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That is just amazing.

As always your painting and weathering of the tires is excellent.

Thanks guys! Forgot to remove the masking on the shiny oleos. Another pic of the landing gear... I've also added the last segment of brake line.

Per Vincent K's comment on the brake lines, I've made adjustments.


The fit of the wings wasn't as good as on the Hasegawa K-4 build and I had to do a bit of wrasslin' to minimize the gaps.



The flexing of the wings during the attachment process jarred loose both canvas liners in the wheel wells. I kinda like the look without them in place so I might just leave them off.




I'll spend at least the next few days filling and sanding the wing joints to get them to look presentable.

The gear look great. Coming along - looks good

Thanks for checking in! We're getting closer to the painting stage. I think I can add the base for the DF loop antenna as Hartmann's machine only has the base and not the loop.


I've been working on the wing/fuselage joints and have gotten them very close to the acceptable stage. I've painted the masked clear parts in RLM 66 Dark Grey. I'll go over this with black just to ensure that the frames are 100% opaque. I'm really liking the Mr Primer Surfacer 1000. It sprays much much better than the plain Mr Surfacer 1000... give it a shot if you need a primer.




The tail stabilizers are checked for fit. Since they fit very well, I like leaving them off to simplify the painting process.


Just a few minor touchups to the wing/fuselage joints and she'll be ready for painting.


I've painted the interiors of the landing gear doors and clamshell flaps so that I can paint the exteriors at the same time as the main aircraft. I experimented with using a random splatter template to create some staining effects.

It's looking great!

Looking good!

What did you use paint/ coating wise for the oleos John? Those look life like.

mustang1989 wrote:What did you use paint/ coating wise for the oleos John? Those look life like.

Ahhhh.... the oleo struts are unpainted! One of the benefits of using the Synthetic Ordnance Works replacement landing gear.


They are of composite construction. Resin casted over a heavy duty piano wire core while the oleo struts are stainless steel tubing. Provides additional strength and the oleos are nice and shiny so you don't have to paint them.

His products are listed over at LSP under the Vendors Board. If you are interested, you go to LSP and check it out or you can email Damian at DBAndrus@protonmail.com.