KI-43 Oscar by Javlin - FINISHED - Hasegawa - 1/32 - PLASTIC

[Javlin]

I have started the next build and cannot leave will enough alone.....I have already started cutting the for the rockers because none of them made it to the top of the cylinder head.I will be replacing with .030" plastic rod to weras I drill the crankcase slip the new rod(long) into the crankcase and slide it up to the rocker and glue.I think I will be adding ignition wires while I am at it just to hide it all behind the oil cooler behind the prop so goes it.I want a slightly different scheme than what the box depicts something from the 50th Sentai or the 59th Sentai with the blue which I have to paint no biggee.The old build of the Oscar is the same kit maybe 25yrs ago maybe longer! Kevin

[Egilman]

The Bottom mottled green over olive is particularly attractive.....

 

The upper one is more colorful though...

 

Both would be beautiful when done......

[Landlubber Mike]

Nice choice Kevin, I'm in for this one!

 

I like the bottom one as something a little more unique but certainly more challenging.  The top one is definitely a nice look as well.

[Canute]

Interesting a/c. Be interested in how the camo comes out.

[ccoyle]

I have a friend (Brian Criner) who has done some amazing finishes on Japanese aircraft. After he pre-shades his panel lines, he sprays the aluminum undercoat followed by a coat of Futura floor wax, and finally the topcoat. Then he uses crumpled cellophane tape to randomly chip the finish. It is very convincing.

 

This is one of his models.

 

 

Maybe a little depressing for us mortals, but certainly something you could try if you are handy with an airbrush.

[Javlin]

6 hours ago, ccoyle said:

aluminum undercoat followed by a coat of Futura floor wax, and finally the topcoat

So that looks real for the Japanese their paint just did not stick I take he using enamel over the future to help in the lift? I used acrylic over the enamel and that stuff was just to hard to chip.

[ccoyle]

Sadly, I don't know the answer to that question. But if you google his name on the usual plastic forums, e.g. FineScale Modeler, he's probably got it described in more detail somewhere.

 

Edit: Here is one such article.

[Javlin]

Thks Chris it is enamel from Testors makes sense I have no issue removing enamels over silver might just be easier he found with the future in play give it a shot.

[Javlin]

Were I am at thus far I think my push rods look much better than the kits on the back of the engine painting coming shortly.

[Javlin]

Well I am just about complete on the engine you will see how much the oil cooler hides the engine but it's better.

 

 

[ccoyle]

14 hours ago, Javlin said:

the oil cooler hides the engine

 

I wondered what that was. I saw it in my card model version, but of course the instructions are all in Polish.

[Javlin]

On 12/13/2020 at 10:11 AM, ccoyle said:

 

I wondered what that was. I saw it in my card model version, but of course the instructions are all in Polish.

Not 100% on that Chris but having been in the auto industry for 40 years it's a pretty educated guess lots of air in that area.

Edited December 16, 2020 by Javlin

[popeye the sailor]

nice look'in engine.........also good to see some Japanese planes  

[Javlin]

The fuse is drying as I type their was no decals for the IP so a light coat of silver and four drops of future on on each dial for the lens.The seat belts are Brit and 1/48 scale and the satchel on the right side is PE 1/48 also looks the part typical Hase copit a little sparse.The wings and tailplanes have already been glued and sanded as well as the wheels kind of boring stuff so no pics but she should really start moving now. Kevin

 

Edited December 16, 2020 by Javlin

[Danstream]

Nice job on the instrument panel.

Greetings,

Dan.

[Javlin]

6 hours ago, Danstream said:

Nice job on the instrument panel.

Thks Dan got a question can never remember when using Tamy wash  is that over acrylic?

[Danstream]

Tamiya panel accent liner (I assume this is the wash you refer to) goes over the Tamiya gloss. If you apply it on matt finish, it will not run and it will get absorbed by the roughness of the paint and it will not get removed anymore. But note that it is not acrylic solvent based (otherwise it would dissolve the base color). It can be removed by its specific solvent or turpentine (white spirit). Basically, it works as an oil color wash.

Please try it out on a sample before.

Dan.

