Three Nicks and a tanker

Started by Michael Turner · 73 · 1 week ago
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    Louis Gardner said 2 weeks, 5 days ago:

    Michael Turner (@michaelt)

    You are spot on my friend... It's never too late to join. The group is still ongoing, and we would be very pleased to have you join us if you so desire.

    I do plan on getting back to work on my Ki-45's soon... but I also have a pair of 1/32 Hasegawa Ki-61's that have been drawing me back lately...

    https://imodeler.com/groups/the-empire-of-japan-1919-1946/forum/topic/1-32-hasegawa-ki-61-hien-tony/

    They too have suffered the same fate as the Ki-45's. I'm almost ready to close the fuselages on them, and the propellers have been assembled, gaps in the spinners were filled in and painted.

    So please join the group if you want to. We all would enjoy that I beleive.

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 weeks, 5 days ago:

    I am glad to get caught up on your build, Michael (@michaelt). I have always thought that the Ki-45 was a really elegant airplane. You are much braver than I am with your challenging choice of camo. Very well done, and it looks consistent to me.

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    Michael Turner said 2 weeks, 2 days ago:

    Masked and ready for painting.

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    Michael Turner said 2 weeks, 2 days ago:

    I preshaded the roundels with the aim of not ending up with a uniform red - otherwise I could have used the decals. Hope it works…


    The only decals will be the 4th Sentai marking and aircraft number on the tail.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 weeks, 2 days ago:

    Excellent masking and preshading, my friend @michaelt!

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    Michael Turner said 2 weeks, 2 days ago:

    Three styles of canouflage on the cowlings.


    We will see if I can maintain the consistency of the nearest pair over an entire aircraft…

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    Michael Turner said 2 weeks, 2 days ago:

    And unmasked…


    I had to spray 3+ coats of the red and it ended up a bit darker than I intended. Next time I will preshade with a grey over white.
    There was one small flaw in the masking.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 weeks, 2 days ago:

    That's some great paintwork, Michael @michaelt
    To me the red color looks perfectly fine from the pictures.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 weeks, 2 days ago:

    Excellent job and the red looks fine, my friend @michaelt!

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    capt. R said 2 weeks, 1 day ago:

    Outstanding painting!

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    Michael Turner said 1 week, 2 days ago:

    She has engines, is on her legs and has a total of 10 decals - 6 stencils, aircraft number and 4th sentai insignia.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week, 2 days ago:

    She is progressing beautifully, Michael @michaelt
    Very nice tail marking.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 week, 1 day ago:

    Looks perfect, my friend @michaelt!