Lookin' mighty sweet Christian!!
Great job!
Bob
Great job!
Bob
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phantom II
Master at Arms
Hello everyone. I have been slowly but surely whittling at this build as I am able so I have a bit of progress to show.
As you may have noticed, I purchased some Air Master brass cannon barrels for My Zeke and as they come in two pairs we'll install these on the KI-84. Really nice pieces considering their small size.
About ten seconds in blacken-it solution and they look more realistic than trying to paint them.
At this point I have made up a pitot tube , installed the landing gear struts, and doors.
as well as the wing tanks, shackles and antenna mast.
From here I'm off to weather and do the finish details.
Hope you enjoy. All comments are welcome.
Cheers, Christian B)
Christian,
Beautiful work but the Type 99 20mm cannon used by the A6M series
is different than the 20mm Ho-5 cannon used by the Ki-84
...but if you're using artistic license, I will say no more!
Regards,
Beautiful work but the Type 99 20mm cannon used by the A6M series
is different than the 20mm Ho-5 cannon used by the Ki-84
...but if you're using artistic license, I will say no more!
Regards,
phantom II
Master at Arms
Well, I can't deny or support that remark. All mi KI-84 references are in Japanese which I can't read.
Just going by the sketches and photography they are showing at least three barrel types. At least one picture looks like these .
The answer is nope, it was not intended as artistic an liscence
Just going by the sketches and photography they are showing at least three barrel types. At least one picture looks like these .
The answer is nope, it was not intended as artistic an liscence
My references are also Japanese until I bought the Schiffer book. Anyway, the photos you are looking at are the restored bird with phony cannons on them. The reason for showing you different armament is that they went on to explain the choices made.
Hey, if I had not been secretly building a Ki-84, I would have never known since Japanese WWII warbirds are not my thing (none that I know of had a sharkmouth unless it was captured with one).
These two books are fantastic but I have several more:
Leave them on if you like them, they certainly look good.
Regards,
Hey, if I had not been secretly building a Ki-84, I would have never known since Japanese WWII warbirds are not my thing (none that I know of had a sharkmouth unless it was captured with one).
These two books are fantastic but I have several more:
Leave them on if you like them, they certainly look good.
Regards,
phantom II
Master at Arms
Anyhow, this is what I had and what I went with. If you can point me to a better choice, I'm willing to fix it.
Thanks, Christian B)
Yes, the museum example. Actually, simple hypo tubing should work. Look at the images I posted, the thickened end is unlike anything offered by anyone in metal. I have looked for my 1/32nd scale Hayate.
Regards,
Christian, look at the period photographs in the link (click on the image) to see what the cannons looked like on the Hayate:
Note that there are two pages and some of the photos are large enough to see details.
Regards,
Note that there are two pages and some of the photos are large enough to see details.
Regards,
Chris, unless Saul is going to judge it one day, leave it as is. They look great. I don't know why I haven't seen these updates before. Really outstanding work so far.
:huh:
I told Christian that it looks great and he can leave them as is... I simply noticed since I have been looking at references for this aircraft thanks to this 32nd scale Hasegawa kit I have here with all the Eduard PE and Quickboost exhausts.
Regards,
phantom II
Master at Arms
Well folks I pulled this one off the AWM. shelve so I can finish it up.
I decided to try and shoot a coat of Vallejo Matt Varnish over the top finish to see what it did. :hmmm
It looks better in real life than in photography. The camera picks up more of the shades than my eyes do.
Anyhow, I find it acceptable for myself .
Now, I have removed the ( beautiful ) but offending cannon barrels and will make something that looks more like the real ones.
This picture was borrowed from the FAOW # 19 books that have no English text but have useful pictures.
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Back soon with more updates. Comments welcome.
Cheers, Christian B)
I decided to try and shoot a coat of Vallejo Matt Varnish over the top finish to see what it did. :hmmm
It looks better in real life than in photography. The camera picks up more of the shades than my eyes do.
Anyhow, I find it acceptable for myself .
Now, I have removed the ( beautiful ) but offending cannon barrels and will make something that looks more like the real ones.
This picture was borrowed from the FAOW # 19 books that have no English text but have useful pictures.
Back soon with more updates. Comments welcome.
Cheers, Christian B)
I feel some brass pipes on the way! 
Oh Dear! I am paying attention as I will probably go that route with my Hayate...
Regards,
Regards,
phantom II
Master at Arms
Well mike the ones pictured in the above picture were much easier to manufacture than the ones in pictured below .
Again, this picture is borrowed from FAOW # 19 for your comparison. Sorry, but the explanations are all in Japanese
Again, this picture is borrowed from FAOW # 19 for your comparison. Sorry, but the explanations are all in Japanese
phantom II
Master at Arms
Sorry Saul but this will not be very eye opening . These are the only items I was able to use to make the barrels :fencing
I did forget to include a medium grit sanding stick.
.040 thick sprue and .019 brass tubing. Neither of these are nearly round when measured which resulted in concentric pieces when I attempted to turn them in the Dremmel. The process only made it worse. :S
The second set was made with all hand tools . The tapper was made by filing with the fine sanding stick.
I think it looks acceptable in this scale but would not with the larger scales.
The barrels are simplified the steps being too small to do in this size. A real sham Masters after market is not planning any in the foreseeable future.
Comments are welcome .
Cheers, Christian B)
I did forget to include a medium grit sanding stick.
.040 thick sprue and .019 brass tubing. Neither of these are nearly round when measured which resulted in concentric pieces when I attempted to turn them in the Dremmel. The process only made it worse. :S
The second set was made with all hand tools . The tapper was made by filing with the fine sanding stick.
I think it looks acceptable in this scale but would not with the larger scales.
The barrels are simplified the steps being too small to do in this size. A real sham Masters after market is not planning any in the foreseeable future.
Comments are welcome .
Cheers, Christian B)
Mighty fine work Chris
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