ghodges Posted July 12, 2024 Report Posted July 12, 2024 Last week when I was in the middle of painting my Russian MiG-21MF (posted below) I decided instead of twiddling my thumbs and watching the paint dry I'd start another easy build. Thus, I grabbed the old '70s Otaki 1/48 Ki-43 Oscar from the stash and dove in. I substituted a better seat in the cockpit, but built the rest of the cockpit OOTB. I also substituted a Falcon vacuform canopy for the old, thick, dingy kit canopy. The only other item of note was it had the worst fitting wings of any Otaki kit I've ever built, requiring me to shave down the wing roots on both sides and then fill/fix in a step in the right wing root. The camo was freehanded over some Tamiya rattle can Bare Metal Silver and the decals came from Aeromaster. On to the rest of the pics! The bench is clear, the stash has one less in it, and I'm all set to go to the Nats next week and come home inspired and ready to build anything! Gil 1
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