Not shown, I made a control stick for the cockpit, Hasegawa did not include one in this kit. Tonight, I also painted the wheels, exhaust stacks, gear doors and canopy frames. Tomorrow the flat coat and the rest of the little items goes on.

Very nice step done, Bob @v1pro
Do you mind sharing your home made control stick, I would love to see it being scratch built.
To me the yellow leading edges look great.
I once had the same issue applying those decals and decided to avoid them and since then I airbrush those leading edges, a bit more work on masking but no hassle with the decals.

And here I call it done! Not a bad kit, needs a little work but nothing really bad. The original release was in 1973 and for that time it was the best in the model world. In the early 90's newer tool kit from Dragon came into the scene. And about almost 20 years later RS Models, Aoshima and Tamiya came along with their versions of the Ki-61.

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She looks excellent, Bob @v1pro
Thanks for sharing the control stick process, simple but effective.
Looking forward to it shown on the headlines.

You did a stellar job on that Ki-61, Bob @v1pro ! I love that clover on the side, that’s the way I would have made it too.