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Otaki 1/48th P-40
You P-40 builders have no one to blame but yourselves for this dog being shown. I was feeling left out. It was pulled out of my graveyard.
It was built when the kit was first released so you tell me how long ago that was.
Brush painted [...]
D-Day +5. 1/48 Spitfire IXc
Admiring all of your great D-Day builds made me realize that I only have one D-Day aircraft in the collection. Work kept me from posting it until today. It is an Otaki Mk.VIII converted into a "faux" Mk. IX. I replaced the [...]
Nakajima KI-84 Frank
This is the Otaki KI-84 Frank built strictly out of the box. I did nothing more than add seat belts. I built it for a gentleman and he wanted it as clean as possible. I did put a few exhaust stains on it but that is about it. I used the [...]
Otaki 1/48 F6F-5 (N) of VF91 (N)
This is a model of an aircraft of VF-91 (N) flown off Bon Homme Richard during the end of 1945. The is an OOB, with the exception of the radar dome on the right wing, Otaki kit. I built this quite a number of years ago and it is showing [...]
Otaki 1/48 (Ki-61) “Hieney Racer”
I always thought the Ki-61 was one of Japan's sleekest looking WWII fighters. German desigined and Daimler-Benz powered, it was built by Kawasaki, and named the "Hien".
The cost of an Otaki kit was reasonable enough that I [...]
1/48 Otaki F6-F3 Hellcat
The 1/48 Otaki F6-F3 Hellcat, as old as it is, still makes up into a fine looking model. While comparing this to my new Eduard Weekender kit, there were plenty of subtle differences, but we're talking decades apart, and the Otaki still [...]
1/48 Otaki F4U-1A Vought Corsair (FAA)
The Otaki 1/48 Corsair is probably one of the oldest Corsair models in my small collection. While there isn't a whole lot of detail, it is a very simple, and sturdy, build. The decal sheet offers 3 options. Once again, trying to vary [...]
1/48 Otaki P-40E War Hawk
An old, pleasant, OOB build. Nothing special or extraordinary. The paint, as usual, is de-canned Krylon mixed. An affordable way to go.
Arii 1/48 F6F-3 Hellcat, converted to a -5.
I converted the venerable Arii/Otaki F6F-3 to a -5 by filling in the rear quarter windows, sanding off the exhaust fairings, and added sheet plastic to depict metal plates fixed to the underside of the flaps (which protected the [...]
It's another 1:48 scale Otaki F6F-3, "Hellcat"
Hey folks,
This is one of my very early efforts at building a model seriously.
Otaki does make a really nice Hellcat, even for it's age. With all the posts of some of these older models, it kind of makes me want to do a little [...]
