Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate 'Frank'-(1/48 Hasegawa)

[SANCER]

Patience and dedication in these rivets my friend !!, and the seat is made with "the hand of the master"
A tremendous work Panagoitis (and it's only the beginning!)

Saludos cordiales amigo

Luis Carlos
SANCER

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far!

 

[Rogi]

Looking good

 

[parsifal]

nicely done

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Crimea_River]

You scratch building is impeccable!

 

[gbr-22]

Thank you all for the response guys! I intend to show as much detail of the Hayate as possible and this is due to my more-than-sufficient reference material, the decision not to build any kind of diorama but the plane itself and of course to the help of Shinpachi-san whose help with the Japanese has been great so far!

Special attention will be given to the armament so here's another photo. I don't exactly need help with the translation as to how generally the system of firing the two nose MGs works.

Cheers,
Panagiotis.

 

[parsifal]

It sure is impeccable

 

[gbr-22]

Thank you parsifal!

Well, the kit IS fine and calls for a carefree OOB build, but I chose to work vice versa.
So the last modelling session was a nightmare for the kit!

 

[Wurger]

 

[gbr-22]

This is the second Hayate which I'm going to represent besides the other one which I've already posted. As far as I know this must be the second prototype. I guess it should be duraluminium in all the surfaces and the interior including the cockpit. I'd like Shinpachi or someone in the forum to give me some directions on it.I intend to add a lot of detail on it some of which I've already posted while the "85" with the arrow will be an OOB model.
Cheers,
Panagiotis.

 

[fubar57]

Looking forward to the build.

Geo

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Amazing as always, love watching your builds

 

[le_steph40]

8)

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far!

 

[Airframes]

Just caught up with this thread - simply beautiful work !

 

[SANCER]

Formidable advance Panagiotis... is all a surgery carried to fruition.

Luis Carlos
SANCER

 

[gbr-22]

Thank you gents for your comments!
A maybe tough question for the forum: The object I've marked in this Maru book could be some kind of pipe connecting the cap with the main fuel tank of the Hayate?

The Hasegawa kit gives a kind of bulge on the left console..

Thank you..

 

[vikingBerserker]

AWESOME, another build!!!!