Friday, 1 February 2013

Japanese paper planes

The Kayaba ram-jet fighter was very much an IJA '46 project, never proceeding beyond a single glider prototype. After the Eurofighter struggle I needed something quick and simple and Meng's 1/72 kit(s) did the trick; two in a box, superb fit of parts, good surface detail and no accuracy questions to anguish over. Both schemes are spurious of course, I did the camo a/c straight from the box, but added a little more cockpit detail and some panel lines to the orange plane. They were published in the Dec 2012 issue of Tamiya Model Magazine International. Based on the quality of the Meng kit I ordered their 1/72 F-102, which is en route from HobbyLink Japan.





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  1. Jagewa6 February 2013 at 17:14

    Wow little gems Mike, that orange one almost fits your dayglo theme ;-)

    The fine painting on the giraffe pattern one is tops. Did you hand paint the green patches or the light green?

    Cheers
    Jim

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  2. The Migrant6 February 2013 at 19:09

    Thanks for commenting Jim. The giraffe scheme was done by painting green blobs over a light grey base, it was actually quite a nice change of pace using a paint brush and not having to mask/airbrush.

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  3. Jagewa7 February 2013 at 21:43

    Thanks Mike, lovely consistent spacings, you've got some patience there, and a large magnifier too haha.

    Cheers
    Jim

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  4. Anonymous18 September 2013 at 04:14

    Wow! Cracking, clean builds and love the paint work on both.

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  5. The Migrant18 September 2013 at 05:44

    Thanks Ajay!

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