1/72Airfix B5N1 Kate torpedo bomber

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Warbirdnutball There's a large bomb on the sprue. It's 39mm nose to tail and 6.25mm in diameter. That's a scale 2808mm (110.5 inches) x 450mm (17.7inches). Don't know if that's the correct bomb Pearl Harbour isn't something I have researched as it's not my sphere of interest.
 
Yes, that's the one I need for the Pearl Harbor high level bomber. It's either a 14" or 16" shell that was turned into an armor piercing bomb specifically for this attack. I have been looking for a Kate in 1/72 tiny has that bomb for my set. Thank you for verifying that.
 
The Bombs in the Kit are the Single 800kg Modified Naval Shell (pointed Nose) Parts 14/15 (Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, Soryu high Level Kate Bombers), 1 x 250kg Part 3/4 used in a staggered Pair or 1 with the set of 60kg bombs (Shokaku and Zuikaku Kates), 6 x 60kg bombs Parts 29/30, all used at Pearl Harbour.
800kg land Bomb parts 27/28 was not used at PH
 
I was struggling with this camo scheme I will admit to being a terrible painter I have wobbly hands and the patience of a wasp. A friend suggested trying a different painting method, she suggested using a Rigger brush to do the outlines and fill in with a flat brush. The line of paint laid down by the rigger keeps the edges neat and stops over paint. I was "a Rigger what?" Its a brush with long bristles used to paint rigging on sailing boat pictures. The long bristles means you can do long lines without reloading the brush every couple of seconds. I went to the artist shop and bought 2 a synthetic and a Sable and they are brilliant. My new favourite brush it's doubled my speed.
 
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