Hasegawa 1/72 Nakajima Ki-44 "Tojo"

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Hasegawa 1/72 Nakajima Ki-44 "Tojo"

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Bought off eBay. Older Hasegawa kit:

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Builds rather easily for such an old kit. Painting is spray silver with hand painted camouflage markings. Decals are straight from the kit.

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NICE! Haven't done a jap plane in a while - i should change that
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Excellent! I like the 'mottling' effect on top of the silver, not easy at all to do
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Nice job, PMM. Did those old Hase decals behave themselves? I've had trouble with their older decals in the past.
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ShaunW wrote:Nice job, PMM. Did those old Hase decals behave themselves? I've had trouble with their older decals in the past.
Yes Shaun, they worked out alright. I too have had problems with Hasegawa's old decals in the past. But for this build, they worked as advertised.

Thank you for asking.

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That's a nicely done Tojo, great mottle.
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That's a nicely done build, Allan. I haven't built a Ki-44 for my 1/72 Japanese aircraft collection, nor have I tried the mottling on natural finish before. Your build may cause me to change all that. ;-)
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The Ki-44 reminds me of the P-47,well tidy model,well tidy indeed.
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Nice work. Got this one somewhere in the deep stash as well. That field-applied green dappling looks good.
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Very nicely painted! Effective!

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Very well finished indeed. The camouflage is really good. Another old kit well presented.
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