Work in progress vol.12: Nakajima Ki27: READY

Subject:	Nakajima Ki27 Type 97 64th Flight Regiment
Scale:	1/48
Manufacturer:	Hasegawa
Price	US$ 80,00
Description	Injection molded, with waterslide decals for the 64th Flight Regiment . Special release with resin figure of Japanese fighter pilot as bonus.
Comments	This is a rebox of this old mold with new decals for the 64th Flight Regiment and a  special bonus resin figure of a Japanese pilot. Overall the kit is very nice with recessed panel lines and rivets. A large sheet of decals for 4 different aircraft is supplied and they are in perfect color and register. Fit is very good, with no filler needed during construction. Painting was done with Tamyia acrylics as usual.

The sprues:

Colors and markings:

Decals:

Bonus Figure:

Construction pictures:

The major parts of the airframe glued:

I decided to paint most of the markings as they look too complex to apply as decals. So a used tamiya yellow for the wings and fuselage. I also painted with tamiya acrylics the small white fuselage band. Then, i masked with tamiya tape and painted the airframe IJN Grey also from Tamiya. After that i maked the grey around the large fuselage band and wings and added the small white detail. Once this was done, all the panel lines were highlighted with a 0,3mm pencil.Everything was sealed with future for the decal application. 

Aircraft walkaround vol.39 : Boulton Paul Dediant

Subject: Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I N1671

Location: RAF Museum, Hendon, London, 2013

Comments: The Boulton Paul Defiant was a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter", without any forward-firing guns. It was a contemporary of the Royal Navy's Blackburn Roc. The concept of a turret fighter related directly to the successful First World War-era Bristol F.2 Fighter. In practice, the Defiant was found to be reasonably effective as a bomber–destroyer, but vulnerable to the Luftwaffe's more agile, single-seat Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. Lack of forward armament proved to be a major weakness in daylight combat and its potential was only realized when it switched to night combat. It was supplanted in the night fighter role by the Bristol Beaufighter and de Havilland Mosquito. The Defiant found use in gunnery training, target towing, electronic countermeasures (ECM) and air-sea rescue. Among RAF pilots, it had the nickname "Daffy".

Walkaround race cars vol.3: Lotus 97T - Ayrton Senna da Silva

Subject: Lotus 97T - Ayrton Senna da Silva
Location: Honolulu, Hawai, USA 2012.
Comments: This post is to celebrate the live of one of the greatest race drivers of all time, Ayrton Senna da Silva, who died in an accident exactly 20 years ago. Famous for his ability to drive fast in rainy weather and for his skills in training, being one of the top pole position winners of F1. The Lotus model 97T was a very competitive car, with 8 pole positions and three wins on the hands of Ayrton during the 1985 season. Driving the Lotus 97T, Ayrton got his first F1 win at the GP of Estoril, Portugal, in 1985 under pouring rain! Sundays were never the same since he passed away. Formula 1 became safer but lost some of it´s charm and glory. May he be always remembered!

Military aircraft vol.66: Thor IRBM cuban crisis missile

Subject:	Thor IRBM - Cuban Missile Crisis rocket
Scale:	1/144
Manufacturer:	New Ware models
Price	US$ 24,00 + shipping
Description	Resin casting with decals
Comments	Construction was out of the box. Overall fit is excellent. Painting was done using tamiya acrylics. Decals performed well and were in perfect register.

Kit review vol.17: Thor IRBM Cuban crisis missile

Subject:	Thor IRBM - Cuban Missile Crisis rocket
Scale:	1/144
Manufacturer:	New Ware models
Price	US$ 24,00 + shipping
Description	Resin casting with decals
Comments	New ware is a Czech manufacturer of resin space models. The resin casting is outstanding. The models were send by mail in a sturdy box and very well protected. The Thor kit is made of a main body, the engine compartment and engine bell and the nose cone. Decals are provided for one version. There is an A4 intsruction sheet with exploded diagram and painting indications.

Kit parts:

Spacecraft vol.3: Jupiter bioflight 2

Subject:	Jupiter: IRBM - Bioflight 2 - first living creatures recovered from space
Scale:	1/144
Manufacturer:	New Ware models
Price	US$ 24,00 + shiping
Description	Resin casting with photo-etched metal parts and decals
Comments	This is a nice model to build. Resin casting is outstanding. As you can see by the review, there are not too many parts to built, so construction goes fast, quite a weekend project. Painting was done with alclad II and tamiya acrylics. Decals performed very well. The base is 1/35 scale display for figures. I just add a round piece of plasticard, painted it white an used an American flag decal. It was a fun and easy project!

Construction:

 The finished project:

Videos vol. 7: Bioflight - the first creatures in space