WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 J7W1 Shinden Pt.2 – Painting & Finishing
Painting begins with a base of Black Surfacer. In the movie, the Shinden was found abandoned in a military warehouse and was repaired and modified to use against Godzilla. If that was the case, I can assume that the mechanics won’t bother with repainting it so it would have a less than pristine paint job. …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 J7W1 Shinden Pt.1 – Construction
I usually don’t build props in 1/72 but this one is hard to resist as it was featured prominently in Godzilla Minus One. The Shinden featured in the film was all CGI with a 1:1 mockup made for the shots which involve the actors. It played an important role in the film as the aircraft …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 P-51K Mustang Pt.3 – Painting & Finishing
Next I tackled the topside black areas on the wings and the nose. Thankfully this part of the painting process was trouble-free. I then went in and painted the exhausts by handpainting with Game Color Gunmetal. Prop planes are great in that there are relatively few fiddly bits to deal with although the invasion stripes …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 P-51K Mustang Pt.2 – Painting & Finishing
For a bare metal finish, painting begins with a base color of black. Normally, they say it should be a gloss black base, but I’ve found that it doesn’t make that much of a difference. In this case I used Aqueous Black Surfacer which went thinned with IPA, dries to a satin finish. After the …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 P-51K Mustang Pt.1 – Construction
Continuing my Top Gun builds, this will be made into Maverick’s own P-51K Mustang that appeared at the end of Top Gun: Maverick. This P-51K, registration N51EW, is actually Tom Cruise’s own aircraft in real life. This kit includes some of the parts for the K variant even though it’s only sold as a P-51D. …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane Mk. IIb Pt.3 – Painting & Finishing
Weathering begins over a satin coat with chipping using silver paint. My first attempt at chipping the high traffic area of the wingroot was done with both handpainting and sponge but I thought the result didn’t look right. After checking references and input from a modeler friend I repainted the area and tried it again …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane Mk. IIb Pt.2 – Painting & Finishing
This is the new decal sheet I managed to procure. I know it’s just the markings but I just didn’t want my kit to be ‘too wrong’. At this point, the most glaring mistake left on my build is the lack of the additional two machine gun ports on each wing of the IIb. But …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/48 Hurricane Mk.IIb Pt.1 – Construction
World War II props are always easier builds for me as I do much less research for them. Well… that came back to bite me in the ass. This was my prop build for 2023 until everything went sideways. Oh and I realized that I didn’t have the correct aftermarket markings for this version of …...
Completed : Hasegawa 1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5
Kit Info Brand: Hasegawa 09883 Scale: 1/48 Media: Styrene + resin figure Markings: Kit The Subject The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (nicknamed Würger; English: Shrike) is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s and was widely used in World War II. Along with the Bf 109, the Fw 190 became the...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/48 Fw 190A-5 Pt.2 – Painting & Finishing
So unlike my previous WWII builds, I’ve decided to keep the cowl separate for ease of painting. My marble coating is usually quite haphazard so I decided to try a finer look to it for this one. I also avoided marble coating most of the panel lines. It’s a lot more work doing it this …...
