Another 1/144 scale bird I recently finished. Except for building a seat and
control column/panel made of plastic card and wire, this was built out of the
box. Paint used were mix of Tamiya and Gunze acryllics. Even though the kit
instructions were written in Japanese, build was fairly straightforward. History
professor and fellow IPMS Philippines member Aaron Ronquillo translated that
this particular bird was from the 381st Kokutai that was based in Mindanao
Island in the Philippines in 1944.
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Since I haven't come across any photos of the original aircraft,
I took artistic
liberty in the amount of weathering used. This was done primarily by using
hairspray instead of the more popular salt technique on Japanese aircraft
modeling. My premise there was because of the very small scale, I probably
would have better control on the amount of paint chipping/wear I wanted.
Aside from that, I also used oil wash and dot filtering on selected areas
of the kit.
Thank you to all the fellow
modelers out there for all the constant inspirations you guys give to the hobby.
Happy Modeling everyone!
"Doc
Raphy... IPMS Philippines (Bert Anido)"
Raphael L. Marbella,
MD
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