**** DONE: GB-59 1/48 Ki-61-Id TONY- WW2 PTO V

[Vic Balshaw]

I ended up masking and painting the blue stripe to avoid fettling with the long decal.

Sometimes when I have a long decal like that I cut it in half and then place the two half's separately, if you have a clean sharp cut it's hard to detect the join.

 

[N4521U]

Looking mighty nice!

 

[Wurger]

 

[le_steph40]

very nice

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[Davecww1]

Decaling the other side tonight, so far so good! This side is slightly higher than the other side so will need some green touch up above the blue stripe.

 

[Davecww1]

This afternoon while waiting for side decals to dry I did the main landing gear doors. Once again Tamiya decals are right color and fit perfectly without cutting.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Some great work there Dave.

 

[Davecww1]

Thanks but Tamiya is making it easy with this one! I used the leading edge decals as the yellow looked correct and better than any paint that I had. They fit perfectly and rolled around the leading edge nicely. They even have removed the carrier film where the landing light is so the clear plastic remains crystal clear! I will just need to figure a way to cover it before final clear coat to keep it that way.

 

[A4K]

Great stuff Dave!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Davecww1]

Working on a few details, added brake lines to the main gear and painted the Eduard brassin tires. With the macro zoomed in I can see some touch up is still needed. Also finished the prop and spinner with Mr Color propeller color.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Progress is real good Dave.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so!

 

[Davecww1]

Decals done, I gave it an overall spray of Tamiya semi gloss spray then mixed up a batch of my weathering wash, made of a mix of black, white and red brown tempra paint, a couple of drops of Dawn dishwashing soap and a little water. I brushed it overall the model. When dry I will take a damp paper towel and rub off most of the mixture, leaving it in the panel lines.

 

[A4K]

Awesome mate, cheers for sharing the mix idea too. I will try that.

 

[Wurger]