[Javlin]

Got it Dan I have used just it just been a while and thought clean up was turpentine thks again.You can see now which plane is going to be the finished product.I started with a semi-gloss black base,SnJ AL,Japanese Sky Grey and I am now on the Pale Green a very thin coat as the grey.The camo folds under on the outer wing edges will tape off and respray the grey when I do the yellow ID wing bands.I say acrylic's are a PIA going through my Badger Renegade after the PG I ran Tamy acrylic thinner,ammonia,alcohol and two doses of turpentine.The cleaning may seem excessive but I lost one Badger a few years back after acrylics having forgot to clean it all together and came back 24hrs later lock up tighter than a drum.If I had thought about it would of soaked it in ammonia would of done the trick But that's one reason I use alot of enamels I have done that 24hr deal and it sprayed and I cleaned it.  

[Javlin]

Got the camo laid pictures show me I need to creep a little more to the yellow ID band area.I almost thought I would have to repaint the r/wing but all came out methinks I would make irregular dots all over then go back and connect them with the gun running the whole time till I felt it looked pretty much like the profile. Kevin

 

Tomorrow the yellow bands,anti-glare and the wheel wells with tomorrow night I start the future.

Edited December 21, 2020 by Javlin

[Egilman]

Nice Work Kevin!

 

You've got that mottled green technique down.... Perfect execution....

[Landlubber Mike]

Amazing work Kevin!  Very nice job, wow!

 

Can I ask - what size needle are you using in your airbrush?  I have a few kits in the stash with a mottled type of camo, and have been wondering if I need one of those micro-sized airbrushes.

[Javlin]

1 hour ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Can I ask - what size needle are you using in your airbrush?  I have a few kits in the stash with a mottled type of camo, and have been wondering if I need one of those micro-sized airbrushes.

I have my Badger Renegade set up with a fine tip up close I say 1/16" line it's my primary gun.I have two others I bought as a kit (Badgers) one gravity feed and the other siphon with medium on the gravity big areas.

[Javlin]

12 hours ago, Egilman said:

You've got that mottled green technique down.... Perfect execution....

Thks after the post I went and laid down a little more paint filled in some areas looks better to me atleast I think once the decals happen and possibly some weathering it will be close to the profile.

[Javlin]

Just about there.......

 

Edited December 22, 2020 by Javlin

[Danstream]

Great, better than before. Waiting for seeing it completed.

Greetings,

Dan.

[Canute]

Looking very good.

[mtaylor]

Look like the real deal from here, Javlin.

[Javlin]

3 hours ago, Danstream said:

Great, better than before. Waiting for seeing it completed.

Yeah Dan just kept hitting it here and there I got a an actual still shot of the side but it seems the camera/computer are at odds tonight it is an old 2004 Sony 5.1 might be time for that replacement?Memory stick kaput!!

1 hour ago, Canute said:

Looking very good.

Thks Ken going to be light years ahead of the build I showed  from maybe 30yrs ago!

1 hour ago, mtaylor said:

Look like the real deal from here,

It looking real close to the profiles Hase had the just the green blotches here and there and I have pulled that off on a KI-45 but I hand painted it and when you start to paint one of these you do it in one sitting.You see when do half of the plane and come back the next day something about your mood has changed and so does your artwork at least from my experiences. Kevin

Edited December 22, 2020 by Javlin

[Egilman]

1 hour ago, Javlin said:

You see when do half of the plane and come back the next day something about your mood has changed and so does your artwork at least from my experiences.

I agree, I did that white winter luftwaffe camo once on a captured Gloster Gladiator, you know the rlm light grey with the dark grey/black squiggly lines all over it?  Had to do it in one sitting, just something changes when you do it in two sessions, they never look the same...... or better put, they look the same but they just don't feel the same, others can tell the difference.....

 

EG...

 

Nice work...

[Javlin]

13 hours ago, Egilman said:

EG...

 

Nice work...

Thanks Sir!I have the gloss laid tonight been at it all day for the most part lights,canopy and some more touch-ups have been completed. Kevin

 

Also Egilman that's one camo I have not tackled yet.

 

PS: This one will be puckered up for a few days went out this morning to look at the decal sheet NO decals for this crate even though it's in the instructions.Hase had put an addendum decal sheet at the bottom of the box that the plane you get to build yea OK! So I ordered a whole other kit with the right decals from Sprue Brothers.

Edited December 22, 2020 by Javlin