Aichi D3A Val

Christopher Mullins stripped it down, repainted inside and out, I will be making the version from the Zuikaku, but I cannot find any that were Beige like it says in the instructions, on top of that, I like the Grey and Green better anyways, so I repainted it with IJN grey.

Christopher Mullins Now I know why it says Beige, it is actually now Beige, but a protectant that they sprayed over the aircraft that gives it a golden brown color. Also it says in the instructions the bombs should be Black. This is false according to what I have read because Black bombs were for training. The small bombs are Type 98 #25 land Bombs and are Light Grey, Green nose, Blue Band on the Body, and the fuse should be brass or so. The bigger bomb is a Type 99 #80 Mk 5, an Armor piercing bomb used for capital ships, and should be Light Grey, with a white nose and green on the tip. I got this from Wikipedia, and I know how off it can be, but this looked like descent info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik..nese_World_War_II_navy_bombs

Christopher Mullins The fuselage stripes in the decals are wrong two, the Zuikaku had two white stripes, the decals are yellow, masking and painting them on. The tail stripes I am not sure about though, they may be right, have to do more research.

Kees Kleijwegt I will be following this (re)build.
And thanks for the info on the colourcoding of the bombs. It appears my Val is equipped with practice bombs from now on!

Aichi D3A1 Val | Project by Kees Kleijwegt (1:48)

Christopher Mullins I had an idea for the caramel brown tone that it is supposed to have. Revell has this clear finish in the cans, and I am thinking if I mix some of that with a little 382 Wood Brown, it may work to give it that brown tone. The downside is that if it doesn't work, I may have to start again from null. DOnt knwo whether I should try it or if I should just leave it like it is.

Kees Kleijwegt I would try it on a scrap piece to test it? That way you don't risk to ruin it

Christopher Mullins First I have to wait to get some money so I can go get the paint, pretty sad when you cant afford to spend Euro 3,60 for some paint

Christopher Mullins Its finished now, it does have a thin coat of beige on it but it is not so noticeable unless you compare a totally grey one to this one. Not everything comes over good on pictures. I also lost the antennae when I was trying ot put it on , It jumped and I looked but had no idea where it went, but found a replacement for it that looks OK.

Christopher Mullins missing the MG in back though

M.Julian Marles Pretty cool. I had not heard of this plane ..

Arne Greve Hello Vitor, I have this plane to sale. Greets Arne

Arne Greve I mean for sale.

soheil moghisi nice.

Wim van der Luijt Another one from you...I'm tuned in!

Albi Hitz Hi Wim ... yes! Somehow it comes off easy these days
I hope you will like it ....

Roland Sachsenhofer It´s seems as I will like it

Rob van Dodewaard I am in

Wim van der Luijt Had this one in my hands at the Heiden show today....but there was a Heinkel 70 1:48 calling my name so I didn't get it....

Rob van Dodewaard that is also a nice airplane. How was the show Wim

Clifford Keesler Looking great.

Wim van der Luijt Nice!

Rob van Dodewaard it sure is. it is a very good detail set like all the sets from Wolfpack

arne vd burg Good to see you still buying stuff Rob See ya soon greetz

Rob van Dodewaard well what can I say. Once bitten by the bug one cannot resist adding extra detail parts. Sometimes I think I maybe should join the PAA(Plasti Addciction Anonymous but it probably won't work

arne vd burg lol
Nah wont work, keep on enjoying en collecting!
I will follow !

B Hi Jan. Your Val looks great! How was the kit? I saw it in my local hobby shop for $5 and I was wondering if I should pick it up.

Jan Voorbij Hi Brandon, it's an old Airfix kit from 1965. It's really basic but you can really make something good out of it. It took me a month.
Cheers,
Jan

Jan Voorbij BTW thanks, Brandon! Happy holidays.
Jan

Es-haq Khosravi Well done!

Frank Riera Aichi D3A1 Val
BI231, Lieutenant Commander Egusa Takeshige, IJN Soryu, Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force | Dark Green over Light Grey Green (December 1941)

Specifications (D3A1)

General characteristics

Crew: Two (pilot and gunner)
Length: 10.2 m (33 ft 5 in)
Wingspan: 14.37 m (47 ft 2 in)
Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
Wing area: 34.9 m² (375.6 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,408 kg (5,309 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 3,650 kg (8,047 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Mitsubishi Kinsei 44, 798 kW (1,070 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 389 km/h (205 kn, 242 mph (389 km/h))
Range: 1,472 km (795 nmi, 915 mi (1,473 km))
Service ceiling: 9,300 m (30,500 ft)

Armament

2 × fixed, forward-firing 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Type 97 machine guns
1 × flexible, rearward-firing 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Type 92 machine gun
1 × 250 kg (551 lb) or 2 × 60 kg (132 lb) bombs

Steve Wilson Love the livery!!!

Jamie Anderson What a stunning Val just like mine only better

Sören Mårtensson Thanx!