting work on the Rita.  Like many of Hasegawa's kits (though not all), this one appears to fit rather well.  At least the main parts.

I've started the cockpit.  It's pretty bare-bones, and only three pilot figures to liven it up.  I have no pictures of the interior, so I'll base it off a Betty and try to add a few things.

Also, there's an unusual raised ridge along the fuselage where the two halves meet.  It's not a mismatch, but as if the edges were raised.  I'll sand it off, but it's a bit unusual so I thought I would mention it.

Gary

Gary: That looks cool! Looking forward to seeing how it comes together.

Waikong: Looking forward to the photos! Same here with the issues on the forum. Things seem to have smoothed out now though.  

Bob: Looks awesome too! I also picked up a Shinden in the wake of GMO. No idea when I'll get to it. 

Looking forward to that shi den, I built the same kit for the last Japanese GB.

Oh cool Bob.  I almost bought that kit the other day after watching Godzilla minus one.

Interested to hear your opinion on the kit.  Lot's of pics please!

Great work being displayed here-well done all.

Gamera-finally ready to dive in-Hasegawa Shinden 1/48 (cross over with X-Files GB)

I need to get my Father's Day Lego build first but hopefully can get started on the Shinden before the end of the month.

That camo brush work on a 1/72 ki44 is amazing. I don't think I have the patience or sill for that! 

My ki-15 is done, just got to post pics. Couldn't get on the forum for weeks, keep getting errors. So couldn't post in progress pics.

Time to get started on my entry for the GB, which is a G8N1 Rita four engine bomber.  I managed to find a copy in my local antique mall where I've picked up a few models before.  The original run on this model was 1967, though the version I have is 1991. It seems to be in good shape, though I'm wary about the decals.

The G8N1 was a prototype, four engined bomber produced towards the end of the war, but was canceled due to lack of materials.

Not sure what version I'm going to do yet: Orange prototype, operation bomber, or American captured version.

Gary

GreySnake

Amazing work on the Ki-44!!

Think I have reached the point I am not enjoying working on the Frank. It's a mix of the molds being rather old and me realizing again lol why I really don't like building airplanes.

Gamera, could you remove the Frank and Zero and replace it with a Tamiya 1/35 Type 61? I built one a few years ago for a past GB and want to see what I can do with newer skills. 

 

Sure no problem! 

Oh wow, Sorry to hear that GreySnake.  The hobby is supposed to be enjoybale isn't it? I think you are making the right choice. Turn the page and work on something you will enjoy!  I also struggled to finishing the ki-44. I just did not have that much interest in the type. I just wanted to add one to my small but growing 1/72 j-aircraft collection. The lack of information, photo's , etc for some of these more obscure types of planes can be a de-motivator of sorts. I also never finished my 1/72 ki-61 from last year's GB -- and it is a much much  better and enjoyable kit than the ki-44!  Good luck on your Type 61. 

GreySnake

Amazing work on the Ki-44!!

Think I have reached the point I am not enjoying working on the Frank. It's a mix of the molds being rather old and me realizing again lol why I really don't like building airplanes.

Gamera, could you remove the Frank and Zero and replace it with a Tamiya 1/35 Type 61? I built one a few years ago for a past GB and want to see what I can do with newer skills. 

 

Amazing work on the Ki-44!!

Think I have reached the point I am not enjoying working on the Frank. It's a mix of the molds being rather old and me realizing again lol why I really don't like building airplanes.

Gamera, could you remove the Frank and Zero and replace it with a Tamiya 1/35 Type 61? I built one a few years ago for a past GB and want to see what I can do with newer skills. 

Gamera

Cbaltrin: WHOA!!! That looks fantastic!!! A lot of work but it was worth it!!! Simply phenomenal!   

Thanks Gamera!

jeaton01

Chris, that's just spot on!

 

GAF

cbaltrin,

Wonderful camo job!  Hard to believe you did that by hand.

Gary

Thank you Gary!

cbaltrin,

Wonderful camo job!  Hard to believe you did that by hand.

Gary

Chris, that's just spot on!

Eric: Not sure what to tell you. I've been using Brave which is normally a great browser but the forum issues here have been pushing me away from the site. 

Cbaltrin: WHOA!!! That looks fantastic!!! A lot of work but it was worth it!!! Simply phenomenal! 

Just posted you, as usual if you'd rather have a different photo lemme know and I'll swap you out. 

Ok Gamera and fellow builders...

Here is the Final on my Haswegawa 1/72 Ki-44.   I think this is the smallest kit I haver ever built!

After years of failure on Firefox, I'm trying this on Chrome. If I start getting emails back, I'll build you an Oscar.

Eric Bergerud 

I'll build a model for you if this board shows up on my email. One hasn't worked in four years.

Eric Bergerud

Take your time Greysnake, we've still got six months to go. 

And sorry I haven't been more active. Lately it takes me 2-3 mins to load a page on the site assuming it works at all. 

Great work on the builds guys.

Haven't had much time to work on my builds but with it becoming so hot outside model building season has started again for me.

I am having some trouble getting motivated to work on the Frank because the fit isn't the best. Hopefully I can get some work done today. 

btw I "might" change my second build to a Ki-61 since I bought a replacement for the one that never got completed a couple group builds ago. 

Yeah, that looks great! A lot of work but the results look fantastic!