Ki-84 S17 - Model

Well it has been a minute since I really built a 48th scale aircraft. I am going to have to figure out how to fill gaps and scribe again. Pretty straight forward Hasegawa kit so nothing super tough. 

 

 

 

 

 

The stones said to paint it black so I did. Primer coat finished, and all things filled and sanded. Painted it gloss black after this (photos will follow tomorrow sometime) in preparation for a Natural metal finish. Using the old tried and true formula of Floquil Old Silver as a base and then highlighting with either Alclad or AK Extreme Metal, haven't decided yet. It has been a bit since I have done an aircraft. This one went together really well and it has been a nice change of pace over tanks.  

 

 

 

 

Gloss coat added as a base coat over the primer. 

 

 

 

 

Old silver added, coat one. After it dries you can generally see where things are leaking through and need a second coat, also you can see the scratches that may be left over (big one on the left wing near the cockpit). It is progress! 

 

 

 

 

Canopies are painted. 

Helper Taylor hanging out. 

Helper Penny hanging out 

2nd coat is complete and now ready for highlights. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First coat of shading on the Frank. Probably 2 hours of masking for 5 minutes of painting. Did manage to mess up the cowling and that has to be sanded down and refinished. That was just a stupid miss on my part. The rest of the highlights will be small single panels done with post it notes as the Alclad used is far to brittle to be masked with tape. Also the Blue 3M tape has changed quite a bit over the years and now does pull up paint. Tamiya tape is better but there still has to be something even lower tac out there for metal finishes. More to come.