Nakajima Ki84 IA Hayate, Allied Codename: Frank
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21 8 April 2023, 13:24
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Fun little kit. You might be able to get away with the smaller decals. Mine were from 1972 and they worked, though I painted the insignia and only used the numbers.
9 April 2023, 03:19
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Good idea! To paint the insignias is also an idea. Although over 30 years old, the fit is almost perfect. Only less grinding work, no putty needed for the wings.
10 April 2023, 21:51
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The cockpit is really bad. The seat is really good scratched, until I made the holes in the back … too big, not in a row… there I have much to learn. But as I want to mount the canopy closed, there is nothing much visible from the Cockpit 😶🌫️
17 April 2023, 21:40
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Yes the cockpit detail is...minimal. But as you say, with the canopy closed (or the pilot in place) you can't see a whole lot because it is quite small. A better gunsight might be a good idea since it is very visible.
17 April 2023, 21:59
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Black primer glossy set. The "putty work" at the wings could be better. Thinking about to correct it.
26 April 2023, 11:32
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On the black primer 3 layers mate Aluminium, then two layers glossy coat, three Layer AK heavy chipping fluid, preshading and weathering dots. Takes me wonder how it looks like at the end.
28 April 2023, 21:19
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Almost finished! Build in a fever dream… only canopy must be painted and mounted and position light set.
How to paiint: first primer -> Aluminum -> glossy finish -> chipping fluid -> color -> chipping -> glossy finish -> decals -> first washing -> glossy finish -> second washing -> drybrush -> filter -> finish
25 May 2023, 19:41
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✅ Now completed. The Kit is great. Positive: significant progress with the canopy. The paint is really good. 😶: The chipping must be better orchestrated. Although the machine is very used, it looks on some parts a little too much. The photos I must make again I think.
4 June 2023, 19:52
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Chipping is to taste if you are not trying to model a specific moment in time. The effect is quite good/special. 👍
Maybe the commanding officer has a relaxed approach to marking integrity, or their paint order is behind.
5 June 2023, 00:08
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The background is, I read some articles about the Franks which were used a long time in the war. And they were looking really bad, because on lack of maintenance, bad quality of color they used for the paint, etc. The longer the war was going on, the more significant were this lacks. They have also to fly much more missions as they were constructed for. Same the pilots. I saw photos on which less color was on the plane than on my model.
The modell is a torch for the situation of Japan at the end of the war, exhausted, burned out and closed. War is lost, but fighting further, pointless and unnecessary.
5 June 2023, 08:41
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As I read now, the hinomarus, red circles never were chipped. They always repainted them immediately when chippings started. This I must adjust.
5 June 2023, 20:56
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Finished! The hinomarus are adjusted now. You can see this best on the upper right one.
11 June 2023, 19:00