**** DONE: GB-69 1/72 Nakajima B5N2 - Maritime Aircraft WWII

[SaparotRob]

I love these details you guys add to radial engines. Aerodynamics be darned. Radials look cooler than in-lines. Typhoons and P-40s excepted.

 

[Bustedwing]

I love these details you guys add to radial engines. Aerodynamics be darned. Radials look cooler than in-lines. Typhoons and P-40s excepted.

Radials are fun to do, all I did with this one was paint it !

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Really nice

 

[vandee]

Excellent job! I did this kit years ago , does the kit still only have the torpedo and not the 800kg bomb? Watching with interest.

 

[Bustedwing]

Excellent job! I did this kit years ago , does the kit still only have the torpedo and not the 800kg bomb? Watching with interest. Just the torpedo.

 

[A4K]

Very nice Graham!
I too built this kit in the '80s, and have that same new boxing in the stash now (plus a new tool Airfix one).

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far!

 

[talbot]

off to a great start!

 

[SaparotRob]

Radials are fun to do, all I did with this one was paint it !

Dude, great job!

 

[Bustedwing]

Some progress pictures. The cowling and engine are done, prop needs to be centred and glued on last. I cut the flaps out as well. Right now I am working on a better canopy. I want the covers open and the kit canopy is very thick !

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Nice work. I have used vac-form canopies once....it was not pretty

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking good. Chipping be nice.

 

[talbot]

 

[A4K]

Nice work. I have used vac-form canopies once....it was not pretty

I need to try, for some unusual subjects.
Great job Graham.

 

[Bustedwing]

So here's the forwards backwards deal. I made a plug for the canopy but when I went to mold it some weird out of space thing stuck to the plug and the canopy has a boingy looking deal on the port side. A redo plus I don't think the profile and shape is quite right. The paint I managed to find some suitable colours, not really happy how the paint turned out. I'll try something else. I just cant get a fine enough spray from my airbrush without spatter and over spray. Back to the drawing board.....bench....man cave...urban command module. Where one hides from the war dpt.

 

[fubar57]

This may be cheating but Jesse posted this in another thread

 

[Bustedwing]

This may be cheating but Jesse posted this in another thread. That could work ! I have another idea I might try. Where would I try for that decal sheet ?