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Guy Rump
Another Japanese WW2 aircraft for my stable. 🙂

Nicolas
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Guy Rump
Made a start on the Ki-46. The interior main colour is Ammo-Mig Interior Mitsubishi. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas, pull up a stool. 🙂 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Sukhoi 242. 👍

Jan Voorbij
Nice!

Guy Rump
Today I put the wings together and sprayed the parts which will be the undercarriage with Ammo Mig Mitsubishi interior green.

Thanks Jan! 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Patryk S. 👍

Guy Rump
Fuselage together and undercarriage area added to wings. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Pietro DA, Villiers DV & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Fuselage joined to wings and tail plane added. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Matti T, Vincent, scaleffect & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Engines now on. Engine covers and masking of canopy next. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes J35J, Mojo DV & Franck D. 👍

Guy Rump
Cockpit masked and attached. Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo IJA Grey Green added to the underside. 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo IJA Dark Green added to the top side of the fuselage and wings. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Franck G. 👍

Guy Rump
Gloss varnish applied and Decals added. Wash applied to panels to weather the aircraft. 🙂

Lost_Erik
Right on! 👍

Guy Rump
And finally complete! Thanks mates for your comments & likes. 👍

Many thanks Lost_Erik for your kind comment, I appreciate it greatlt. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes William J, Lost Erik, Dave F & NordMito. 👍

Nicolas
Good looking result guy.

Jan Voorbij
Very well done! Congratulations with this result.

Guy Rump
Many thanks Nicolas & Jan for your kind comments, I really appreciate them. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Jocaj, SM, Sasa, Cuajete, Nicolas, Tony T & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Robert P, komoras, Andrew O, Bernd G & Harald B. 👍

Transall NG
Hello Guy,
You may try fishing wire "UNI-Caenis 20 Den Black" for your next antennas wire : it is like spandex, has some elasticity, and doesn't need to be stretched so mast doesn't bend.
It is also very convincing for 1/72 : i can't see it if i don't wear my glasses...
Fine work !

Guy Rump
Hi Transall NG, many thanks for your kind comment and tip for an improved method for antenna wire, I'll definitely be giving it a go in the near future! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Mona, Modelman, Mr D, Transall NG & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like phobos _101. 👍

Guy Rump
The next one of my projects will be the RAAF Boomerang by Special Hobby, a mix of plastic and resin. 🙂

Sergej I
Interesting and unusual topic 🙂 👍

Guy Rump
Made a start on the Boomerang, the cockpit is a fair number of pieces. The internal main colour is Vallejo BS Interior Green. 🙂

Welcome along Sergej, hopefully it will go together in a decent fashion! . 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Sergej I & Matti T. 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Following! I have just added it to my stash, and I also noticed that the cockpit is made by a lot of pieces!!!!!

Nicolas
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Djordje Nikolic
Me too!

Guy Rump
After quite a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, I managed to get the cockpit in and the fuselage together. Wings went together ok. 🙂

Welcome Moreno, Nicolas & Djordje! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Bernd G, Moreno B, Daniel K, Sukhoi242 & Derek B. 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Looking good Guy! I kinda like the stubby purposeful shape of a Boomerang.

Guy Rump
Wings were added to the fuselage. Filler added to several parts but not too much. 🙂

Thanks for your kind comment Patrick, it was definitely a strange shape for its time! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Neil & Franck D. 👍

Guy Rump
Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Pietro DA, Villiers DV & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
USAF green and insignia white added. (Vallejo Model Air). 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Duster_d, scaleffect & Patryk S. 👍

Edward MacKenzie
I have this kit in my stash... following!

Guy Rump
Decals added. A couple of issues but hopefully OK. 🙂

Welcome along Edward! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Edward M, Sebastien C, Neil P & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Now completed, this Boomerang flew with 4 Sqn RAAF at New Guinea in Jan 1945. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Rudy P, J35J, Lost_Erik & 1 other mate. 👍

Duster_d
Well done! I even wanted to order the same one!

Nicolas
Very nice result Guy. 👍

Edward MacKenzie
Congrats mate! This Boomerang looks very good! 👏👍

Moreno Baruffini
I totally agree with the above!!!!

