Nichimo Ki-45 'Nick'

[AZKevin]

Ok Let's try this again.

 

This is my recently completed Nichimo Ki-45. There were some fit issues, but it was an enjoyable build especially in preperation for building the Hasegawa kit. Now that I've built a few models, after a 20 years hiatus, I'm going to have to play with weathering to get my models looking as good as the rest of you!!

 

It is pretty much straight from the box except for a brass 37mm ventral cannon and a few dodads in the cockpit. Paints are Tamiya with kit decals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2010 by AZKevin

[ghodges]

That's a great looking Nick! Looks like you've already gotten back on track after your long time off. I still have my Nichimo K-45 on the shelf with no plans to replace it with the "newer" Hasagawa kit. As I recall, I was blown away by the detail and fit of that kit! It was another whole level above most other kits of the 70's, with the exception of some of the Otaki releases.

 

Congrats on a fine build and thanks for sharing!

 

GIL

[AZKevin]

Hi Gil,

Thanks, I enjoyed building the kit and was generally very happy with the fit and level of detail (esp the cockpit). Lone Star Models (Mike West) makes a resin cockpit and wheel well set for the Nichimo kit. Last time I looked they were $25 for each set. I got my Nichimo Ki-45 for about $15 on ebay and couldn't (at the time) justify spending $50 more on detail parts. Maybe next time - I still have one more Nichimo Ki-45 in the stash.

 

As a side note, I was also very impressed by the detail included in the Nichimo Ki-51 'Sonia' when I built it. I painted that one blue (like the box top), I'll post a few pictures and see if anyone cries 'foul' about a blue Japanese airplane.

 

Finally, I agree with you on the Otaki kits - I recently built their Ki-100 and was very happy with the results. Now that I'm getting the picture posting bit figured out I'll post pictures of more of my built collection.

 

Thanks again for the comments,

Kevin

 

 

That's a great looking Nick! Looks like you've already gotten back on track after your long time off. I still have my Nichimo K-45 on the shelf with no plans to replace it with the "newer" Hasagawa kit. As I recall, I was blown away by the detail and fit of that kit! It was another whole level above most other kits of the 70's, with the exception of some of the Otaki releases.

 

Congrats on a fine build and thanks for sharing!

 

GIL

[VonL]

Nice piece! Glad you fought thru the pix posting issues to get that one in here.