Aaaaand I just found THIS little piece of gold in the EOJ GB! What a cool subject. Spiros, you’re lucky you found that canvas image. What a save! That’s why I’ve collected so much stuff on my Shinden. Hoping to find little things like that. And Louis, yours are coming along great! I can’t wait to follow more of this thread. Have fun in this mini gb.

The pic did not upload, so here it is!

Thanks Louis my friend @lgardner!

Indeed, uploading pics is a hit and miss situation here lately...

Also, PMs are having some issues, too...

Here's how the Toryu looks after an initial touchup (I cleaned very carefully any green oversprays with a cotton bud, moistenned with thinner) and a protective coat of Future afterwads:

Looking forward to your Toryu in-progress pics, my friend. I am really excited with this mini GB!

Hope others might join it? (no, no! I didn't mention ouir good friend Jaime @jetmex...or didn't I?)

Thanks my friend @airbum!

Hey Jordyn @1corsair64!

If I may express my humble opinion, I think you should not get into any expenses now and build what you have already.

It will be equally pleasant, and you can post them at suitable GBs here, like the EoJ, or the "Work in Progress - Aircraft", or..

We will be watching, admiring and commenting on your works at the same way. The fun will be the same! And it will be a lot of it! Because, above all, for me at least, modeling is fun!

So I (we) are eagerly waiting on your next instalment for the Shinden!

Cool Spiros, my friend! Gaining speed here @fiveten.

Spiros, @fiveten
I like what I see here ! The dark green camouflage spots look very good on the light gray / green background. It is quickly turning into a fabulous looking model of a Ki-45.

If it was my plane, I would consider painting the "bamboo color" a little darker. Maybe you could use a wash to "darken" it up a little ?

The seat looks to be very close, but it's hard to tell exactly, and each computer monitor will make things look different. Lighting can also affect how a color will look in a picture.

When I was building my 1/48 Tamiya Hien, I did a little experiment showing how light affected how a color looked... and the results were shocking ! I posted this "experiment" in the Tamiya Hien build journal.

In the end it's your plane and paint it how you want to. Hopefully the "PFP" invasion was not too bad and you were able to handle it with some ice cream bribery ! 🙂

Jordyn, @1corsair64
Spiros has spoken some very good words of wisdom to you. I am watching your work and looking forward to seeing you complete what you have started...

Maybe I should practice what I'm preaching... before I start more builds too. It is very tempting to do, and I do completely understand.

There is no need to worry about having time to complete your work. I can (and will) extend the deadline as needed. In the end, it's a hobby and we should be having fun while doing it. Take care my friend, and I hope you had a good Thanksgiving weekend. Congrats on your ROTC promotion. Now I will have to call you "Sir", since I was an enlisted man in the Army myself... Lieutenant bars look good on your uniform. Well done !