1/48 Tamiya N1K1 Rex floatplane.

[nerdling]

So I've been having a terrible year of building and took a break for a bit. But decided to get back into it with a nice easy Tamiya kit. Just started working on her today.

Didn't do much to the engine since most of it will be hidden under the spinner.

The beaching dolley. Still needs paint

Main float. Tamiya was nice enough to include a weight for the front of it.

The finished cockpit. Hardly any of this will be seen in the tight cockpit opening. But straight from the box it sure looks nice.

Another view of the cockpit.

More photos to come as I truck along.

 

[moon puppy]

Looking good so far Ryan,

 

[jknaus]

Nice
James

 

[matrixone]

Looks great Ryan!

Tamiya kits are hard to beat for pure modeling fun.


Matrixone

 

[MrT]

Ryan it's looking great!!!

Terry B)

 

[nerdling]

Well I kind of forgot to get some more progress photos. But it now has paint on it and I am trying out the tape pulling method for weathering lol. What do you guys think so far? Not sure if I should go further or just leave it as is. This whole experiment started when I pulled the masking off of the floats and noticed what it did to the bottom of them. So I just figured why not and went for it.

 

[moon puppy]

Hey..I like it! That's one method I know I can master with no trouble. you go Ryan, really does look good.

 

[matrixone]

Ryan,
In answer to your question on the amount of paint chipping, the Japanese Navy aircraft usually had primer put on them before they were painted so I don't think there would be very many bare metal patches where the paint had come off. I have seen photographs of some of the Japanese floatplanes where the finish was very heavily weathered and some of the camouflage paint was badly faded out which allowed the primer to show through.
I tried to look up more information on the Rex in my Japanese Interior colors book by Robert Mikesh but the Rex was not mentioned too much because of a lack of reliable information on that aircraft.
Not sure if you have heard of a website called j-aircraft.com, they might be able to answer your question about the Rex much better than I can.

Looking forward to the finished model.


Matrixone

 

[SA Dave]

Looks great Ryan.

Are you going to chip the insignia also?

 

[nerdling]

Ok here she is all finished up. I tried to do some chipping on the insignia but not to much.

 

[Paulw]

:dude :dude :dude thats really sharp Ryan...

 

[phantom II]

Interesting build . I for one enjoy the challenge of Japanese paint jobs.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[jknaus]

James

 

[moon puppy]

Totally cool Ryan!

 

[MrT]

 

[matrixone]

Very nice work Ryan!


Matrixone

 

[razordws]

Looks awesome Ryan!

 

[dewertus]

Very interesting and good looking model

 

[nerdling]

Thanks guys, it means alot coming from awesome modelers like you.

 

[sharkman]

I really like the paint chipping effect!

Also, its a great plane! But, I do have a soft spot for the floaters!

Nice job nerdling!