Aichi B7A2 Grace By Sword Model

[Skinny_Mike]

Great looking build Christian! Sorry a little late to the party, but what colors did you use for the green and gray? I have a grace as well and the only color suggestions i could find are either WEM colorcoat or Xtracolors. Neither of which can be shipped to the states anymore it seems. :angry:

Thanks
Mike

Mike, I used Tamiya paints . Gray = XF-12 (4) + xf-2 (1 )
Navy green = XF-70 (9) + XF-8 (2 )

Good grief what a lousy writing program. It wont let you keep symbols in their proper places.

Let me know if you don't understand this.

I love Tamiyas and is even better Gunzes

Cheers, Christian B)

Thanks Christian! Easy enough instructions. sorry it took so long to respond, somehow lost the bubble on this build. Turning into a real winner!

Mike

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Great looking build Christian! Sorry a little late to the party, but what colors did you use for the green and gray? I have a grace as well and the only color suggestions i could find are either WEM colorcoat or Xtracolors. Neither of which can be shipped to the states anymore it seems. :angry:

Thanks
Mike

Hey Mike, Mark's Models and Toys had Xtracrylix (by Xtracolor) at the show last weekend. Here's a link if you still are looking for that paint. http://www.starfighter-decals.com/xtracrylix-paint.html

Looking good, Chris! :drinks

Thanks Mike, I'll defiantly check them out.

 

[phantom II]

Great looking build Christian! Sorry a little late to the party, but what colors did you use for the green and gray? I have a grace as well and the only color suggestions i could find are either WEM colorcoat or Xtracolors. Neither of which can be shipped to the states anymore it seems. :angry:

Thanks
Mike

Hey Mike, Mark's Models and Toys had Xtracrylix (by Xtracolor) at the show last weekend. Here's a link if you still are looking for that paint. http://www.starfighter-decals.com/xtracrylix-paint.html

Looking good, Chris! :drinks

Thanks Mike, I'll defiantly check them out.

Thanks Mike and Mike for following this never ending build :facepalm

I actually thought that I had come to the end of this road but you will see I was just confused :frantic

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Iron Mike]

Maybe you need a 'Rita?

Carry on.

:drinks

 

[phantom II]

As I said, I thought I had arrived at the end but not so .

I just discovered that between the flash card the computer and myself we have lost several pictures in cyberspace :vmad

Of course now, the computer does not see anything new on the card . I will resolve that issue tomorrow .

Thanks Mike, tonight I could use Grace more that a Rita :drinks

I also discovered that the lower parts of this bird are still pristine :coolio That is so not me...I'll fix that tomorrow as well .

Sorry for the delay. Cheers, Christian B)

 

[lupanzer]

Top work ! ....congratulations Chris!

Best!

Luiz

 

[SA Dave]

BEAUTIFULL

 

[surfsup]

She has come up a real Treat.....Cheers Mark

 

[moon puppy]

When did you get the flight deck? Looking good Chris

 

[Piet]

Looks really great !

 

[MrT]

Wow that looks fantastic!

Terry

 

[jknaus]

Gorgeous Chris. I see the torp is off center. Could they carry 2?
James

 

[phantom II]

Finally rescued the missing pictures . Not nearly as easy with my laptop as the desktop but we got there :laugh:

These last few days , I added some of the final items . The cables that secure the torpedo , the sliding transparencies the antenna mast and of course the ever pesky antenna wires .

The Kit provided a very nice mount and gun but It won't fit in the stowed position , so I just left it out :frantic

I am still not totally happy with the transparencies but after several attempts at making them near perfect I give up . I'm not able to do these any better

I will try to finish the bottom latter today and post the final pictures

A bit of a bugger but still better than the older Fujimi version . Hope you like it .

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[phantom II]

Thanks to Luiz, SADave, Mark , Piet and Mr T for your kind comments

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[phantom II]

Gorgeous Chris. I see the torp is off center. Could they carry 2?
James

They were not capable of a double carry . I doubt that anything could even be carried internally when a torpedo was mounted since the associated equipment was mounted to the doors.

Incidentally , I had to do a lot of looking around since the 1/48 Hasegawa kit has it mounted on the right side.

Fujimi did not offer one but the people at Sword got it right.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[phantom II]

When did you get the flight deck? Looking good Chris

Thanks Bob I've had the flight deck for a good while now but have been too lazy to weather it . Besides there's usually a couple of birds sitting on it in the cabinet.
Just seemed the easy way to move this hunk around for the pictures

The Grace came out so late in the war I don't think there were any carriers left for them, so they were land based for the duration.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[moon puppy]

Nailed it Chris! Very aggressive looking bird ain't she?

 

[Hippy Ed]

:drinks

 

[lupanzer]

Dear Chris.

Fantastic model!...the weathering looks perfect,very well done

Do you known why the assymetrical torpedo position?

Top work!

Luiz

 

[Jeeves]

From the head-on shot, it looks like there might be a centerline radiator or other scoop? Might that be why?

I know the scoop on my night fighter Me-110 made it so one of the four exhaust pipes had to be opposite the other four and lay on top of the wing...