Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony" by ccoyle - Halinski/Kartonowy Arsenal - 1/33 - CARD

[ccoyle]

Last one for tonight -- control stick has been added.

 

[ccoyle]

Next bits. For reasons which I will not rehash here, I tend not to include internal framing on my canopy glazing, but for this model I will. Like the Curtiss P-40, the Ki-61 has glazing behind the pilot, and it also has two small glazed panels at the bottom edges of the windscreen. The internal framing provides additional substructure for gluing down the faux glass cut from an overhead transparency sheet. The frames are painted silver on their reverse sides just in case any should be partially visible once the exterior skins go on. You have to squint hard to see that the glazing is finished in this image, but it's there!

 

 

Believe it or not, I can FINALLY start work on the cockpit walls now, hooray! 

[yvesvidal]

Fantastic work on the glazing. I do not see any traces of glue on them... 🙂

 

Yves

[ccoyle]

55 minutes ago, yvesvidal said:

I do not see any traces of glue on them... 🙂

 

Because I wisely chose to show the starboard side!

[ccoyle]

I stumbled across this old photo of mine, for folks that lamented the dearth of VVS aircraft among my builds. This is a Yak-3 built from an Orlik kit. Photo taken with one of our very first, if not the first, digital cameras we ever owned.  

 

[ccoyle]

Brief update -- or rather "lack of update." Have just hit a little patch of low modeling mojo, hence the lack of progress. So, not a complete halt -- just a pause. Further updates to come, eventually!

[amateur]

continuing without fun isn’t any good.

We will patiently wait.

 

Jan

[ccoyle]

Remember the old adage about treating every sub-assembly as a separate model? Takes time, but it works. Here's a bank of setting levers. What do they control? No idea. 😂

 

 

Merry Christmas to all of you merry model makers!! 

 

[Keith Black]

 Thank you, Chris and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours.

Edited Wednesday at 11:42 PM by Keith Black

[GrandpaPhil]

Merry Christmas!

[amateur]

Hi Chris,

 

Merry Christmas to you, and a happy 2026!

 

Jan

[Canute]

Merry Christmas to one and all. And best wishes for the new year!

[Geordie Tyne]

Merry Christmas!
 

Regards

 

[Dave_E]

Merry Christmas Everyone! 🎄

 

Dave

[Keith Black]

 

11 minutes ago, Dave_E said:

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Dave. 

[ccoyle]

Here are the remaining port-side cockpit parts. Fun, eh?

 

 

And here is half of the port side completed. 

 

 

Onward!

[ccoyle]

😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

 

 

[Geordie Tyne]

That is some intricate work. Very nicely done.

 

Regards.

[amateur]

Your knife works at far higher tolerances than mine

Jan

[Dave_E]

Respectfully….. INSANE! 😆

[Landlubber Mike]

Great work as always Chris.  It's so hard to believe this is in card and not plastic or resin!

[Keith Black]

 I can see doing the fiddle part of bending and rolling and getting a sub assemblies made and ready to attach to the main assembly but hitting the exact mark necessary for alignment with parts that small is a bit mind boggling. Chris has to have either a very steady hand or a very good rest.  

[ccoyle]

Big milestone today! Take a good look, because it's now time to zip up the cockpit.

 

 

 

 

 

At long last we can work on something different for a change! The forward fuselage framing is next.

 

Cheers!

[Danny_CZ]

On 12/24/2025 at 11:04 PM, ccoyle said:

What do they control?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Very cool what you can do with paper!
If you still wanna know what the levers do, here you go:

From left to right, they are
 - emergency hydraulic pressure (not sure myself what this is)
 - flaps
 - fuselage gun loading (maybe safety)
 - radiators control
 - landing gear safety (this is the small black plate between the slot of red and blue tipper lever, it should be metal casing with a slider with a notch to lock  the landing gear lever (rightmost lever on your model) and have a very short purple tipped lever)
 - landing gear

So landing gear one should be down, guns down, radiator and flaps depending on your modifications, but would be closed when parked and no clue about the hydraulic presure, but would guess up as well.

- source: Maru Mechanic - Mechanism of Military Aircraft 2 - Type 3 Hien & Type 5 Army Fighter - Type 99 Light Bomber

Danny