discussion aichi val d3a1 ...type 99 (1/48 Hasegawa)

[saguy]

had this kit for a couple of years ....will build it and use the build to try and enhance some skills ...focussing on cockpit detail, paint chipping (inspired by Ajay's work on his george), panel lines etc .....the aircraft itself was part of the 33rd flying (33-203) group formed in feb 1942 operating out of a place called balikpapan (a seaport city in Borneo) . Still trying to find out some more detail of operations it was involved in ... tx Lindsey

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[Dave W]

Looks like this could be a nice project.I made the Airfix 1/72 when i was a kid.

 

[Guest]

Look forward to seeing this build, Lindsey! You know how I love those Japanese birds. Good luck with the chipping and happy to have inspired someone.

 

[yak face]

Great choice lindsey! ive got the revell reboxing of this kit in the stash , it looks a beauty,and the val had some great colour schemes too, cheers tony

 

[Guest]

Been turning Japanese myself lately looking forward to the build!

 

[saguy]

some pics of the cockpit ... comments, observations, suggestions all welcome ...tx Lindsey

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[saguy]

took a break from thius model for nearly 2 months ... got back to it a few days ago ... here r some progress pics of the :

underside and the weathering applied to date

the top side ... in silver as there is some paint chipping to be done

cowling fitted with some paint chipping done ...

tx for looking Lindsey

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[papa 695]

Coming along nicely Lindsey keep up the good work

 

[Dave W]

Looking good Lindsey.

 

[saguy]

hi there ... giving this paint chipping a bash .... bit unorthodox I suppose as I am painting the navy green over the silver (obviously!) and then scraping some off with a sharp utensil before it dries totally... seems to work ok ... just have to be careful not to over do it. Will keep going and see where it ends up but i think it looks quite ok ...Lindsey

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[Dave W]

Looks good Lindsey.Im going to try the salt method on my Zero.Still waiting for Vallejo aluminium paint to harden before i try it.

 

[Guest]

looking good

 

[Guest]

Look'n sharp. Love the salt method its a lot of fun. Looking forward to seeing more!

 

[saguy]

some more pics ... not that much more to be done ... tx for looking ...lindsey

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[BarryW]

Very nice build this... I remember many, many years ago the Airfix 1:72 of this aircraft.... I would love Tamiya or Hasegawa to do a 1:32 scale....

 

[papa 695]

Looking very good Lindsey

 

[Guest]

Great build, Lindsey! It's a good-looking aircraft with those large wheel-spats.

 

[saguy]

hi there ... initially i was quite pleased with my val but after looking at the pics yesterday i was bit disappointed with some of the aspects of it ...so back into the shed it went for some touch ups:

cleaned up up the demarcation line between the upper green and lower gray .. used masking tape this time ...well duh!!

removed the small canopy at the end of the cockpit - should never have been there in the first place considering i had built it with the canopy open

used filler to fill in the gaps for the windscreen .. was not sitting flush with the aircraft.

touched up some of the paint here and here and removed some of the chip marks where they just did not seem to be right.

weathered the panel lines on the upper surfaces a wee bit more

probably being pedantic but they were errors which could be corrected easily enough ..... mental note for the future projects "take a bit more care over the small details ...photos will show up all the little boo boo's"

tx lindsey

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[Guest]

Lindsey ,very good looking build and the fixes came out great! I think we all are our worst citics,it looks fine to me!!!