Been a month since my last update, so after getting a new rivet tool (the one I had simply eroded one plastic part that helds the rivet disks) and purchasing the color for the machine that now is the chosen one (see earlier post) I resumed, but still not ended, applying rivets according to plans taken online, and assembled and painted the propeller and also the drop tanks. Both colors are from AK real colors, and they look quite good imo.

The wings are not yet glued to the fuselage because their diheadral is flat as you can see in the image. This was probably caused by the lumps of plastic I glued inside the wings to keep the with the correct airflow angle. Some sanding ahead to get them back in the proper dihedral, hope to get the plane all prep for painting soon

Just a replacement 🙂 cheap and readily available

Some weathering done on the parts and notice the poor quality of the masks... already peeling offf

Love the weathering too, my friend, @holzhamer.
Pity about the masks.

Louis my friend @lgardner, the masks are really no good, though I hope better results later on for the hinomarus and other markings. What do you think about the propeller and drop tanks colors?

@lgardner

Louis my friend, no problem with the late reply at all, in fact it is me that appreciates your reply and great photos, because this kit is lingering on the side of the bench for much too long so I will pick it up again, starting where I left it.

That spinner is too worn and scratched (probably more from the years stored around than its actual use) but since I’m building a CO plane I’m aiming for a much pristine looking plane (even more since this was a reserve AC or so it seems).

Anyway here’s how the Ki-64 is at the moment

The cobalt blue stripe turned out far below my expectations and that was the main reason why I “forgot” this kit for several months now.

I will remove and repaint it again, both white and blue stripes, this time getting them to pass along the air intake on the left.

The rudder is also to be shaped so I can get it to fit in a slight bank position

Right now, since I’m about to paint several other wheels from a few ongoing projects, I’ll be masking and completing the painting of the Hien’s 3 wheels. As you can see I even have the luxury to choose which mask to use 😉

Again thanks for helping me getting the momentum back for this build Louis!

Cheers!

Nice to see you picked up this one, Pedro @holzhamer
Good approach to paint severel sets of wheels in one go.