For the few of you guys on here that know me, you know I usually build mainly WW1 biplanes and that I don't really touch too much else nowadays - so this subject is totally out of left field for me, as I have never ever built a kit of a Japansese aircraft and really know absolutely nothing about them. Long story short, I recently got hold of a circle cutter for masking and painting roundels and thought that I might try it out on a kit from the stash. So out came the Hasegawa 1/48 KI.43.II "Oscar" - This one took me around two weeks all up and is completely OOB. All of the markings are painted on - my first real attempt at this also and I certainly learnt heaps (hence why the markings look a little off in some places - I was experimenting)
From the very little I have seen of Japanese aircraft, these tended to get pretty banged up, so I didn't hold back on the paint chips. I don't think the camo scheme is really terribly accurate, but this was a fun build anyways so I wasn't fussed (that is what modelling is about, right?).Anyways, here are the pics:
I definatley enjoyed this "left field" build, I think I may look in to some of the other Japanese aircraft kits, some of the schemes on these aircraft look quite nice...
Feedback always welcomed!
BC
10SQN Royal Australian Air Force - "Strike First"
