About this Group
Several months ago I posted an article about ideas for future group builds. This one received a good response, so here goes !
This group build is for anything that was used by the Japanese following World War One and the time frame for modeling subjects was extended to one year past the end of World War Two. This was done in case anyone wanted to build something Japanese as it would have been found looking derelict or abandoned following the end of the conflict. It also covers the "In between the Wars" years.
The group is open to anyone, and all Aircraft, Armor, Artillery, Naval, and Vehicle subjects are allowed.
It will start today, on April 3rd, 2020 and run until we stop building models ! There currently is no ending date. I will post a new article in the headlines section.
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Any scale model may be built.
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It is not necessary to be a new build. As long as your model is not yet completed, it can be posted here. This was done to help clear off that "shelf of doom" we all seem to have.
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As long as it was an item the Japanese used, then it can be built. This will include smaller hand held weapons such as Samurai swords, rifles, bayonets, pistols and the like.
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Captured Allied equipment may be modeled. Germany and Italy also sent examples of various things to the Japanese for evaluation. If you want to build something that falls into this category that will work too. As long as the item you are building was operated by, or somehow used by the Japanese during this era that's fine. You can build it and it can be represented here. So if you want to build a FW-190 or a Bf-109, as long as you have a set of Japanese insignias on it, that's fine.
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Members should open new thread for each of their builds for easier tracking of the progress of the builds.
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Any level of aftermarket items (or none for that matter) can be used. Actual markings must be used. No "What if's" are allowed.
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You can post your model as soon as it is completed. There is no need to wait until the final reveal date to post your work. Please include the tag "Empire of Japan" at the bottom when you post your article. This will allow us to more easily locate and include it when the final reveal is posted. If your model was inadvertently missed in the final posting, please contact me and I will edit the final reveal to include your work.
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I will most likely have to ask a few of you to assist me with the tasks of running the group. If you are interested in helping out, please send me a message and I will respond back to you as quickly as I can.
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In today's current atmosphere of the Covid-19 outbreak, this might help you to cope with the "new normal" which unfortunately is staying home.
Let's have some fun with this and go build something !
This group build will start immediately and will run on from there, unless directed otherwise by the generous staff of Imodeler.
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Group type: | Public Group |
Total participants: | 126 |
Most recent activity in the group: | 3 weeks ago |
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Very impressive result, Woody @wkubacki Great achievement on the painting and weathering.
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Congratulations, my friend @wkubacki! Yet another wonderful result!
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Finally completed! I really dragged my a*s on this kit, with long breaks without any progress. Overall I'm pretty happy with this build, there are some areas that I missed that I could improve upon, and I will do […]
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Weathering is nicely done, Woody @wkubacki
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Undersides weathering looks superb, my friend @wkubacki!
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Wow @lgardner, being published is an amazing feat, congratulations! I think the paints out now really help the modeller create the models that they have in their minds. Well I have ben away for a while, […]
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Looks awesome at the headlines, my friend @lgardner!
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The headline article is as impressive as the build, Louis @lgardner Thanks a lot for sharing all the progress made and the research done to get this achieved.
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John vd Biggelaar (@johnb) George R Blair Jr (@gblair) Tom Cleaver (@tcinla) Stephen W Towle (@stephen-w-towle) Spiros Pendedekas (@fiveten) Walt (@luftwaffe-birdman) Pedro L. Rocha (@holzhamer) Thank […]
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Woody Kubacki (@wkubacki) Incredible ! This plane looks outstanding, and you can't tell where the repairs were made. Well done. The bare aluminum base looks excellent. Many years ago I did something […]
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Great save indeed, my friend @wkubacki! Looks excellent!
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A nice correction on the chipping, Woody @wkubacki All looks very realistic.
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Once the plane was ready for paint, I painted the same mixture of C35:C72 2:5 using my PS-270 with the crown cap off, and then with C72 thinned 95:5 with Rapid thinner. I can't help praising the PS-270 enough, […]
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I'm back, after some self inflicted wounds. After painting the plane blue, I went over it with highly thinned C72 Intermediate blue. Then I started on the chipping... and after all was said and done... I […]
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I love an unusual paint scheme on a model, Woody (@wkubacki), and this certainly qualifies. Really nice airbrush work. I have also read about some Japanese planes with a blue finish on them, but have never seen […]
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G’day Woody (@wkubacki), Looking at the black and white photo of this aircraft in the book, it is evident that the colour is not as dark as the green of the one above. The contrast with both the red and the b […]
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@michaelt Hi Michael, I am going for the the lighter blue of the 1st Sentai plane, as described by the US report ("light blue") . What that light blue I'm not sure, but I started out by mixing various paints […]
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G’day Woody (@wkubacki), That is a striking choice of blue. I had to get my copy of Pacific Profiles 1 out to look at. I think your blue is a reasonable match for the tailplane photo later in the book. […]
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G’day Woody (@wkubacki), That is a striking choice of blue. I had to get my copy of Pacific Profiles 1 out to look at. I think your blue is a reasonable match for the tailplane photo later in the book. […]
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