Hi guys,

This is the Academy kit, built straight from the box. A great little kit that fits together really well apart from one join under the fuselage/wing.
Finished with Tamiya IJN Grey xf12 and IJN Green xf11, which came out very dark and wasn't helped when I put a coat of Future over that. Almost looked black!

Continued with the build anyway thinking I could lighten it up at some stage. Decals went down fine, no issues but the Hinomaru's look a very bright shade of red?

I flat coated with Alclad Klear kote which I have only just started to use, nice product actually.

To solve the problem of the overall finish being too dark I used a couple of shades of green Pastels to weather the Green Finish and lighten it up a bit.
I used a slightly lighter colour on the fabric surfaces and top of the fuselage.

This was just ground up and applied with a brush, just trying to highlight the centre of each panel and then using a much larger, softer brush to blend together. It looks a bit overdone in the pics, it looks like its picking up the light a lot, that and my skills with the camera are lacking!

Finally the aerial was attached and I called it done.

Happy modelling, feedback welcomed.

Regards,

Ash

good save on the paintwork! cheers Bevan

Really well done, very nice paint and weathering. I like the base too.

Serge Dompierre

What did you use for the foliage?

Thanks,

Chris