Tachikawa Ki-55
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The start of it all. Apart from seatbelts made of masking tape I left the cockpit untouched.
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Pitot tube needs some improvement.
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Observation windows need to be filled on the Ki-55.
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Simulating the landing light with a piece of clear plastic.
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Ready for painting.
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Some very coarse pre-shading.
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Some yellow used as base colour.
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Multiple layers of red. Pre-shading still visible.
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Final layer of thinned down yellow to create an orange hue.
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Comments
9 February 2015, 14:22
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Wow, very unusual subject ! Excellent and colourful paintwork, very well done !
19 July 2015, 19:24
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Every time I log on here, I see stuff I did not know existed.
This subject is one of them, and I am most impressed with it indeed. 🙂
19 July 2015, 20:57
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Beautiful build! 👍 love the decals for the Manchukuo Air Force, don't see many of them here. Great job!
20 July 2015, 01:21
Album info
Fujimi Kit OOB except for the decals and some small scratch additions.