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Ying: Those rivets are Otaki molded. I added nothing in the way of rivets, except for a few needle holes to replace rivets on seam lines lost during sanding.
This model is 1/48. Revell of Japan did mold a 1/32 early model mid-wing Shiden (George) way back in the 1970's, but those molds are at the bottom of the Pacific, and finding that kit today is very hard to do!
Thanks for all of the kind words. Cheers!
GIL
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Beautiful Spitfire, and not a scheme you see every day! Is that some Waldron placards I spottted on the right wall? Regardless, the cockpit looks smashing! Thanks for sharing!'
GIL
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Your impression is mistaken!
OOTB means you use ONLY the parts that came in the box, as they were molded. You can thin kit parts for a more scale appearance, but you cannot surgically alter them to another configuration (in other words, you could NOT droop the elevators on the stabilzers, nor could you slice open the closed engine cowl to show off engine details). Also, if you add ANYTHING in the way of detailing (with the exception of seat belts/buckles), it's no longer OOTB.
The full rules can be found at: http://ipmsusa.org/NCC/NCC.htm (just click onto Contest Rules and scroll down to the OOTB rules).
There's NOTHING wrong with your project, it just wouldn't qualify for the OOTB category. Cheers!
GIL
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Lovely scheme on another great build James! Thanks for sharing!
GIL
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Got the George done!
You can see more pictures of it in the Aircraft topic section. Cheers!
GIL
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This is the "quickie build" I started a few days before going to Phoenix...
There's a few things I'd do differently for a contest build, such as blending the Squadron vac windshield into the fuselage and airbrushing the Aotake blue instead of hand brushing the Tamiya clear blue over the silver base coat. I did, however, drill out all of the guns, add a few doodads in the cockpit (mainly a new seat and belts), added the wingtip lights from clear plastic (but forgot the tail light
), and drilled out all of the exhaust pipes. The paints are all Model Master and Floquil enamels. The markings are from Aeromaster, and went onto the model with no problems. For only about 15-20hrs work so as to get something in the stash built and onto the shelf, this old Otaki George was a FUN build. I kept the weathering to a minumum, applying some chipping with a sharpened colored pencil instead of trying to show the massive flaking that the later model low-wing George-Kai's were prone to (lousy late war paint without proper primering). The exhaust streaking was done with pastel chalks. Questions, comments, and critiques more than welcome! Cheers!GIL
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Excellent Emil David! THAT particular plane and scheme just typifies the German side of the BoB to me! Thanks for posting and congrats on a great build!
GIL
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Formula 56? Sounds great. Where did you get yours?
GIL
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Glad to have you here with us Gary! As for that "collecting" thing.....none of us do that
! We all buy models to build! Yep! And my wife, Morgan Fairchld (whom I've slept with) let's me buy all of the models I want whenever I want! That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Enjoy your Forum time Gary!
GIL
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Yea, it's not half bad.......just like Jennifer Anniston! You're a master of understatement. That's one very crisply built and painted Huey! The glass is particularly impressive (which I always find to be a tough job on 'copters). Did the top glass parts come in green, or did you tint them yourself? Either way, they look great! Thanks for posting!
GIL
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That's one of my favorite Otaki kits! It's an "easy" 109G for the shelf.
The Shiden is painted, decalled, and washed. All that's left is the "chipping" and the fiddly parts. With any luck, it'll be done for the meeting on Saturday!
GIL
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Welcome Jorge!
GIL
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That looks super! Those instruments really make the panel pop. I look forward to seeing more progress.
GIL
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Welcome! I too will be at the Nats Thur-Sat. Hope to meet ya in person and look forward to seeing you here on the forums!
GIL
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YOU PHOTO-SHOPPED OUT THE BEER!!? There's just something so wrong about that.....
Looks even more ungainly in the air. Too much fuselage and not enough wing. But your pics looks great and your skills are shown off very well! That 3rd pic could pass for the real thing over on Airliners.com. Congrats!
GIL
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That's quite a grin on that mini-Cobra! Nice job!
GIL
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The kit canopy on the Shiden isn't very good, but as luck would have it, I had the Squadron vac canopies in the box!
GIL
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Ha! There-in lies the difference between the Duke and the rest of us....he builds stuff to take a break! At the rate he builds, he must take as many breaks as I do on my "government job".
The Otaki Shiden is 80% painted. The main camo colors are on. All that remains is the yellow leading edge wing ID's and painting the gear wells in that Aotake metallic blue. I won't get it done before leaving Tuesday evening, but all that will be left is decalling, weathering, and the fiddly bits. I can live with that after 4 days of modeling!
GIL
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Interesting, affordable, and practical. Thanks for the link!
GIL
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That came out really nice Bill! That's a pretty build that complements a lovely airplane!
GIL
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Great build of an ungainly looking plane! I admire your ingenuity too!
GIL
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How do I know? Because I finished up a model last Wednesday, cleared my workbench, and was thinking "I'll go to the IPMS Nats in Phoenix next week and come home inspired- with a clean workbench- where I can tackle ANYTHING immediately"! Sounds like a plan, right?
But then I hit my weekend off yesterday.....3 days in a row without work.....what to do....what to do.....
So I fondled some plastic in the boxes, and I examined my decal stash, and re-arranged the workbench (again), and then I STARTED A MODEL!
Yep! I couldn't go 3 days without working on SOMETHING! God knows, I tried! But that Otaki kit dared me to build it. It called to me from the stash. It told me I couldn't get it done before I leave on Tuesday! I'll show it!
Is that pathetic or not? Isn't that a true sign of an addiction? And guess what, I get to attend PLASTIC JUNKIE HEAVEN next week at the IPMS Nats in Phoenix! There'll be more models, decals, and aftermarket stuff than the law should allow. It ought to be illegal, but thank God it's not!
Cheers!GIL
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SWEET! I look forward to seeing that in person!
GIL
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That was my first thought too....2 and 1/2 days? I can't get that result in 2 and 1/2 weeks! Great looking Zero! I know I'd be proud to have it on my shelf!
GIL
), and drilled out all of the exhaust pipes. The paints are all Model Master and Floquil enamels. The markings are from Aeromaster, and went onto the model with no problems. For only about 15-20hrs work so as to get something in the stash built and onto the shelf, this old Otaki George was a FUN build. I kept the weathering to a minumum, applying some chipping with a sharpened colored pencil instead of trying to show the massive flaking that the later model low-wing George-Kai's were prone to (lousy late war paint without proper primering). The exhaust streaking was done with pastel chalks. Questions, comments, and critiques more than welcome! Cheers!
! We all buy models to build! Yep! And my wife, Morgan Fairchld (whom I've slept with) let's me buy all of the models I want whenever I want! That's my story and I'm sticking to it! 
Cheers!
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OK, who are you, what did you do with Bill, and what happened to that AZ Hurricane? That model looks much too nice to have come from that lump of short-run plastic shown earlier!
GREAT work!
GIL