From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Joe Youngerman" References: <20040724023523.7951.qmail@web52010.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Ki-100 in 1/72 article submission Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 02:55:20 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0786_01C47C2A.0390ABE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0786_01C47C2A.0390ABE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Joe, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks = for sending it in. =20 Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joe Youngerman=20 To: Steve Banford=20 Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 7:35 PM Subject: Ki-100 in 1/72 article submission Gallery Template #06 1/72 Fine Molds Kawasaki Ki-100-I by Joe Youngerman Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here=20 =20 There were many Japanese prototypes and ficticious aircraft given = code names by the allies in WW2 but the Ki-100, despite seeing = considerable combat in the closing weeks of the war, never did. Because = it was derived from Kawasaki's Ki-61 Tony, an inline engined fighter, it = apparently was not distinguished as a different type by allied air crews = who met it in combat. The Ki-100 was a superb aircraft that simply = arrived too late to make a difference in the war. Powered by a = Mitsubishi 1,500HP Ha-112-II and armed with two fuselage mounted 20mm = cannon and two wing mounted 12.7mm machine guns the new Kawasaki fighter = was fast, well armed and very agile. It was easy to fly which was = important as the Japanese were very short on experienced pilots at this = stage of the war. It was employed with considerable success against the = American B-29s that were pounding Japan's cities. When jumped by = fighters the Ki-100 was more than a match for Corsairs or Hellcats in = the hands of a skilled pilot. Fortunately for our airmen, those were few = by the summer of 1945.=20 The kit is one of two offered by Fine Molds in 1/72 scale of the = Ki-100, one a "razorback" and the later production bubbletop, which I = chose to build. My kit is a newer tooling I believe as its fit was very = good and the wheel well detail seems to have been enhanced a bit based = on pictures I've seen of other builds of this kit. There was a sink hole = on either side of the fuselage that needed attention but that was it. = The cockpit is very well detailed for the scale but I added the O2 = regulator, map pouch, and fuel selector valve using Mikesh's Japanese = Interiors book as a guide. Externally the kit is OOB and the kit decals = were used to depict Major Yasuhida Baba's a/c operating with the 5th = Sentai in Kiyoso, Japan during the summer of 1945. Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 04.jpg=20 =20 I covered the bottom of the model with Pollyscale flat black as a prep = and then shot Alclad II aluminium with some panels of dark aluminium = for contrast, though it does not show up well in the photo. Many color = profiles of these aircraft show them as painted brown. Based on my = research I don't believe this to be correct. They appear to have been = painted with a medium almost kahki green color which may have looked = brownish over time as it faded. The one color photo I have seen taken = after the war seems to support that idea. After much head scratching I = settled on Aeromaster Medium Army Green as it was the closest match to = the references I have. Though a decal is included for it, I chose to = paint the fuselage band on Baba's aircraft. In addition, the spinner is = a two color affair of red and white which adds a bit of interest to an = otherwise mundane paint scheme. The prop blades were painted Aeromaster = Brown Primer and the tips painted yellow...a departure from the more = common tip stripe found on many Japanese propellors.=20 =20 Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg = here=20 =20 I painted the bottom of the control surfaces with Aeromaster Japanese = Grey Green and the wheel wells with White Ensign Models Ame-Iro as it = seems like a good match for Kawasaki's interior primer. The model was = pre-shaded, post shaded and panel lines were accentuated with an = artist's pencil and washes of MM Burnt Umber. The decals went on very = well and mine were thin but another kit I have (of the razorback) has = much thicker decals so who knows what you'll get! Finally I added the = radio wire from stretched sprue and called it done. I have always liked = the lines of these fine machines and the kit looks the part. I would = highly recommend one if you fancy late war Japanese fighter aircraft! Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 05.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 06.jpg here. 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Hi Joe,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC=20 today.  Thanks for sending it in.  
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Joe=20 Youngerman
To: Steve Banford
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 = 7:35 PM
Subject: Ki-100 in 1/72 article = submission

