Mitsubishi Ka-14 "The wind rises" fine molds 1/48

[Guest]

Busy busy busy with new baby etc... Have tried to check on here as much as possible but it's not been easy. Hope everyone had a great Christmas.


I have managed to work on the engine and I did get about 4 lots of sanding and priming done on the fuselage after the odd scratch from scribing panel Lines. Hopefully finish this in the next couple of weeks.


Engine was finished in alclad airframe aluminium and aluminium with tamiya grey and green mix. The exhaust manifold is painted using the alclad rust system with some citadel typhus corrosion but I do think I'll add a touch of alclad orange back on top as typhus killed the look a little but added nice texture.


[GALLERY=media, 8627]20151230_165922 by dougie posted Dec 30, 2015 at 5:11 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 8626]20151230_170136 by dougie posted Dec 30, 2015 at 5:11 PM[/GALLERY]

[Guest]

Very nice work on this kit so far.

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Dougie, that engine is the bee's knees

[Guest]

Thanks guys, first aircraft, engine looks pretty good, I tried to sand the mould lines on the side of the cylinder blocks and cut the cooling fan recesses out where they hadn't been from the moulding.


I did read that the engines had a painted coating on them due to using a special alloy that corroded easily but no info on the colour. Also the shaped cone piece is the colour they say to paint the fuselage but in doing the whole plane white I think so I may change that.

[Guest]

Temp fitting of engine, got the exhaust tips to fit, tyres to re paint some probes and a couple of small touch ups to finish.


[GALLERY=media, 8630]20160110_213440 by dougie posted Jan 10, 2016 at 9:49 PM[/GALLERY]

[Guest]

Unfortunately the bird is no more. Wandering hands smashed the engine and lost the tail so unless I buy another, which is unlikely given my current stash it's a sad end to the thread. No one is owning up in the house either!


I am pretty annoyed as I was going to finish it this week but if I look on the positive side of things I again have a lot of learning to take away from this kit. Including better stowage of part builds!


Sorry for the let down!

[yak face]

Thats a real shame Dougie , it was looking fantastic . Its not a complete loss though as your build has shown a lot of people what Fine Molds stuff is like and also introduced a lot of us to an aircraft weve never seen before, cheers tony

[Guest]

Thats a real shame Dougie , it was looking fantastic . Its not a complete loss though as your build has shown a lot of people what Fine Molds stuff is like and also introduced a lot of us to an aircraft weve never seen before, cheers tony

Cheers man, Appreciate the sentiment. I'm really gutted though. I spent a lot of time and money on it with paint etc...

[bazers]

Looking good Doug.

[flyjoe180]

That really is a shame Dougie. I was enjoying watching the build; it's a really nice looking and historical aeroplane. You'll have to keep an eye out for a replacement kit, I'd like to see you build this in the future.

[colin m]

I've just read this thread from the start and was really looking forward to the end - then disaster.


Well, it was looking really good up to the end. It might have been your first plane in years, but you certainly haven't forgotten how to build. Looking forward to the next one.

[Guest]

That really is a shame Dougie. I was enjoying watching the build; it's a really nice looking and historical aeroplane. You'll have to keep an eye out for a replacement kit, I'd like to see you build this in the future.

Thanks, I think I will as I love the film and still want to have one on display. Maybe sometime next year I will get on it. They are not expensive but I don't know how long they will make them. I'll put money in the tail turning up later

[Guest]

I've just read this thread from the start and was really looking forward to the end - then disaster.
Well, it was looking really good up to the end. It might have been your first plane in years, but you certainly haven't forgotten how to build. Looking forward to the next one.

Cheers mate, I think the next anything is a tamiya 1/24 Renault 5 turbo. Something to display on a garage forecourt that s friend and I are making for show displays.

[colin m]

Cheers mate, I think the next anything is a tamiya 1/24 Renault 5 turbo. Something to display on a garage forecourt that s friend and I are making for show displays.

A Renault 5 turbo. Now there's a car I had forgotten all about. I'll look forward to that build.

[Guest]

A Renault 5 turbo. Now there's a car I had forgotten all about. I'll look forward to that build.

I see you have a nice profile pic, is that yours or a dream car? I'm Looking forward to the new belkits escort as well