1/72 Nakajima JSSF Bulldog
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21 December 2018, 20:39
Rick CortsNow the Willow is finished, I thought that i should do another bi-plane. So.... The choice was made to go with this unique kit! The Nakajima JSSF Bulldog (This is the Bristol Bulldog, but license build by Japan, there were 2 build if i'm correct).
This kit is essentially the oldschool Bristol Bulldog from Airfix (photo) with a new decal sheet and some resin parts. There is no instruction sheet (I guess you use the instructions fromm the Airfix kit and just add the resin parts. There is however a little discription of this plane in German with some photo's of a finished model.
This should be a challenge once again!
21 December 2018, 20:50
Rick CortsTake a seat, glad to have you here!
Started just now, after some searching i found out that the interior color was some sort of green, didn't know what shade so i took the liberty to use the IJN cockpit green.
Athink that catched my eye instantly was the quality of the pieces, and not in a good way! It is absolutly HORRIBLE! Stretch marks EVERYWHERE, sinkmarks on insane places and scratches on mostof the parts.... Don't know how i will fix all this... Guess lots of sanding and filling.
@Daniel, well... maybe😉
23 December 2018, 16:50
Rick CortsAs there are not many photo's of the japanese bulldogs (most are from 701, but i'm building the 702. Both had different modifications), it's hard to figure out what modifications need to be made. In any case, the ribbled part under the fusulage (right after the engine) was not there on the Japanese bulldogs, so this will be willed up and sanded dawn. Also, there will be no bomb racks and long exhaust pipes as the Japanese installed their own engine which was different.
27 December 2018, 11:56
Rick CortsNow the hollidays are over, it time to get back to this project. First of all, I want to wish everyone a great and happy 2019.
The lower wing is fixed in place(lots of sanding and putty was needed but it looks good now. Next up is the engine. It wont fit in the cowling so sanding was needed (quite a lot actually). When it fitted a new problem came up, Are all 3 parts actually needed? My first thougt was yes, of course! but studying the pictures and the full engine in the cowling it didn't add up. The engine was to long! In the pictures there is no trace of the 3rd part (the part on the right.), so that had to come off...
5 January 2019, 13:45
Rick CortsProp had to be modified. It had a edge but on this plane it was a smooth propellor. The engine is also painted.
6 January 2019, 12:39
Rick CortsFusulage is ready, now working on upper wing. What do you guys recommend? Build the whole thing and then paint or fix the upper wing later and paint the 2 parts seperatly?
11 January 2019, 16:45
Rick Cortsdecided to build the whole thing. It is now ready for the paint. As you can see a lot of filling was needed on the model.
13 January 2019, 13:09
Rick CortsThanks Daniel. I was thinking to put this on the shelf of doom, but there's way to much on there already...
First i painted it silver grey but this was to dark (though it looked almost white...) so decided to paint white over it. this time with brush because I'm afraid to airbrush with Tamiya paint as I can't figure out how to mix it correctly and it constantly blocks my airbrush (which led one time to a broken nozzle). So I only airbrush with Vallejo model air, but I didn't have white.
I'm glad when this is finally finished. Will be the last Bi-Plane for a while.
21 January 2019, 10:34
Daniel KlinkBravo Rick.. You managed a very difficult and seldom seen built great so far👍
27 January 2019, 22:58
Rick CortsThanks for the compliments! It's almost done now! Subtle wash went over and windscreen was added. Last thing is the rigging.
28 January 2019, 19:56