Guy Rump
Many thanks Duster_d, Nicolas, Edward & Moreno for very kind comments. I greatly appreciate them. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Andrew B, Franck G, Nicolas, Lukasz G, Robert P & 1 other mate. 👍
1 other

J35J
Another great build Guy! Congrats👍🏻
I'm impressed of your production rate of builds.

Derek Buckmaster
Nice work Guy! I have several of these in my stash, so I always like to see what others can do with it... yours looks very nice, well done!

Guy Rump
Thank you for your very kind comments J35J & Derek, I greatly appreciate them. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Roy S, walaroo & Neil P. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Dom S. 👍

Guy Rump
many thanks mate for your interest and like Mirko R. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Roy S & Noel B. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Finn. 👍

Dave Flitton
Excellent work. How was the build?

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your kind comment Dave. The build was really good except for trying to fit the cockpit into the fuselage which was quite difficult. Definitely recommended. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Michael K. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like NordMito. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like phobos _101. 👍

Guy Rump
I forgot to put this in the ideas so it is starting "in progress".

Made a start with the cockpit and some weight in the nose, hopefully it's enough. 🙂

Nicolas
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Villiers de Vos
This will not be a tail sitter! Also booking my seat.

Guy Rump
Fuselage together, undercarriage fitted and aircrew added. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas & Villiers, thanks for your interest. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes NordMito, Matti T, Villiers DV & J35J. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat.

Bernd Grün
Promising start, Guy. 👌 Looking for the final result.

Guy Rump
Wings and tail plane added. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by Robert & Bernd, as always, you're both very welcome. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Robert P, scaleffect & Bernd G. 👍

Guy Rump
The Gnat had the canopy added, masked and then primer applied (light grey). I have painted the yellow with 3 coats of Vallejo Model Air Medium yellow and 2 coats of Hataka BS Golden Yellow. Next will be the tail. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Sukhoi242. 👍

Guy Rump
Tail now painted black with yellow. 🙂

Florian H.
Da schau ich mal zu

Dave Flitton
Massive! where are you going to put it?

BAT21
Right next to my Mi-22 😉

Yellow 23 | Album by BAT21 (1:72)

Alec K
Another monster! I am in 👍

Nicolas
Ich nehm mir auch mal nen Stuhl.

BAT21
Welcome on board.

Thomas Kolb
Cool! This I just need to follow!

Robert Podkoński
Me too!

BAT21
I'm glad you're part of this project.

Robert Podkoński
I have uploaded a few photos of Polish Mi-6 before and after restoration here:
Once there was a collection | Album by podkon ; and here:
Polish Air Force Museum - Dęblin | Album by podkon. Perhaps you will find them useful.

BAT21
👍

Ekki
Watching.

Michael Kohl
BAT21 builds a chopper? Not without me!

BAT21
Thank you very much for your interest.

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Can't wait to see it finish !

Florian H.
Sehr schön, Gratulation zu diesem Ergebnis 👍

BAT21
Danke Florian.

Bernd Grün
Promising start. 👍🏻 Following with interest!

BAT21
It's nice that the audience seats are filling up.

Alec K
Solid progress 👍

Alexander Grivonev
Habe den Kit seit Jahren im Besitz, traue mich aber nicht ran. Was für ein Monster👍

BAT21
Wer bei der Tu 128 von Trumpeter alle Fehler in Perfektion beseitigt hat, muss sich nicht vor der Mi-6 fürchten.
Etwas Spachtelmasse und Schleifpapier bereitlegen... und schon kann es losgehen 😉

Alexander Grivonev
Ja das war wirklich eine Baustelle das Ding. Aber trotz des Ehrgeizes der Chinesen, dem Modellbauer auch den letzten Nerv zu rauben, sieht mir Amodel so auf den ersten Blick nach mehr Arbeit aus...

Gergő Takács
Wow! Very cool Project! I will take a seat! 🙂

Pierre Pierre
Following

BAT21
Feel welcome mates.

