Thank You my friend @fiveten!
I hope nothing will persuade me to return to the Japanese Hawk model too soon 🙂 I,m a little curious Special Hobby Kit.

PS. on line live camera Nest of Hayabusa in my city 🙂
https://www.peregrinus.pl/pl/gdynia
While working on the model, I looked at what the birds are doing 🙂

@fiveten Yes It is this radio cable. After a night it turned out that the stress in the radio cable was so great that it detached. In the morning I had to correct it. I gave a bit more glue in the gel and finally secured the place with aluminum paint. I also noticed that the covers of the Ho-103 machine guns, which in the Fujimi model are poorly refined, in later versions from the special Hobby company are hidden in a larger engine housing. I wonder why I insisted on the Ki-43-I version? Nevertheless, the work was brought to a happy end. The pitot's tube is from the Fine Molds kit. This is the first time I have used this kit. Some photos of radio wire after correction in the morning. This shot also shows that the fairing is made of thick plastic. admittedly it is nice transparent, but too thick, which of course gave a lot of problems when drilling a hole for a scope. Summing up the model, I can recommend it to really desperate Ki-43 fans. However, the final assessment will be when I make a model of a competitor.

2 attached images. Click to enlarge.

I forgot, the next day I very carefully cut the excess cable with my mini clippers, @lis.

Lis, @lis
Your Hayabusa looks magnificent in the headlines section. You have done a fantastic job with it. Only when I read the front page article did I realize this model was a 1/72 scale kit. This makes your work even more incredible. You have details in your build that you might not find in a larger 1/48 scale.

You have also helped me decide on the final paint scheme for one of my 1/32 Hasegawa Ki-61 Hien models. I knew I wanted to build one of them wearing a complete bare metal finish. Now I have decided to build it up as an aircraft from the Akeno Flying School, just like your Ki-43 is.

Thanks for posting the article on the home page. I look forward to seeing your next project.

The fight with the antenna is not over yet. This time in the morning I noticed that the entire mast was deflected. it's terribly frustrating. I corrected it, but each subsequent application leaves a micro trace of glue which is very disappointing. I would like to start working with a new model. The whole situation confirms that the model in this aspect is not very thoughtfully designed. Since I started to fix the antenna, I decided that I would try to follow the advice @fiveten and make a vertical line from the cabin. Here's the effect.

4 attached images. Click to enlarge.