SPA Modeler

Started about a week ago this beauty hasegawa kit (lately i'm getting too many hasegawa!!! not good for me used to build low cost kits... but effectively none of hasegawa i have i paid at full price ) that need some help from plastic sheets , stretched sprues and aluminium foils .

Box n sprues















I'm going for bombs load, the torpedo i will use for the kate.. if match

First subassemblies









good idea to use the inner fuel tanks as wings correct angle keeper



well detailed bomb bay





fitting is good, yes it's not an amodel kit



Fuselages have some stuts details but poor, we have plastic sheets and stretched sprues to fill them



cockpit section struts



nose with original details.. for now





first intervention the seat between pilots , removed original and build a new one







at the next, lots of pictures to post again

nice looking kit, great looking build. This is gonna be fun.

Very nice! I never seen that kit before.

Thanx guys

BlackSheep214 wrote:Very nice! I never seen that kit before.

I see it only on online store at high prices so let it there before to find on ebay at 20 euro


Here more:
Starting throttles scratchin





Here one



The IP, i don't like decals for this duty




After i get more documentation and replaced the first verdsion of throttle group on the IP







Detailing the nose and refine original pieces







clear pieces shows these detail good




starting structures and details in the tail section, mainly cutted plastic sheet and stretched sprues











I used a common use cutter blade mounted perpendicular at the x-acto so i can easily put vertical structures first , then put round horizontal stretched sprue and suddenly cut the excess





oxigen cans



tail structures





canpopy clear part shows good things in the inner s, so detailing the cockpit too





separation bulkhead between radio section and fuel tanks, first version. Also the radio operator tanble i modified but after i prefered to totally replace it





central floor with aluminium to simulate details



final version of the table and added aluminium stripes to the tanks







last cockpit details added yesterday







forget about.. i'll go for opened side guns version, so i cut the clear parts with blue tac (yellow..) help







radio operator seat scratch yesterday



That's all for now, at the next

More details added in the cockpit







And in the nose section





Pilot seats and nose barbecue



closed the tail well hole




a rapid test fitting











yesterday primer everywhere!



At the next!

PS
Edited the prevoius updates to correct some wrong picture, sorry

You've got a lot going on in that last pic. LOL!

BlackSheep214 wrote:You've got a lot going on in that last pic. LOL!

I agree! That looks like my workbench!

Thanks guys
Here more about the Peggy, 3 sessions of paint

starting with paint!



















Define details and white drybrush, also added two more ammo boxes in the tail zone. Belts to the pilot seats and bomber zone



































IP and other little details





















Fuselages



























That's all for now

About more two nocturnal/afternoon session updates:
Lots of pictures before to close fuselages, also added simulated guns ammo with aluminium textured stripes , painted other details and put all pieces in. Also added belts to pilot seats with masking tape and copper wire.





























































Then glue outer clear parts of the side gung with their supports. MG will be added after finished all works, as the upper turret



Then glued fuselages





Wings and turrets on



I tried as possible to turn ammo rails towards respective weapons, it's a tecnique that i need to improve, my first attempt















not so perfect the fitting between clear parts and the fuselage, here a plastic stripe to levelling the step











Ready for final sanding before the primer. I need to improve the panel lines too fine for my brushes







At the next!

Sanding time





painted in black lots of other pieces



At the next!