1/48 Otaki KI 43 Hayabusa 'Oscar'

[Guest]

What a fantastic finish

How did you do the chipping Trey? Hairspray? Salt? It's extremely effective

[Guest]

Trey, you've got paint chipping down to an art, mate.

Another lovely Japanese bird rolls out of the hanger.

It'll be perfect when your new canopy's fitted.

[yak face]

Perfect paint job trey, absolutely faultless. Shame about the canopy, cheers tony

[Dave W]

Another superb build Trey.You've inspired me to have a go at the salt chipping.Just been out and bought a Zero.

[papa 695]

Hi Tray regarding the salt chipping what salt do you use will table salt work or is it the cracked sea salt

[Ian M]

You can use either. The fine table salt is good for the small scales, and the sea salt is good for any scales, just smack it up a bit finer for small models. The good thing with the sea salt is that the grains are irregular in size and shape which adds to the effect.

Good luck and dont forget to reduce the air pressure a bit if you air brush, or you will as I did the first time I tried, blow all the salt off! :laughing:

Ian M

[Guest]

Thanks for the great comments everyone! Ian is spot on about the salt and just for the record I use a mix of kosher and sea salts. Glad to see that its getting up some intrest ca'nt wait to see some others take on it!

[Guest]

I finally got the canopy in the post today and finished up the Busa,I'll get some better pics tomorrow weather permitting.

[Guest]

I like the paint scheme of the model.Looking good, congratulations.

[papa 695]

Another great job Trey well done 5 from me

[Vaughan]

That's great Trey. Are we any closer to your project?

Vaughan