B5N2 Kate

Started by capt. R · 120 · 3 years ago · B5N2 Kate Hasegawa 1:72
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 6 months ago:

    Apart from the fact that it took some extra effort, all is looking great now, @lis!

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    capt. R said 3 years, 6 months ago:

    @fiveten Time for repaintin stripes on tail. This time I will use denser paint to better border effcts.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 6 months ago:

    Good luck, @lis!

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    capt. R said 3 years, 6 months ago:

    Tail repainted in red

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    capt. R said 3 years, 6 months ago:

    Time for assembly Nakajima NK1A Sakae 11 engine. At first I drill exhaust pipes.

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    capt. R said 3 years, 5 months ago:

    At last tail is done.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:

    For some reason that last two updates were not visible to me, so I could not see your progress, my friend @lis, but they all showed with your last post.
    The tail is wonderful and I love the exhaust drilling: the exhausts look more real now!
    Looking forward to your progress!

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    capt. R said 3 years, 5 months ago:

    @fiveten
    Some parts are primed. Engine is done. Exhauts was painted H47 burned iron by brush. I guess how I have to assembly fuselage. Airfix model is ok but skill 3 on the box is real. But painting is hard because of steps of assembly. I can't Finally assembly engine, and wings because of this reasons.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:

    Looking good so far, @lis!
    All it takes is some patience.

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    capt. R said 3 years, 5 months ago:

    @fiveten
    Silver painting session. Parts dry now. Pitot's tube is metal. I hope I will assembly fuselage and wings today.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:

    Silver looks very nice and shiny, @lis!

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    capt. R said 3 years, 5 months ago:

    After two upset days of priming, putting and sanding, model looks like on photo. Putting needs upper surfaces of cockpit. Fuselage and wings and engine Wall fits quite ok. But place under canopy are frustrating. Stress of plastic halfs of fuselage are too big and it is open after fitting wings. It drive me crazy! I need to putty, and repaint. I was very angry because it didn't look good as I want! Kate is very complicated kit with strange steps of montage. I hope under canopy it will not be so visible.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:

    I also believe that under the canopy the flaw will be practically invisible, @lis.
    The Kate looks great!

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    capt. R said 3 years, 5 months ago:

    @fiveten thank you my friend! Hard work and a lot of stress. I think it's Airfix syndrome 😉

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    capt. R said 3 years, 5 months ago:

    Propeller color on rear surfaces of propeller.

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