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KI-46 III Dinah - Completed

phantom II

phantom II

Master at Arms
Well, changed my mind on this campaign . I have decided on the Hasegawa Dinah III

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With the 406 drying and the LA-7 awaiting paint, I decided to start scribing the plastic on this one to get it started.

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Cheers, Christian B)
 
Re: KI-46 III Dinah

Nice choice. Not very often you see that get built. What is amazing to me is that for most of the war nothing could catch those things.
 
Re: KI-46 III Dinah

Hi Guys . Glad to see you excited.

This airframe really is streamlined . It reminds me of a big fuel tank.

I imagine no armament or armor helped a great deal in it's speed. Besides I've always found fear to be a swift motivator :rotf

Cheers, Christian B)
 
Re: KI-46 III Dinah

Meanwhile in the Pacific, the Japanese were very busy checking the main parts of their recon plane .

Strangely , Mitsubishi forgot to send one of the horizontal stabs is missing . :blink

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For now, we'll just borrow one from another airframe :)

Although the kit looks straight forward there will be many fiddly pieces to add.

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That's all for now. Thanks for looking.

Cheers, Christian B)
 
Re: KI-46 III Dinah

Looking good Christian,

That's a lot of PE to add! I actually didn't know Hasegawa made a kit of this plane, I thought only Tamiya covered it....
 
Re: KI-46 III Dinah

Hey Sharkman this one is 1/72 . They also have the step nose Dinah.

Tamiya's example is 1/48 .

Cheers, Christian B)
 
Re: KI-46 III Dinah

Well, here's a perfect example of what not to do. :(

It is also the reason why I don't like to build multiple models at a time :blink

Having scribed the wings and checked the alignment of the kit . I promptly glued the wing halves together just to realize later that I should have cut the flaps out. :bang head

So last night I cut the plastic and tossed wing assembly into the freezer so that the glue lines could be separated this morning :sick:

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Not the best way but we'll get there :coolio

Thanks for looking. Cheers, Christian B)
 
Re: KI-46 III Dinah

Since the trailing edge of the wing did not survive without damage I have repaired it.

I don't know if any of you have had this problem before but this makes a good repair.

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Place some scotch tape on the outside surface of the wing.

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Second apply some super glue in the broken section and let it harden for a good while.

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When hard, remove the tape and this is what you will see.

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As you can see, the outside is already good. Just sand down the trailing edge carefully.

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When the trailing edge is good, just sand the inside until it's flush with the plastic and you're ready to apply the PE.

Sorry for the poor quality pictures. Difficult to shoot that well.

Hope no one fell asleep. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Christian B)
 
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