Mitsubishi G3M2 Nell "Chasing the Prince" *finished*
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95 12 May 2021, 22:59
Daniel KlinkHi mates, time fo a japanese twinengine again. I was surprised that i did not do a Nell of the modern Hasegawa kit by now... So lets go 🙂
13 May 2021, 13:48
Daniel KlinkWelcome Mates, and thank you for your interest👍
@cuajete yes eduard for the canopy and montex for the markings!
13 May 2021, 19:58
TheMadModellerOh, this one should be interesting! I'm looking forward to seeing your progress. This just reminded me that the Nell in my stash is the 1960s vintage LS kit re-popped by ARII in 1995. Maybe I should pass this relic onto my son and get a modern kit?
13 May 2021, 22:47
PaulFollowing! Build this nice kit 20 years ago and I think you'll inspire me to have a another go at it. Looking forward to see what you will do with the (lack of) wheel wells.
14 May 2021, 09:29
Daniel KlinkHo mates, thank you all for your attendance and overwhelming interest ?
Btw is it just me getting older or is 1/72 getting smaller?
17 May 2021, 09:40
TheMadModellerWell, Daniel, they do call it Braille Scale sometimes? I had a friend years ago who called it "Fly 'poo' Scale" even! I still remember when I first used a PE set. I looked at the cross-hairs gun sight and thought; "You've got to be kidding me!" Hah! That's just part of the charm though. Like the old time modelers who would build ships in real bottles you as the builder know all the details you put into it but it's up to the viewer to notice every little detail you added. Besides, as I understand it, the higher the scale goes the parts don't really get any smaller it just means that there are far more fiddly bits. 😉
17 May 2021, 12:38
Daniel Klink@edward well said and so true!
Cheers stefan, welcome and hope you will like it👍
19 May 2021, 08:52
TheMadModellerI'm loving the work you put into this office and the flap details are great too! The MG shown in the open side blister; Is that straight from the box?
Thanks to you I finally took a good look at the "new" Hasegawa Nell and decided to pass the ARII kit I had in my stash to my son. While I believe that I could still create a good piece of work from the older kit this one has a far better basis to start from. That translates to less extra work to get it to where I'd want it to be. Furthermore my son isn't terribly picky and sometimes actually prefers older kits to newer ones.
19 May 2021, 12:17
Patryk S.Your speed and quality of work are really admirable! Looking very good so far.
20 May 2021, 16:44
TheMadModellerI've never used masks for canopies before. I started with painting canopy frames with a toothpick and then moved on to using Microscale's Kristal Klear or even Elmer's Glue as a liquid mask. Then I just removed it with a toothpick afterwards. Even then it sometimes doesn't turn out right as it sometimes leaves parts of the sides of the frames unpainted.
Are mask sets easier to use than liquid masking? Also have you ever painted clear decal film and applied it to the interior of transparent parts so it has the primer color? I've seen it done with nice effect but have never ventured as far as to do it myself. Imagine the cursing that could erupt from trying to put those strips of film into a turret?! XD
20 May 2021, 23:01
Ben MI've painted a base layer the interior color and then painted the outside color. If the canopy isn't too thick this gives a good result.
20 May 2021, 23:09
TheMadModellerBen > That's probably a much better solution. I miss when Squadron would basically make a new vac canopy for any new kit that came out so you didn't have to worry how thick the kit transparencies were.
20 May 2021, 23:22
Alec KHello Edward: regarding precut canopy masks, definitely easier than freehand liquid masking. You get a nice sharp edge.
21 May 2021, 13:15
TheMadModellerAlek > Thanks, I'll have to give them a try then! Though I think my bank card just screamed ... 😉
21 May 2021, 16:02
Daniel KlinkThank you all mates and Edward all things i could have mentioned about the benefit of these masks have already been named by this great community👍
So the main parts are assembled and i can go for the bascoat and the shading etc.
Then this will be halted until the Tamiya betty is at the same level of progress and try to finish them nearly simultan.
22 May 2021, 21:30
Daniel KlinkPS: That the design is following a from germany purchased Ju 86Z airliner is obvious isn't it?
22 May 2021, 21:32
TheMadModellerWow! The Ju-86 is one of my favorite subjects and yet I never noticed the similarity until you mentioned it here, Daniel. I have plans for six of them and am now looking into a seventh. I don't think I'll even build that many Spitfires or Bf-109s! 😄
22 May 2021, 22:13
Daniel KlinkThank you Mirko, Peppy and Guy, much appreciated mates👍
@Edward cool 👍
23 May 2021, 20:22
David JanuskaOh yes, Daniel and IJA airplanes. Nice Nell so far, looking forward for the result.
