Hasegawa 1/48 "Captured" Kawanishi N1K2-J
This was is a great build for an old kit. No filler used at all, even the pesky fuselage/wing join. I used Rising Decals "Dying Sun Pt.III and they worked great. For chipping I first laid down some Tamiya Flat Aluminum and the painted over it with Tamiya J.N. Green XF-11. When it was thoroughly dry, I used ½" X ½" pieces of full strength blue painters tape and started lifting off the green paint
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Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on March 21, 2017
This the first of them, with the raised panel lines?
DE4EVER said on March 21, 2017
🙂 ... Greetings ... 🙂 :
Nice build of a old bird George.
The markings truly make for a good conversation among friends and fellow modelers.
Craig Abrahamson said on March 22, 2017
Well I'll say this...it's definitely different. 🙂
Greg Kittinger said on March 22, 2017
Nice to see a different treatment - captured birds are always interesting. Looks like your treatment for chipping worked well.
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on March 22, 2017
I've seen that last photo, or others taken at the same time. They were being flown to a collection point by japanese pilots, escorted by ours. I'd guess it was Gendas group, though hard to tell with the tailcodes overpainted. A lot of other aircraft were disabled by having their propellers removed. Some of the pilots might have tried a last kamikaze. Flights by japanese aircraft were strictly controlled, with special markings. Eventually that ended, and the aircraft were either shipped stateside for evaluation, tested locally, and then the remainder destroyed.
George Henderson said on March 22, 2017
Thanks all, I can't remember the last aircraft I built that was marked or coloured normally. Bernard, according to the scalemates.com site the kit was released in the '80s with the number U002-700, with raised panel lines.
Robert Royes said on March 22, 2017
Great job ! Nice photo also.
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on March 22, 2017
George, thanks! I thought so. The box art on that was one of the best I've ever seen, and the kit is a beaut. I remember the 50th Tamiya from way back. Wonder if this is one of the Mania kits, now that I think about it. I'll have a look, thanks for the link.
Jeff Bailey said on March 23, 2017
Nicely done, George. It's great that you found a picture of the real one, too.
Louis Gardner said on March 23, 2017
I like everything about this one... Especially the unusual markings of a captured plane (with a photo too) !
Tom Bebout said on March 24, 2017
George, nice to see an old kit done well. Nice job indeed.
P.k said on March 27, 2017
nice
George Henderson said on March 29, 2017
Thanks guys. Louis, I have decals and kits for about 8 more captured aircraft. Just need to get off my keester and start producing