Nakajima Ki-84 "Hayate"

James C
Finally got around to making a start on the paint work.
Taking a little longer to dry due to the cooler temperatures at present, so hope to spray the dark green on the upper surfaces tomorrow.

Mark Sherwood
Built this, nice kit. I'm in.

James C
Thanks Mark 🙂

I have since sprayed the green onto the upper surfaces, installed the landing gear and sealed the paintwork under a coat of Tamiya X-22 clear gloss.
Once it has properly cured, I will make a start on the decals.

Guillaume Blanchet
Looking great! Does this kits have raise or recess panels lines?

Guy Rump
Looking good James. 👍

James C
Thanks guys 🙂

@ Guillaume - The wings, engine cowling and forward fuselage are all engraved, but it has raised panel lines on the rear fuselage.
Decals are very old and thick which chipped laying down over the aileron hinges.

Guillaume Blanchet
Tkanks for the informations. I migth get myself one of these cheap kit one day.

John
@ Guillaume I second James' recommendation. The detail in the cockpit is...minimal shall we say, but if you build it with closed canopy, it won't make much difference unless you are one of the "at least I know it is there" detailers. 😉

It's a good, cheap kit that is fun to practice techniques on but it could use some better decals like James says, or you can just paint the markings and use the smaller kit decals.

Guillaume Blanchet
Nice to know. I did build the cheap Tamiya Zero kit a while a goes. I used the raised panels line to guide me wile I engraved them with my tool. It was a long process and the result was ok. I'm looking of a new challenge, I'll know where to look 😉 .