Banzai!..1/48 Kawasaki Ki-45 Kai Koh Toryu “Nick”, Imperial Japanese Army
Built by my dad in 2012, Hasegawa dual combo kit with Isuzu fuel truck.
Painted with Gunze and Tamiya IJA paints, elastic thread for the antenna wire, Wako fabric seatbelts.
5th Flight Regiment, 1st Company, Timor Island October 1943.
22 additional images. Click to enlarge.
Spiros Pendedekas said on December 21, 2020
Another one of your excellent builds, Reinhard!
I am almost finishing my Toryu, will happily post it here too, though no good as yours.
You cannot beat the combined Dad-Son Spreitfzhofer force!
Well done on this amazing model!
Reinhard Spreitzhofer said on December 22, 2020
Thanks a lot Spiros, looking forward to yours finished!
Louis Gardner said on December 21, 2020
Reinhard, @grimreaper
This is a wonderful looking Ki-45 build. These planes look SO cool with the mottled camouflage paint schemes.
Spiros @fiveten
and I both have some of these Ki-45 models on our work benches at the moment. He is much closer to posting his in the headlines section that I am……… His plane looks very good too……. Don’t let him fool you. ๐
Your Dad builds some incredible models, and you take some fantastic pictures. Together you guys are a magnificent team…………..
I pressed the “Liked” button too.
Merry Christmas.
Reinhard Spreitzhofer said on December 22, 2020
Thanks very much Louis! I hope next year the team has some more nice things to show ๐
John vd Biggelaar said on December 21, 2020
Your dad created a very nice “Nick”, Reinhard.
Camouflage scheme looks awesome on this build, not easy to get it done this beautiful.
Reinhard Spreitzhofer said on December 22, 2020
Thanks John! Yes, some blood, sweat and tears for my dad ๐
Roland Sachsenhofer said on December 21, 2020
The paint job on the Ki-45 is a pleasure to look at, the details are coherent and make a beautiful overall picture- greetings and congratulations to father and son!
Reinhard Spreitzhofer said on December 22, 2020
Danke sehr Roland! Aja, deine P-47 ist die auch, wie immer, gut gelungen ๐
May 2021 be productive as usual! ๐
dale travis said on December 21, 2020
Great job on this. I did one in the same scheme a year ago.
1 attached image. Click to enlarge.
Reinhard Spreitzhofer said on December 22, 2020
Looking good too!
Stephen W Towle said on December 21, 2020
Reinhard what type of airbrush does your father use for the green pattern? Another Q what is the psi set at? Is the paint thinned downed to 50 percent or more?
These photos are some of the best I have seen at this site. With the lighting and the clarity of model. Suitable for hard copy.
Two thumbs up.
Reinhard Spreitzhofer said on December 22, 2020
Thanks!
As mentioned, the model is from 2012, so my dad canยดt tell anymore which airbrush he used, he has a bunch of them. But usually for more delicate work he uses Iwata, Hader&Steenbeck or a similar more High-End ones with a 0,2mm nozzle. Depending on airbrush and paint he uses 7 to 14psi pressure and thins 1/3 to 2/3.
Haslam Yeoman said on December 22, 2020
Beautiful paintwork.
Reinhard Spreitzhofer said on December 22, 2020
Thank you!
Greg Kittinger said on December 24, 2020
Such a steady hand to get that paintwork so perfect. Beautiful as always.