Some pics

Good start, looks good

That's coming along nicely, Jeremy. Looks like you've got your skills together in short order. I will be following your build with interest. Welcome to the Forum! I also love The Wind Rises (and everything else by Hayao Miyazaki). The movie is an interesting departure from Miyazaki's usual ecological fables. I was a bit surprised the A6M didn't figure in it at all in the movie, considering Horikoshi's main claim to fame, but of course that would not have been ethically acceptable for Miyazaki. It was pretty much a fantasy about that aircraft designer's real life, too.

Hi Jeremy!

What a beautiful entry and what a great and quality progress!

Your Ka-14 looks great so far!

If you want some ideas, I would suggest, among others, to go through Louis @lgardner build of the same kit here in this Group Build:

Fine Molds 1/48 Mitsubishi Ka-14, the A5M ”Gull wing” Prototype

I followed his build, and I can tell you he did a splendid job! I cannot do otherwise but warmly and definitely recommend it to you as a point of inspiration and tutorial as well. Eagerly waiting for your progress on this nice project! All the best!

Hello Jeremy, @jmillan
Welcome to Imodeler ! I think you will find it to be your home away from home. There are a bunch of good people on here who try to help each other out as best we can. Thank you very much for the compliments on my work.

I had a wonderful time building my Ka-14. Now it is sitting in my display case next to my "Koga" or "Akutan" A6M Zero. I think you will have fun building yours too...it is a fine little kit. Please keep us posted with updates on your build. I strayed away from the instructions with the method I used to install the wing parts. This deviation allowed me to build a model with no filler needed anywhere.

Spiros, @fiveten
I am honored to have someone use one of my articles as a build journal. Thank you very much for bringing it up.

Thanks John!
Another quick update. I’m having so much fun on this kit I can’t put it down. I finished up the birdcage. Brush Painted the MG’s with good old testors gunmetal and sprayed the ammo cans with MrColor 57 IJA blue/green. It’s a shame all this will be hidden once the fuselage is buttoned up. Love the Japanese blue/green Aotake color.

Wings are glued and drying waiting on fuselage.

Next will be the engine.

Hi Jamie @jmillan, I'm tuned in on this labour of love you've got going here. Great work!