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  • saguy
    SMF Supporters
    • Feb 2011
    • 570

    #1

    Nakajima night fighter .. Gekko Type ii

    just completed this ...... strangely i have common issues with builds and they are .. under carriage and canopies. I hand paint the canopy then studiously use a tooth pick to clean up. The masking of them is just totally beyond me. Undercarriage .. just never seems to look right (bow legged, knock knee'ed or bandy legged ....) .... otherwise i just need to take a bit more care ... sometimes i rush certain aspects and this becomes evident in the photo's. pretty sure the 2nd crewman would have to duck if they fired the 2 machine guys :smiling3:.... Otherwise ... job done and it looks pretty cool .... when i was reviewing the pics i did notice something on the aircraft that shud not be there. I left the pics as is and have since removed it ............ .. a simple doff of the cap to anyone who notices it

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  • spanner570
    SMF Supporters
    • May 2009
    • 15418

    #2
    Lindsey, nice build and suitably well worn. I have the same problem with canopy masking - I can't!

    A bit of wire or something similar on the starboard prop.?

    Cheers.
    Ron

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    • saguy
      SMF Supporters
      • Feb 2011
      • 570

      #3
      Originally posted by spanner570
      Lindsey, nice build and suitably well worn. I have the same problem with canopy masking - I can't!

      A bit of wire or something similar on the starboard prop.?

      Cheers.
      Ron
      Howsit ron ... Yip ... It is actually one of the machine guns .. I was using tweezers to place it and it shot off ... Now i know to where ....

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      • stillp
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        • Nov 2016
        • 8094
        • Pete
        • Rugby

        #4
        Very nice model Lindsey.
        Pete

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        • Tim Marlow
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          • Apr 2018
          • 18908
          • Tim
          • Somerset UK

          #5
          Good job on this. Looks like the Japanese could have done with more effective paint :thumb2:
          Good that we won the championship this year as well....probably struggle next year though!

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          • saguy
            SMF Supporters
            • Feb 2011
            • 570

            #6
            Originally posted by Tim Marlow
            Good job on this. Looks like the Japanese could have done with more effective paint :thumb2:
            Good that we won the championship this year as well....probably struggle next year though!
            Ty .. We start off with a nice str8 forward game ... Off to play some team called liverpool ..lol.

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            • colin m
              Moderator
              • Dec 2008
              • 8755
              • Colin
              • Stafford, UK

              #7
              Nice job. Canopies - I can mask them, but always find dust on the inside when I remove the masks !

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              • flyjoe180
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                • Jan 2012
                • 12407
                • Joe
                • Earth

                #8
                Lovely job Lindsey, a war-weary look has been achieved.

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