Michael Kohl
Starts to look like a Mil Mi-6? Well, then it's time to charge the teaser to a picture of your model. 😉

Juergen Klinglhuber
Joining in late, but sure worth it. Clean built on this "filling the gaps" giant. 👍

Treehugger
Q: The tiny "brass" colored tubes for the wiring on the main rotor head, are those bits of cut up syringe tips?

BAT21
For these parts I cut 0.5mm brass tubes from Albion Alloys.

Spanjaard
rotor head is truly impressive

Alec K
I agree, pimped to the hilt 👍

Casey Beckett
Recently discovered Albion Alloys here - lovely stuff!

BAT21
Many thanks guys, much appreciated.

CaptGPF
That rotor work is sick!
…but so is the PE cockpit work at this scale! Watching!

Alec K
Excellent progress 👍

Łukasz Gliński
On the pic #35 it looks professional, not provisional 😉

Florian H.
Sehr schönes farbspiel

BAT21
Many thanks 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Yes it is time 👍 Brilliant shading btw

Michael Kohl
Great finish

Erik
"So what do you think? Time to remove the masks from the windows?"
Yes! 👍 😉

BAT21
Thank you mates.
The self-cut masks on the side windows revealed a catastrophic picture after removal: something sticky remained on the windows... the hoped-for cover was also rather poor, the paint got under the masks at the edges. 🤬

Now I'll make a calming coffee and then try to repair it.

Alec K
Damn, that sucks. I had same experience on several builds, nothing some scraping and reapplication of Future can't fix.

Thomas Kolb
That's unfortunate, but maybe you can remove the tape residue with some IPA alcohol and cotton buds?

BAT21
I scraped everything off with a toothpick, more or less. Not the best result, but the model was able to avoid being thrown away.

Mr D
Very nicely done, great panel shading 👌 Brilliant 👍👍👍

Mr D
Nicely done 👍 Great panel shading 👌, Brilliant 👍👍

Guy Rump
A very good result, you wouldn't realise the issues you had. 👍

Spanjaard
seems you recovered pretty well from the problem, congratulations great result

Ekki
Very, very good chopper!
Well done.

Nicolas
Great result. 👍

BAT21
Thanks mates, much appreciated

Rui S
Excellent as always 👍

BAT21
With the attachment of the last parts and the assembly of the antenna forest, the helicopter is finished and the project is complete.

Thanks to everyone who has been part of this strenuous journey... and now have fun with the final pictures.

Łukasz Gliński
Respect for the antennas. It looks great in the taiga 👍

Spanjaard
congrats on a great model

Neuling
Top work and photos!

Ronan
Very nice, congrats 👍

BAT21
Many thanks for your nice words mates - much appreciated.

Finn
Fantastic, congrats!

Zbynek Honzik
Beautiful! I like it very much! 👏👏👏

Guy Rump
Another to add to my RAF post war collection. 🙂

Nicolas
Watching

Guy Rump
Made a start on this kit with the cockpit which is quite basic to say the least, part of the reason I put the pilot and navigator in. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas, pull up a seat. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Freak, Andrew B, Istvan S, Villiers DV, J35J, Andre K, Juskifo, Tommy A, NordMito & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Added cockpit to the upper fuselage. Lower parts of the tail added to the lower fuselage. Wings and folding mechanism added to lower fuselage. Weight added to the lower part of the nose. I wasn't certain how much to add as there is no indication in the instructions. 🙂

Guy Rump
Fuselage now together and bits of filler here and there. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Matti T. 👍

Guy Rump
Just the jet engine intakes added this week as have been away. On the right hand side I had to cut and sand as there was a big extra part of moulding plastic in the way. 🙂

Guy Rump
Canopy masked and fixed. Primer added. 🙂

Carlo
Lovely work, well done. Good to see how the Black dog folded wings work for future reference when I get around to my Aussie Navy S-2 conversion

Palo M
Beautiful.

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, fabulous 👍

Christian Bruer
Bravo-Zulu 👍

Dietmar Bogatzki
Awesome 👍

Neuling
Top work indeed!

Finn
Fantastic work