24 May 2021, 13:25
Daniel KlinkThank you very much Erik and David, your nice and warm words aremuch appreciated mates! 👍
25 May 2021, 21:00
Daniel KlinkThanks Mate...Layer by Layer..phew!
The stressed skin effect of that preshadinh is really not bad
7 July 2021, 19:41
Daniel KlinkThank you very much Alec! Yes all free hand supported by this great tool !
Flexible Airbrush Stencil (AK Interactive AK 9080, No)
8 July 2021, 21:45
Daniel Klink@Alec, yap they are really very useful 👍
Thank you WIlson and Guy very much appreciated mates!
10 July 2021, 20:54
Miro HeroldAnother one wish built for my project - Anti-Submarine aircraft of IJNF and IAAF. Nice progress, looks that the fitting is not bad.
12 July 2021, 11:05
Daniel KlinkHi Miro!
Fit is rather good in my opinion?
The clearparts to body needs a bit attention!
Still a decent kit
12 July 2021, 11:51
Daniel KlinkThank you Chris, Wilson and Cuajete for you rinterest and your warm words..
Much appreciated 👍
12 July 2021, 19:31
Guy RumpLooking great Daniel, what paint/colours are you using for the camouflage? 👍
18 July 2021, 12:22
CuajeteIt looks fantastic, Daniel... I was going to ask the same as Guy about the paint.
18 July 2021, 17:40
Daniel KlinkThank you Guy Cuajete and David, very much appreciated.
I used the Ak real color range for this type of camo dry grass mixed with yellow and Midori Iro green
18 July 2021, 19:39
Daniel KlinkHi Mates, so glad you like the progress so far.. very much appreciated and motivating for the last bits and pieces of this one !
25 July 2021, 20:18
Daniel KlinkThank you so much mate?
The design of the plane is timeless in my opinion and Hasegawa did a good job then with this kit!
26 July 2021, 11:08
Daniel KlinkAlmost fnished! Torpedoe and some details added.
Props, Flaps and antennas left to do!
27 July 2021, 12:22
Alex RodionovOutstanding model, Daniel. I think, it's the one of the best Nell I have ever seen. But, sorry, sandy brown at Kumogata...
27 July 2021, 16:48
Daniel KlinkThank you so much David, Alex and Cuajete..your positive feedback is very welcome👍
@Alex as for the Brown, it looks buffier and brighter in the pics than in original here. Ist is really close to the H4 Iro Type.
27 July 2021, 17:35
Mike SiemersLooking good, nice job on the camo. 1:72 scale kits sure have come along way from the old Airfix and Matchbox kits of the 60's. & 70's.
27 July 2021, 20:14
Daniel KlinkHi Mike, thank you very much and you are right, we live in better times than ever before, related to the hobby! This kit is almost 25 years old btw. but compared to the 50 years old LS kit a milestone, that is corect.
27 July 2021, 21:55
Clifford KeeslerBeautiful build Daniel. You have a talent for turning out stunning looking bombers, especially Japanese ones.
28 July 2021, 19:25
TheMadModellerHe certainly does, Clifford. Watching this build inspired me to finally pass down the LS kit that was in my stash to my son and procure one of these beauties for myself. If mine turns out half as well as his did I will be incredibly happy!
28 July 2021, 22:46
CuajeteFor me the only interesting Nell from LS is the L3M1 "Nippon-go". It's a shame Hasegawa didn't released.
29 July 2021, 17:42
Daniel KlinkMany thanks mates for all your nice and warm words! 👍
Really appreciate all your support and encouraging words...
Now i call this one complted!
31 July 2021, 17:55
CuajeteFantastic result, Daniel.
Very nice painting job as always! 👍
Good job. Congrats!
31 July 2021, 18:01
Daniel KlinkThank you so much Mates for you encouraging and nice comments, that let me blush..👍
1 August 2021, 20:51
Guy RumpSuperb model Daniel, if mine comes out half as good I'll be very happy 👍
1 August 2021, 22:32
Slavo HazuchaThe G3M is one of my favorite Japanese airframe shapes - and what a fine specimen we have here - excellent job, paintwork & the work on all the glasshouses 👍
8 August 2021, 21:09
Daniel KlinkThank you mate very much appreciated ?
And yes it is a very smooth and elegant design except of the Turtle stand on the back ?
9 August 2021, 11:28
Robert PodkońskiSimply fantastic model, and the base looks cool, too. Great work, Daniel!
9 August 2021, 11:34
Clifford KeeslerHow am I supposed to ever come even close to that? All kidding aside, just amazing work Daniel.
12 August 2021, 23:41
Daniel KlinkThanks Gary and Bart for your praising comments👍
Very much appreciated and I am quite happy with the outcome too by now!😎
4 September 2021, 12:03
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