**** DONE: GB-41 1:48 Nakajima Ki-44-II Ko - PTO from 1937
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le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Great choice and great start Geo 
This blue-grey cockpit color seems like the blue-grey of Ki-27 cockpit color... If it's the same, I painted mine (the Ki-27) with a mix of ocean grey and french dark blue (cockpit)
This blue-grey cockpit color seems like the blue-grey of Ki-27 cockpit color... If it's the same, I painted mine (the Ki-27) with a mix of ocean grey and french dark blue (cockpit)
Good work so far!
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fubar57
General
Thanks guys and your paint colours have been added to my growing list of paint mixes Steph. A while ago, on another site, someone gave a lengthy sermon on how a clear coat does not alter and darken a colour. It's just an illusion of the way the light reflects the colour through the clear. I think not...
....I wait now for the bulkheads to dry. 
Anyhoo.....sidewalls are weathered using Citadel Agrax Earthshade. This is a "shade", similar to a wash so says the Citadel site.
Anyhoo.....sidewalls are weathered using Citadel Agrax Earthshade. This is a "shade", similar to a wash so says the Citadel site.
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fubar57
General
Thanks. Did a bit on the cockpit. MG butts are drying and I may fit them on before I head back today.
T Bolt
Colonel
That interior is looking really nice George.
I once grabbed a bottle of MM Acryl thinking it was enamel and mixed it with airbrush thinner. Took me over an hour to clean out the airbrush
I once grabbed a bottle of MM Acryl thinking it was enamel and mixed it with airbrush thinner. Took me over an hour to clean out the airbrush
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fubar57
General
Thanks. Glenn, I thought I had cleaned all the MM out with water and windex so I gave it a cleaning with lacquer thinner. I always thoroughly clean with water at the end. When I went to shoot the green on my George, nothing would happen. I stripped the tip completely and there was a bunch of gummed up MM on the needle and in the spring. I threw everything into a small container of lacquer cleaner, let it soak and then cleaned up with a toothbrush. I'll order the appropriate thinners when I get home
Looking good George.
Lovely work so far George!
parsifal
Colonel
Very nice
SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
Good tip about the color mix (Steph)
Muy buen trabajo Geo con esos interiores.
Saludos
(Steph)Muy buen trabajo Geo con esos interiores.
Saludos
Good work so far George!
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fubar57
General
Thanks all. Finished the innards, glue is setting up, pics later. Should be able to have the fuselage together tonight. In the meantime I ordered a set of Vallejo Metal colours from here...
Vallejo Paints - Vallejo Mediums (32ml): Aluminium Dope Metal Color Set #VAL77603 [8429551776035] I've read good things about this paint. It's not Alclad but a great acrylic alternative and not as finicky. I'll be using them on this model. The full range here...Metal Color is a range of water-based metallic colors for airbrushing
Vallejo Paints - Vallejo Mediums (32ml): Aluminium Dope Metal Color Set #VAL77603 [8429551776035] I've read good things about this paint. It's not Alclad but a great acrylic alternative and not as finicky. I'll be using them on this model. The full range here...Metal Color is a range of water-based metallic colors for airbrushing
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fubar57
General
Forgot the joystick. In now and resting. I'll give it a bit and then attach to the fuselage
Cool stuff...!
