1/72 KI-51 Sonia

[moon puppy]

 

[Iron Mike]

Looks good! B)

 

[Rhino]

I made one these little Gems sometime ago. I like your camera detial!!

 

[phantom II]

Thanks guys for looking it .

Thanks Chris . Very simple step for the camera. The lights were way more tricky.

Anyhow , lots of masking last night . ID panels and flight controls . It would have been smarter to leave the gear and bomb racks off till this was painted Oh well.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Iron Mike]

Yummy!

 

[jeaton01]

Awesome Christian!

Love it! I've never seen anyone build one of these before! This should be good!

I've got the Nichimo kit in the stash!

The only Nichimo Sonia I have seen is on ARC and it's probably no better .

Cheers B)

Christian, nice work on your Sonia. It's another one I want to do. You may be surprised by the Nichimo 1/48 Sonia, I think it is one of their better efforts. Although it can be built motorized, it also has all the parts for a nicely detailed cockpit and engine when the un-motorized version is built. It is very nicely molded.

 

[phantom II]

Awesome Christian!

Love it! I've never seen anyone build one of these before! This should be good!

I've got the Nichimo kit in the stash!

The only Nichimo Sonia I have seen is on ARC and it's probably no better .

Cheers B)

Christian, nice work on your Sonia. It's another one I want to do. You may be surprised by the Nichimo 1/48 Sonia, I think it is one of their better efforts. Although it can be built motorized, it also has all the parts for a nicely detailed cockpit and engine when the un-motorized version is built. It is very nicely molded.

Very interesting to know about the Nichimo version. Comparing the pictures to this plastic though I can't say that I would favor one over the other except that I try to stay with the 1/72 size.

Thank you for your kind words .

However, in my efforts to try and do the latter camo , I really got it all out of kilter .
Looks more German now that a masterfull Japanese paint job.

Guess I'm off to plan B as I'm not happy with it.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks guys for looking it .

Thanks Chris . Very simple step for the camera. The lights were way more tricky.

Anyhow , lots of masking last night . ID panels and flight controls . It would have been smarter to leave the gear and bomb racks off till this was painted Oh well.

Cheers, Christian B)

:coolio

 

[sharkman]

Loving this Christian! If I didn't have so much else on the go, I'd think about digging mine out!

 

[phantom II]

Loving this Christian! If I didn't have so much else on the go, I'd think about digging mine out!

Don't worry Warren, this one has been talking to me for years . It'll be there .

I was hopping to have the paint done today but frankly I failed to get in the right frame of mind first ( That never works )

So, back a few steps. Probably could not got this done without some sort of drama :idonno

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[phantom II]

Managed a few recovery steps to get this back om track.

My head was not in the Japanese mind and I painted this like a KI-45 and this wont do.

started stripping the top dark green layer mottle .
laid a new coat of gray green and then a good coat of future on top

It's back in the barn to let it cure for a few days . I'm headed South to go have a nice Grouper steak, some Cuban food and watch some big cats . Back soon.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[ij001]

Looks like a perfect canvas, Christian.




Ian.

 

[moon puppy]

Looking good to me but what do I know?

 

[phantom II]

Looking good to me but what do I know?

Apparently I did not know much either. :idonno
Cheers .

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Nice work Christian. I thought the camo looked really good.

Mike

 

[phantom II]

Thanks Mike It was not so much about good or bad but more about a totally different style.

I think it would be easier to do on a life size item.

I'll try again when I get back...


Cheers

 

[jknaus]

James

 

[Rhino]

SOGAI!! hmy: I like your Camo!! (mine is IJA green) No Guts. Happy Grouper!!

 

[phantom II]

Ha :facepalm Nothing ventured, nothing gained i'll see if I can sort it out next week :fencing

Groupers were delicious but the Cuban food was fabulous

( No sandwiches were sampled Bob )

Cheers Christian B)

 

[sharkman]

This will look really good when done!