Nicely Done John! 
**** DONE: 1/48 Ki-45 Toryu Kai Tei - Night War of WWII
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Benevolens Magister
That's really looking the biz John, very well done.
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Now that the gloss coat has dried, it's time for the decals. I am using the tail insignia for the 53rd Sentai, which is a stylized "5" and "3", from the Aeromaster Empire Defenders sheet. I picked up the sheet used for a cheap price.
The insignia is two parts, white and yellow. Upon application of the first white insignia, I found the Aeromaster decal a bit thick and quite impervious to Micro Sol, which was a surprise. This is after 3-4 applications and some physical tamping down of the decal with a soft cloth. The "18" donated by Karl is the perfect size and also responded much better to the Micro Sol.
Out of curiosity, I tried the Hasegawa decal on the other side to see if I could get it to settle down better than the Aeromaster decals. It worked much better so I decided to ditch the Aeromaster decals altogether and stick with the kit decals. Since the insignia overlaps the rudder joint, I had to do some cutting. It looks messy now but I'll clean it up after I get the yellow part on.
The decals didn't break like the instrument panel decals did. They weren't the thinnest decals so I had to use multiple applications of Micro Sol and a knife and needle to get the decal into the panel lines and rivets.
After the decals were done, I gave the model a pastel wash.
Here's the tail insignia after the panel wash. The rudder links were painted to match the decal and glued into place. You can see some dirty wash under the link that needs to be cleaned off.
Added some bits and doodads at this point. The metal cannon barrel...
The tail wheel...
The little fuel coolers...
The exhaust stains were painted...
I'm going to give the model a flat coat now and then its just a matter of final weathering, putting on the landing gear and removing the masks!
The insignia is two parts, white and yellow. Upon application of the first white insignia, I found the Aeromaster decal a bit thick and quite impervious to Micro Sol, which was a surprise. This is after 3-4 applications and some physical tamping down of the decal with a soft cloth. The "18" donated by Karl is the perfect size and also responded much better to the Micro Sol.
Out of curiosity, I tried the Hasegawa decal on the other side to see if I could get it to settle down better than the Aeromaster decals. It worked much better so I decided to ditch the Aeromaster decals altogether and stick with the kit decals. Since the insignia overlaps the rudder joint, I had to do some cutting. It looks messy now but I'll clean it up after I get the yellow part on.
The decals didn't break like the instrument panel decals did. They weren't the thinnest decals so I had to use multiple applications of Micro Sol and a knife and needle to get the decal into the panel lines and rivets.
After the decals were done, I gave the model a pastel wash.
Here's the tail insignia after the panel wash. The rudder links were painted to match the decal and glued into place. You can see some dirty wash under the link that needs to be cleaned off.
Added some bits and doodads at this point. The metal cannon barrel...
The tail wheel...
The little fuel coolers...
The exhaust stains were painted...
I'm going to give the model a flat coat now and then its just a matter of final weathering, putting on the landing gear and removing the masks!
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Benevolens Magister
It's really coming to life now - nice work John.
T Bolt
Colonel
Looks wonderful john
Crimea_River
Marshal
Love your work John. Very nice.
Great work so far John!
John, that looks wonderful !
Love it!!
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Thanks guys! After the matt coat was sprayed on, I pounced on the Toryu in a big flurry... paint chipping with a silver pencil... attachment of the landing gear and doors... removing the canopy masks... adding the oblique cannons, pitot and mast antenna... stretched sprue for the aerials. And so... Sgt. Negishi's Dragon Killer is complete!
I'm pretty pleased with how the mottled camo turned out and I hope that it captures the unique look of the Japanese mottle pattern. Special thanks to Karl (Rochie)... the "18" numerals on the tail really capped off the markings. Now it's on to the German version of a mottled nightfighter. I'll post up a proper FINISHED post soon! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I'm pretty pleased with how the mottled camo turned out and I hope that it captures the unique look of the Japanese mottle pattern. Special thanks to Karl (Rochie)... the "18" numerals on the tail really capped off the markings. Now it's on to the German version of a mottled nightfighter. I'll post up a proper FINISHED post soon! Thanks for watching and commenting!
John, that is absolutely fantastic, among the best builds i have seen on here, very well done
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Benevolens Magister
Got to agree with Karl - it's a beauty !
Crimea_River
Marshal
With all.
T Bolt
Colonel
Fantastic
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Thanks very much guys! I enjoyed sharing it with you!
Lovely work John!
