This relatively new
Hasegawa kit could be considered as one of the good toolings. When I decided to
build this kit there were no detail sets around and I built it almost out of
the box except for the brake lines and some minor detailing for the cockpit.
Only leftover
photoetched mirrors and a grab handle from copper wire have been added to
the cockpit. I also replaced the HUD with an acetate sheet to make it look
thinner. Instrument dials are punched out from the kit's decal sheet. I
also added the oxygen hose using copper wire. Windscreen is glued to
the model before painting and the joint has been smoothed out with
MrSurfacer 500. |
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Intakes and
landing gear wells are painted with Tamiya X-2 and masked with UHU-TAC. |
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I did not like
the special paint scheme provided in the Hasegawa decals, and decided to
replicate the drawing on the WAPJ F-1 issue. The samurai figure and
Japanese letters are printed with ALPS. I could not find any photos of the
real plane, therefore this model could be considered some kind of what-if.
I also printed new roundels because kits roundels were terribly
translucent, and did not cover the camouflage colors. |
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The model is
painted using Gunze MRColors (I use only this kind of paint for camouflage
work since Drewe Manton recommended me), and a Badger 200 with fine tip.
Kaan |
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