Vic Balshaw
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All looks good George. Stay safe and see you back soon. 
**** DONE: GB-54 1:48 Nakajima Ki.84 Hayate - Pacific Theatre
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Crimea_River
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A productive week Geo, nice job.
Good work to George!
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fubar57
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Thanks guys. Almost home. The decals, being early Tamiya ones, were bullet proof. I used every solution I had save Solvaset. I didn't use it in case the decals were ruined and this being 1:50 and not 1:48 I might have had a hard time matching. To get the decals to settle down over small bumps at the rear of the Hinomarus, I resorted to a very hot, wet cloth and pressed it on the decal. It did lay the decals flat but I got small tears at the bumps; nothing paint can't fix.
Flat coat and little bits to go
Vic Balshaw
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Very smart.
Crimea_River
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Thought you had a fancy circle cutter and oramask film.
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fubar57
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Yeah, still haven't quite figured out multiple masking and now that my only "local" paint supplier has dried up I can't afford to practice. I found cheap shipping from Hong Kong but it comes by ship and took three months
Crimea_River
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Still have a couple of brick and mortar hobby shops here. If you send me a list of what you need I'll pick them up and ship them to you.
Vic Balshaw
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Same all over the world, we only have 1 hobby shop in C, good for most paints and the run of mill just released kits, but it is more of a toy shop. I have to confess that I do most of my shopping on line, we have a good supply in BNA Model World in Melbourne who are only an on-line supplier.
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fubar57
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Thanks for the offer Andy. I'm looking at SunWard Hobbies again. Prices pretty reasonably except, of course, shipping. The header says free shipping over 60$ for "qualified orders" which means for everyone not on their "special list". Of course I made the list
I just talked to buddy who lives in Quesnel and he isn't on the list. He said I could use his address and he will bring the order into camp with him
Crimea_River
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I'm T2X so I guess I'm special.
Snautzer01
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Call Bletchley park we have an Enigma code to crack it seems.
Vic Balshaw
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You have crazy post codes just like the UK.
Crimea_River
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Yep, one less character though. We use 6.
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fubar57
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On its legs now. According to three views and the instructions, the landing gear cant out slightly with the wheels running straight up and down. The wheel/axle join was less than stellar. Also note the odd propeller colour combo. Besides the bog standard Tea Brown on the back, which I used my supposedly bang on, Tamiya XF-9 Hull Red. The green on the front was a late war addition and Tamiya calls it Leaf Green. I used XF-67 Nato Green for this. The thin yellow strip has to be my thinnest masking job to date
Nine breaky-offy parts to go
Nine breaky-offy parts to go
Model making is so-o-o-o- easy: plastic, glue, paints, decals, done!
One must watch the right modeller though!
Good job!
Crimea_River
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Looks good Geo, and nice masking job. On my Ki-61, Tamiya says to use XF-64 Red Brown on the prop and spinner. I have XF-9 Hull Red which seems to look almost identical and am weighing if it's worth a trip to the LHS to get the 64.
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fubar57
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Tamiya wasn't as generous with my instructions; no numbers, just names for the entire painting process. I got the Hull Red idea from one of the Japanese aviation sites
Speaking of twirly things, I thought the propeller stood a little proud of the engine and was going to clip the shaft down but glad I didn't
Three more parts, touch-ups and then finals
