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Kawasaki KI-61 Tony (Swallow )

Thank you everyone for looking in . It's been a fun couple of days .

The wheel wells are painted and the airplane ( as has become my habit :pinch: ) has been painted twice :facepalm

I wound up mixing some Vallejo and AK paint to resemble a paint chip posted in aviation of Japan.

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Anyhow , I like it better :)

Hope you enjoy the brief show . It's stll drying . Cheers, Christian B)
 
Very nice Chris. I wish I could paint like this. Watching the rest of the build with interest.
James
 
No time for modeling today . Found just enough time to remove the masking tape from the bottom and snap a picture :pilot


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Not much to it really but I'm at a starting point now :)

Cheers, Christian B)
 
Hi guys. Nice of you to drop by here and check on this build . I hope I don't disappoint .

Frankly , getting to this point has been rather impromptu . It all started with the KI-61 and the paint name of Khaki brown for the paint . After that , there were several disturbances in the field.

First, I was intrigued by the extreme metal paint and I have been experimenting ever since . The worn and tattered look that this last picture revealed would have been easier to get to if I had started from the plastic upward :facepalm
but that's not the way it evolved . :frantic
We'll just see what I can do from this point onward .
Oh well, it's supposed to be an adventure and so far that best describes it :coolio

Cheers, Christian B)
 
Hello all :Hiay . Still much time and I am just dinking around with this bird when I get in the mood . Pretty much feeling my way around and looking for more pictures That might illustrate this build.

I have now tinted the anti glare and non skid zones on the bird using Mig pigments .

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This morning, I finally made up my mind to paint the recognition markings . The decals look very nice but I was concerned that they could be translucent .
This way , I could better control the effect as well as the shade which is reportedly more orange than what is usually modeled .



All along I have been thinning and chipping the top paint where I think it might be appropriate .

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Hope you enjoy . More coming in the future.

Cheers, Christian B)
 
Iron Mike said:
The lived in look! :pilot Is that paint Tall Grass or Young Bamboo? :D
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Well, since you asked . It's Khaki brown mixed with parched grass . :rotf
Can't hardly believe how well the paint and the extreme metal are holding on to the plastic. :good:

Cheers, Christian B)
 
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