Mitsubishi Ka 14

I will have to relly on the pictures as I have no skills in japanese language... 

Not too many parts, that´s what you get from them 

Starting with the basics: cockpit and interior fuselage 

cockpit parts done, I used eduard Fabrick seatbelts, But I´m not impressed, they are super easy to use but I prefere the photoetch ones, look better, this one looks like one sticker 

And here is the cockpit all done 

So tinny and so well done, very impressed Fine Molds! 

I wanted to do this one out of the box but I couldn´t resist to cover it in rivets, all done freehand so the lines are not perfect... but I didn´t want to spend too much time 

here is the basic assemble done, and engine is in advanced stage 

Looking good so far, I used Stynylrez for primer, tamiya X-1 for the black and Vallejo metallics, I used wires on the engine to simulate spark plug cables 

another modification, actualy described in the magazine is to cut off the navigation lights and replace it for transparent piece of sprue 

good for primer, all masked up, the gaps was filled with mr surfacer and cleaned in the area to avoid sanding. 

navigation lights done and masked with maskol for the priming and painting 

light on the tail was done as well 

all primed up with tamiya spray primer 

after the aluminium base color, some postshading with dark aluminium and pale aluminium 

looking good so far, I intend to use 2 figures in the end, close to the airplane 

it is going to be greate! 

I´m very happy with the color, but be awere of the dull aluminium as it never seems to dry, what is a shame as it is one wonderfull shade, far from being dull as it´s name sujests.  

I want to have the Hinomaru marks with the same red of tha tail, the decal ones look too dark and I have to color to match that, so I decided to mask and spray it, as you can see, I´m afraid of overspray! 🙂 

I had a hard time cutting this tiny circles, I´m not sure if I made the right choice, now it is that moment that you pray to all gods to not have messed everithing up! :the unmasking! 

well, not too bad, need some retoutches, the navigation lights looking good, here we can compare the red from my painting with the ones in the decal 

Wash done, that moment; "OMG what I have done?"  

cleaned up and completed!the wash broke up the monotony of the model nicely 

I still have to paint the figures but the model is ready, bery happy with the result 

That was my first time with Natural Metal Finish, I have not used clear coat 

the Aluminium from Vallejo is not the best but is very nice, the good thing is , it dries quickly and you can mask and hold with no problems at all, but the dull aluminium is very fragile 

i used a bit of gunze buffables metalizers to drybrush the model to make it shine a bit more 

I will be doing some better pictures as soon as the figures are painted 

and with this accident my planes fell from the stairs almost 3 m high because my wife guive my models to my daughter hold going downstairs... 

my heart is broken, I don´t know if I can repair this models to the previus standart, maybe the ka-14 but the rafalle will be a real challenge, I´m feeling really sad and thinking in live the hobby for good... 🙁