Andy T's 1/72 Tamiya Ki-61 "Tony"

[davecov]

Nice work. It looks like a lovely kit.

Dave

[Andy T]

Thanks Dave, Pete, Andrew and George :tongue-out3:

Had to get the little brushes out for this one!

[papa 695]

Some very nice work Andy, great work with the cockpit.

[Jim R]

Typical Tamiya by the look of it. Decent detail and a great fit. That cockpit is stunning, especially for 1/72. I reckon freehand brush painted camo will be just right for this. As you say it was field applied so not really neat or to a standard pattern.

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Your off to a great start, I will follow along.

[Andy T]

Thanks Ian, Jim & Paul :thumb2:

As you say it was field applied so not really neat or to a standard pattern.

I'm sure I can replicate the not really neat part :smiling5:

[Andy T]

Wings are on.

It took a little bit of persuasion to get the gaps tight but was worth it.





I've now started masking the canopy so I should have more updates in a couple of days :smiling5:

[yak face]

Great start Andy , looks a beautiful kit ( btw , thanks for potentially increasing my stash - i’m going to have to get this one!) looking forward to the camo, however you decide to tackle it , cheers tony

[Andy T]

Thanks Tony. It's a really nice kit and I'm not messing it up too much given how long it's been since I did something like this.

After (kinda) masking the canopy it was time for some primer. This went in the dryer for a bit whilst I painted my Challenger.



The onto the metal finish. I started out with some automotive paint (Land Rover Zambezi Silver) but got a bit cocky and it started to attack the plastic a little :anguished: A quick rethink and I found some mr color silver to put on instead. It received a few coats of that, buffed in-between with a new microfiber cloth. You can still see some slight funkyness in certain areas but the camo pattern should, erm, camouflage that.

Hard to get a decent picture so I've tried a few different lighting set ups, as well as natural light in a window sill.








Hopefully after drying overnight it should be sturdy enough to stand up to all the masking that is to come.

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Looking very good indeed wish I had your air brush skills.

[Mickc1440]

Lovely work mate, that cockpit is superb

[The Smythe Meister]

Yep, that's looking excellent ,
Looking forward to seeing you take on the "Squiggly" camo.... because I'm going to attempt that on my "Nick" also!!:thumb2:

[papa 695]

Looking very nice

[Andy T]

Thanks guys :smiling4:

Andy,
Looking very good indeed wish I had your air brush skills.

After seeing your finished Bishop I was thinking the other way around!

Yep, that's looking excellent ,
Looking forward to seeing you take on the "Squiggly" camo.... because I'm going to attempt that on my "Nick" also!!:thumb2:

I've been practicing to try and get my eye in with the airbrush but still not fully confident I can pull it off so may brush it. Doesn't help that I've bent a 3rd needle in quick succession on my "detail" one! It must be super delicate as I've had other AB's for years without dinking them.

This is where I got up to with the PS-270. Getting close but still not nailed it.

[The Smythe Meister]

This is where I got up to with the PS-270. Getting close but still not nailed it.

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....Oh I don't know about that Andy...
.... That looks pretty damned good to me!!