Gallery = Template=20 #06

1/72 = Fine Molds=20 Kawasaki Ki-100-I

by Joe=20 Youngerman

Steve Bamford=20 will insert full=20 sized version of photo 01.jpg here =
=20

  = There were many=20 Japanese prototypes and ficticious aircraft given code names by the = allies in=20 WW2 but the Ki-100, despite  seeing considerable combat in the = closing=20 weeks of the war, never did. Because it was derived from Kawasaki's = Ki-61=20 Tony, an inline engined fighter, it apparently was not distinguished = as a=20 different type by allied air crews who met it in combat. The Ki-100 = was a=20 superb aircraft that simply arrived too late to make a difference in = the war.=20 Powered by a Mitsubishi 1,500HP Ha-112-II and armed with two fuselage = mounted=20 20mm cannon and two wing mounted 12.7mm machine guns the new Kawasaki = fighter=20 was fast, well armed and very agile. It was easy to fly which was = important as=20 the Japanese were very short on experienced pilots at this stage of = the war.=20 It was employed with considerable success against the American B-29s = that were=20 pounding Japan's cities. When jumped by fighters the Ki-100 was more = than a=20 match for Corsairs or Hellcats in the hands of a skilled pilot. = Fortunately=20 for our airmen, those were few by the summer of 1945.

  The kit is one = of two offered=20 by Fine Molds in 1/72 scale of the Ki-100, one a "razorback" and the = later=20 production bubbletop, which I chose to build. My kit is a newer = tooling I=20 believe as its fit was very good and the wheel well detail seems to = have been=20 enhanced a bit based on pictures I've seen of other builds of this = kit. There=20 was a sink hole on either side of the fuselage that needed attention = but that=20 was it. The cockpit is very well detailed for the scale but I added = the O2=20 regulator, map pouch, and fuel selector valve using Mikesh's Japanese=20 Interiors book as a guide. Externally the kit is OOB and the kit = decals were=20 used to depict Major Yasuhida Baba's a/c operating with the 5th Sentai = in=20 Kiyoso, Japan during the summer of 1945.

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 03.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg=20

 Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able=20 smaller version of photo 04.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg=20

I covered the bottom of = the model=20 with Pollyscale flat black as a prep and then shot Alclad II aluminium = with=20 some panels of dark aluminium  for contrast, though it does not = show up=20 well in the photo. Many color profiles of these aircraft show them as = painted=20 brown. Based on my research I don't believe this to be correct. They = appear to=20 have been painted with a medium almost kahki green color which may = have looked=20 brownish over time as it faded. The one color photo I have seen taken = after=20 the war seems to support that idea. After much head = scratching I=20 settled on Aeromaster Medium Army Green as it was the closest match to = the=20 references I have. Though a decal is included for it, I chose to = paint=20 the fuselage band on Baba's aircraft. In addition, the spinner is a = two color=20 affair of red and white which adds a bit of interest to an otherwise = mundane=20 paint scheme. The prop blades were painted Aeromaster Brown = Primer and=20 the tips painted yellow...a departure from the more common tip stripe = found on=20 many Japanese propellors. 

 =20
Steve Bamford=20 will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here =
=20

I painted the bottom of = the control=20 surfaces with Aeromaster Japanese Grey Green and the wheel wells with = White=20 Ensign Models Ame-Iro as it seems like a good match for Kawasaki's = interior=20 primer. The model was pre-shaded, post shaded and panel lines were = accentuated=20 with an artist's pencil and washes of MM Burnt Umber. The decals went = on very=20 well and mine were thin but another kit I have (of the razorback) has = much=20 thicker decals so who knows what you'll get! Finally I added the = radio=20 wire from stretched sprue and called it done. I have always liked the=20 lines of these fine machines and the kit looks the part. I would = highly=20 recommend one if you fancy late war Japanese fighter = aircraft!

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 05.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg=20

 Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able=20 smaller version of photo 06.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg=20

Photos = and text =A9 2004=20 by Joe Youngerman

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