Geoffers Airfix 1/72 NakajimaB5N2 “Kate” (Club Edition)

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely! I really need to finish mine!

[Geoffers]

Hey hey.. Geoffers is back!!
No need to apologise mate,it happens to all of us:thumb2:,
Looking very nice there ... shame about the crack in the canopy bit, nevermind though, I'm sure it'll all be fine

Glad the mojo is on the up. Painting looks good. Shame about the marks on the canopy. If it's not actually a crack it might sand/ polish out. Open canopies look good anyway.

Coming on nicely! I really need to finish mine!

Cheers Andy, Jim and Andrew :thumb2:

Fortunately there are x3 canopy options included so not a disaster :smiling4:

Geoff.

[Geoffers]

Quick up date,

I’m hsvto get a bit of a wiggle on to get it finished but so far so good.

The seam’s that revealed themselves after the upper coat of paint have been filled and sanded and another top coat added.



I’m quite pleased with the finish but it will be covered up soon with the all over white coat. I’m going to try and leave a hint of the original colour showing through as I’m pretty sure the white finish would have been quite rudimentary.

Canopy is also nearly masked so that will be painted up soon too.

Another update soon, thanks for looking :thumb2:

Geoff.

[Geoffers]

A bit more progress today.

Construction completed apart from the smaller parts which will be left off until the end.

Canopy masked and cemented into place and the engine and cowls have been added.




Paints not very tidy on the underside but it will been over painted with white so I’m not overly bothered.



I’m going to leave it overnight to settle then all being well it will be given it’s final top coat tomorrow :smiling4:

Thanks for looking :thumb2:

Geoff.

[rtfoe]

Late to the party as usual for me Geoff...apologies. But good thing there was a mojo stall that let me catch up.
Interesting on the surrender markings. Also the progress and cockpit look great. Bought the Pearl Harbour version of the kit 7 years ago and kicking myself for not starting on it. Have to bump it up on my list after seeing your build.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Geoffers]

Late to the party as usual for me Geoff...apologies. But good thing there was a mojo stall that let me catch up.
Interesting on the surrender markings. Also the progress and cockpit look great. Bought the Pearl Harbour version of the kit 7 years ago and kicking myself for not starting on it. Have to bump it up on my list after seeing your build.

Cheers,
Wabble

Thanks Richard :thumb2:

Geoff.

[Geoffers]

Phew, finished at last :smiling6:

Thanks to Andy for running the GB.

Not my best work but I’m pleased to get it done before the end date.

After the last update it was given an all over coat of Vallejo Model Air 71.279 Insignia White which I really struggled to get this down well, it didn’t flow well at all and I’m toying with the idea of changing from acrylic paints. after all the frustration :confounded:

The canopy is a bit messy too, so overall I’m a bit disappointed with the finish. The kit itself though is very good, builds nicely and has a lot of detail, well done Airfix.

Once dry it had the few transfers added. (thankfully no stencils :smiling4 before I finished it off with a matt coat.

It’s had minimal weathering as I thought they were freshly painted then hardly used after the surrender process. I used oil paints to add a bit of interest.






I’ll post some more pics on the completed aircraft section soon.

Thanks for looking and the encouragement during the build :thumb2:

Geoff.

[The Smythe Meister]

Hi Geoff,
Firstly, thanks to you for joining in on this GB :thumb2:.
I think that's turned out very nicely indeed mate,an unusual scheme which adds that extra "something" to the gallery of completed aircraft that have graced this team effort ,
I look forward to seeing more pics in the "completed" section :hugging-face:.

[scottie3158]

Geoff,
That's a great result and very unusual with those markings.

[Geoffers]

Hi Geoff,
Firstly, thanks to you for joining in on this GB :thumb2:.
I think that's turned out very nicely indeed mate,an unusual scheme which adds that extra "something" to the gallery of completed aircraft that have graced this team effort ,
I look forward to seeing more pics in the "completed" section :hugging-face:.

Thanks Andy, glad it looks ok in the pics. It certainly looks different in the cabinet :smiling5:

Geoff,
That's a great result and very unusual with those markings.

Cheers Scottie, yes they are unusual and something I’d never come across before :thumb2:

Geoff.

[Mickc1440]

Nice finish