I just recived canopy for B5N2 Kate. I wonder whether to buy the popular Hasegawa kit for $ 10-11
https://www.super-hobby.com/products/B5N2-Kate.html
or a limited version for heavy money ($ 35-70 on ebay: -o)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hasegawa-Aircraft-Model-1-72-Nakajima-B5N2-Type97-Attack-Bomber-02013-H2013/392974021844
. Maybe someone will help me choose? 🙂

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If I checked well, the more expensive version has a 800 kg brass bomb in the set.

hard to decide. Regular wersion could have fresh decals. I think this kit is still in production.

Finally I got the print scale decals. However, I gave up the Hasegawa model for technical and qualitative reasons of the kit and I will probably buy the Airfix.

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I'm thinking about if can I paint this red and yellow stripes for better effect? I'm thinking about Commander Fushida plane.

The fruit of this afternoon's work. The greatest challenge was Commander Fushida, who had a distinctive mustache. The foundation is Mr Finish Surfacer. The uniforms are XF-64. Vallejo Game Hobby boots, H47 gloves. In addition, Weathering master set A, F, H. The total workload is about 6 hours of assembling, matching and applying a primer, and 8 hours of painting

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@fiveten thank you for the kind word 🙂 I hope Airfix Kate will be in monday in my post box 🙂

Looking forward to this kit, @lis. I have always like this plane, especially with some of the brighter paint schemes available. I am a big fan of using decals where possible, but I find that decals that cover the rudder or tail surfaces are hard to get matched, leaving you with trying to match the colors to touch up areas not covered by the decals. I have had good luck recently painting stripes using Tamiya tape. I am sure it will look great whichever way you choose.