Tamiya 1/48 Ki-61 "Tony"

Edbert

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I grabbed this kit on sale months ago, always want to have a 1/48 Tamiya kit in the stash as a pallet-cleaner. Current stash item is a P-47D25.

Since I used this kit to fill in the gaps and have a stress-free perfectly fitting kit, I kind of sped through it, not taking a whole lot of pictures. Some things I am proud of it eliminating some of my mistakes on previous builds, primary among them would be painting on the "field-applied" camo around the national insignias instead of under them. The worst painting by me is the no-skid spots by the wing roots, could kick myself for being so sloppy, but oh well. The worst assembly by me is the little black horn looking thing mounted to the fuselage near the supercharger intake, I put a dab of CA on the shaft, and while aligning it with the model it rocketed off the tweezers into oblivion. I might find it somewhere later, but for now there's a strange little hole drilled there :-(

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I'd swear I took in-progress pics of the cockpit, but cannot find them.

I need to paint the landing/marker lights, and maybe some tan around the window frames (inside of the frames it is tan) but this is one more WIP cleared from my (too large) in-progress list.
 
I grabbed this kit on sale months ago, always want to have a 1/48 Tamiya kit in the stash as a pallet-cleaner. Current stash item is a P-47D25.

Since I used this kit to fill in the gaps and have a stress-free perfectly fitting kit, I kind of sped through it, not taking a whole lot of pictures. Some things I am proud of it eliminating some of my mistakes on previous builds, primary among them would be painting on the "field-applied" camo around the national insignias instead of under them. The worst painting by me is the no-skid spots by the wing roots, could kick myself for being so sloppy, but oh well. The worst assembly by me is the little black horn looking thing mounted to the fuselage near the supercharger intake, I put a dab of CA on the shaft, and while aligning it with the model it rocketed off the tweezers into oblivion. I might find it somewhere later, but for now there's a strange little hole drilled there :-(

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I'd swear I took in-progress pics of the cockpit, but cannot find them.

I need to paint the landing/marker lights, and maybe some tan around the window frames (inside of the frames it is tan) but this is one more WIP cleared from my (too large) in-progress list.
Edbert
You did a beatiful job of the Tamiya
 
I applaud your camo paint job! I'm not disciplined enough to apply it to a "keeper" aircraft, only spare wings to practice on. Not there yet!
The black horn looking thing is a venturi tube used to operate some of the instrumentation like turn and bank and artificial horizon. Old school stuff. Also my "hinomaru" emblem on top of the wing is oversized since the decals I was using blew apart on application and I resorted to another set just to finish the plane.

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"keeper" aircraft,
Nice! I'd keep that one!
I like the way you have the books displayed along with the models. Makes me think that I should also include the books and reference materials I used, in my build threads in this forum.
 
I've had aviation books since forever and still use them for inspiration and reference. The display part is happening now since I've begun building again. The books or memorabilia help bring the model to "life" so to speak. Seeing all the talent on this site is making me pay attention to detail! I'm currently working on the Skyraider ordnance and realized that the bomblet dispenser (SUU14) was going to be mounted backwards if I hadn't looked at my reference book. The open tubes face the rear.
Having this Forum has enhanced my building and I look forward seeing the many builds in progress.
Thanks for your comments
 


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