'Kamikaze! 1/72 Nakajima B5N2 (Kate)....Okinawa.....Target:- British Carrier.

[papa 695]

Great work Ron

[spanner570]

Thanks Ian.
I'm doing a bit more to the carrier now. Then I will weather and chip the aircraft and chew over the 'Fate of Kate.'

[yak face]

Top work mate, the kate looks fantastic ( i wonder whats in store!?) whatever it is its going to be a treat, see you soon cheers tony

[grumpa]

I like very much so far

[monica]

nice work Ron,looks good,

[colin m]

Nothing wrong with this Ron, she looks great.

[Gern]

Nothing wrong with this Ron, she looks great.

Gotta disagree there Col. That cheapo WWII Japanese paint is totally useless! Look how badly it's worn and chipped!

[colin m]

Gotta disagree there Col. That cheapo WWII Japanese paint is totally useless! Look how badly it's worn and chipped!

Fair point Dave. Mind you, if you think this looks bad, I wonder what's around the corner for poor Kate ?

[spanner570]

Great posts folks....Ee, some did make me chuckle!

Right, I've started the 'destruction' process.
I've done the weathering, chipping, semi-dropped a landing wheel and generally mucked it up!

Mention Japanese aircraft and 'chipping' and it seems to mean the whole model surface has to be chipped to death and beyond. I would argue that only the leading edges and the front of the nose cowl would receive such treatment from stones and small amounts of debris, whereas the rest of the airframe would be more likely to be plain old worn paintwork and flaking.

So, right or wrong, this is the look I've tried for.....

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I wanted more of a gradual worn look, so I blobbed a bit of silver paint on the model and then gently dabbed it with my finger to try and blend it in.
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Next, holding the model vertical, I gave the whole thing a real good dose of watered down black acrylic paint and let the stuff run where it wanted to go. Leaving random patches and streaks...Luuuuverly!
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The under belly. Rough as a bear's posterior - on purpose, and fitted with a nice big bomb from my bits bag. Mounted where the torpedo should have been.
One wheel retracted, one half out (or half in!)
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All say Ah, for poor Kate!

Cheers all.....

[papa 695]

Very nice work Ron

[Guest]

Looks suitably distressed.

[Robert1968]

I'm sorry to say this Ron as your part of the staff team but this is ( bloody ) amazing stuff you have created and the weathering is a brilliant outcome.
Really is looking good

Regards

Robert

[monica]

very nice Ron,do like that,

[spanner570]

Thanks everyone. It was fun dabbing the paint around with my fingers, like being back in Primary
School!

Ron

[Ian M]

Looking great Ron.
I dont think that the problem with Jap planes is that people weather the S#¤t out of them, the problem it the paint the Japanese used to paint them with was just no good. It was, correct me if I am wrong, more a lacquer than it was a paint and I believe it was sprayed directly onto the aluminium. Was it done to save time, money and most probable weight? No idea. It just fell off quicker than the could say Banziiiiiiiiiiiiii.