Revell Kawasaki Ki-61 Hein 1/32

OllieSmith · Post by **OllieSmith** » May 22nd, 2015, 12:31 am

Hi all, New project on the go!!!

This is a kit I've had in the stash for a long long time and it was old when I was given it!!! The decals were all shot so had to get some replacements from hannants, everything else seemed to be ok and present so got started

Progress so far-

MarkyM607 · Post by **MarkyM607** » May 22nd, 2015, 1:36 pm

The pilot doesn't look comfortable or confident!!.

OllieSmith · Post by **OllieSmith** » May 22nd, 2015, 3:08 pm

Would you if you were in that position!!! Haha

Muttzley · Post by **Muttzley** » May 22nd, 2015, 4:01 pm

I'd not be looking too comfortable or confident if I was in an aeroplane without my hands on the controls.

PkBoo · Post by **PkBoo** » May 22nd, 2015, 4:51 pm

OllieSmith wrote:Would you if you were in that position!!! Haha

Nice and big to work with though! Good job on the paint details Ollie

And I agree that pilot ain't to confident looking

Boo

OllieSmith · Post by **OllieSmith** » May 22nd, 2015, 5:00 pm

Haha, cheers boo

he looks a bit more in fitting in his pose with the control stick and instrument panel in place ;)

Ollie

OllieSmith · Post by **OllieSmith** » May 23rd, 2015, 7:08 pm

OllieSmith · Post by **OllieSmith** » May 24th, 2015, 6:10 pm

Wings all on, terrible fit and big gaps that needed filling where they join the fuselage!!! Looks okish as could be considering.... Getting the undercarriage ready for assembly, once that's all done, will get started on the prop!!

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » May 25th, 2015, 1:47 pm

Nicely done Ollie and some great progress on this big old Tony. The pilot's facial expression leads me to believe that he might need to speed up his digestive transit!

OllieSmith · Post by **OllieSmith** » May 25th, 2015, 6:32 pm

Cheers Shaun

bit of progress this weekend, under carriage and radiator housing all painted and assembled, prop and spinners all painted, and the green base colour sprayed, next job will be the painstaking task of masking the green off for the silver coat!!! Gunna take some time me thinks!!!

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » May 25th, 2015, 9:00 pm

Lovely neat work Ollie. What's the paint scheme going to be? A number of these aircraft were NMF and received a rough overspray of green as the box art or is this in a scheme of solid green uppers over NMF undersides?

OllieSmith · Post by **OllieSmith** » May 25th, 2015, 9:35 pm

Cheers again Shaun

it's going to be as on the box art, silver undersides, silver upper with green patches all over- I'm hoping my masking idea works!!!!

Ollie

OllieSmith · Post by **OllieSmith** » May 26th, 2015, 5:52 pm

I thought it would take me a while and it did but masking all done for the top coat of silver

OllieSmith · Post by **OllieSmith** » May 26th, 2015, 8:51 pm

It's starting to take shape!!!

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » May 26th, 2015, 9:47 pm

Excellent, that has worked very well Ollie and I reckon quite a bit less stress than free hand spraying that little lot!

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