**** DONE: 1/32 N1K2-J Shiden-Kai - Pacific Theatre of Operations II

[Crimea_River]

Beauty Wayne. Glad the extra week will help you get this one in.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Dam that is sweet!

 

[Wurger]

Undoubtedly...

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks guys,
Was going to stick with the plastic retraction arm and springs for the undercarriage even used my fine saw to cut the spring profile one by one,with the extra time I have made one small improvement.......have now removed the plastic spring and replaced it with copper wire wound around some short lengths of .9 x.45 brass tube, then inserted some .45 brass wire through the tube to create the attachment points representing the end of the springs, looks better and provides a stronger fixing point.
So now painted these and applied a tiny bit of wash to finish it off...

 

[Wildcat]

Excellent!

 

[T Bolt]

Love that spring Wayne

 

[fubar57]

First, the patience to work on the plastic, which would probably look great with paint and a wash, is amazing but the wire is so much better.

Geo

 

[mikewint]

Lord Love a Duck!!! I've seen you do some fantastic things Wayne but this is in the top 5! Words fail

 

[Crimea_River]

Shame you didn't think of it BEFORE you cleaned up the seam along the plastic one but it sure turned out nicely.

 

[chris brown]

Truly inspirational work there Wayne. The amount of time spent on just the plastic is pretty amazing but the wire really took it to a whole different level. Nicely done!

 

[Catch22]

Wow.

 

[Shinpachi]

Beyond my imagination, Wayne

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Shame you didn't think of it BEFORE you cleaned up the seam along the plastic one but it sure turned out nicely.

I did give it some thought earlier Andy..but decided to just finish the plastic and be done with it, then changed my mind at the last moment....

Appreciate your comments Guys, thanks.

cannons painted and fitted, inner gear doors and drop tank attached too...

 

[T Bolt]

Wow! Can't wait for the finish.

 

[Wurger]

 

[mikewint]

As ever Wayne spectacular

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks guys, didn't get to do any again today....but should get it pretty much done over the next 2 days, be home Friday annual leave day and no sport on Saturday!

 

[Catch22]

Nicely done Wayne!

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Wayne!