Airfix 1/72 Mitsubishi Dinah **FINISHED**
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Mitsubishi Dinah
Cheers guys!
A couple more nights of fettling, a rummage in the stash for just the right thickness of sprue and I've got myself a mini Dinah and another Corsair. Shame these won't count towards my A:B ratio!
A couple more nights of fettling, a rummage in the stash for just the right thickness of sprue and I've got myself a mini Dinah and another Corsair. Shame these won't count towards my A:B ratio!
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Mitsubishi Dinah
James,
Hats off to you! Very very nice, indeed!
I'm particularly impressed by the Dinah.
regards,
Martin
Hats off to you! Very very nice, indeed!
I'm particularly impressed by the Dinah.
regards,
Martin
Re: Airfix 1/72 Mitsubishi Dinah
Very good, James.
Can I please have one of each in 1/144?
Can I please have one of each in 1/144?
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James, bravo, they are super.
Did you enjoy knocking them together?
Cheers
Jim
Did you enjoy knocking them together?
Cheers
Jim
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Wooo-hooo!!! Very, very cool indeed...
bestest,
M.
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I agree, very cool
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Yeah, I did though I've sanded half the skin off my thumb while holding tiny parts.Jagewa wrote:Did you enjoy knocking them together?
I've built them to good enough standard, though I did go as far as giving the wing and aerofoil X-sect and tapering the wing tips. It's amazing how accurate you need to be when cutting out the tail planes. A fraction of a millimetre out and they look asymmetrical. Given more time I'd etch control surfaces and undercarriage doors. Maybe I should become a pattern maker for Shed Models
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It looks like you enjoyed it, the care and attention to them really show. I bet the painting will be enjoyable too.
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Great work - I'd count those little fellas towards my B ratio if I were you, properly scratched aircraft they are
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Mitsubishi Dinah
Those look real sweet James, nice work indeed. So looking forward to seeing this one completed - one of my favourite aircraft as well.
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Al.
P.S. I've nicked one of my wife's metal thimbles as thumb protection for that kind of sanding - they take some getting used to but worth it I think.
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P.S. I've nicked one of my wife's metal thimbles as thumb protection for that kind of sanding - they take some getting used to but worth it I think.
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Taking Brews' discription of IJA Grey as a grey/sky mix that is just what I did. White with a blob of black and Sky in it matched the colours I'd found online; don't use Tamiya' colour swatch, it look just like Sky, instead look for models using the actual colour, that said I did find this page of swatches which matched what I'd seen http://www.art-paints.com/Paints/Acryli ... -Grey.html;. I mixed mine too be a quite a bit lighter to get to a halfway point with the boxart.
This went over a grey primer that has did darken it a little. The whole airframe had this tone I then added more white to the remainder and went over all the the upper surfaces. A coat of klear gets me to this point:
This went over a grey primer that has did darken it a little. The whole airframe had this tone I then added more white to the remainder and went over all the the upper surfaces. A coat of klear gets me to this point:
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Mitsubishi Dinah
That looks very nice.
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Impressive work throughout this build, James.
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Cheers gents.
I have now finished my mini airforce. The Corsairs were completely hand painted. The Dinah got a coat of off white at the same time as big sister. The rising suns were masked to keep things even. Great fun to make and paint and I may propose a micro scratch build GB next year.
I have now finished my mini airforce. The Corsairs were completely hand painted. The Dinah got a coat of off white at the same time as big sister. The rising suns were masked to keep things even. Great fun to make and paint and I may propose a micro scratch build GB next year.
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Oh yes!
They are fantastic James, canopy frame lines, hinge lines and micro blurs as well, top work Sir!
A micro scratch build GB idea sounds great fun.
Cheers
Jim
They are fantastic James, canopy frame lines, hinge lines and micro blurs as well, top work Sir!
A micro scratch build GB idea sounds great fun.
Cheers
Jim