Finished Photos of Tamiya Kawanishi N1K1 Shinden

Many may have wondered where are the photos taken for the Shinden, the PURPLE ELECTRIC LIGHTNING????

Truth be told, I did not take any pictures. I put in the ladders and the gun pods sometime ago but did not have time to take pictures of it having taken the time to build the Corsair.

Well here they are...the finished model. Taken in the garden table.

The edges pf the pillow is slightly and roughly rubbed off. Sorry about that. Since not many people follow this, I just did a 10 job to clean up the sides, not professionally done.

1/32 Tamiya Corsair Part Six

Chipping Time! AHOY!!!!!

Now time to see if it comes together.

The left wing chipped. I make small chips and then try to grow them using a wet brush.

The leading edges and the wing root being chipped. Happy with the pattern.

Right Wing Chipped. But the main thing is the shiny decal. I got fed up with it and glazed it with grey tones from Vallejo. It first highlighted the rivets but also dulled the shine a little and I was happy with it. A bit of trouble keeping the brush strokes from appearing. After 2 hours, I succeeded without putting too much water onto the decal and delaminating it.

Right Cockpit areas is a tricky section to do it not too much until overdoing.

The right wing being chipped with shallow Zinc Chromate. Because, below the Zinc Chromate comes the actual bare metal. The doors of the machine guns loading bay recieved lots of attention as its the place where the action is. Its being loaded with 9 yards of ammo per gun on each wing.

Leading edges and wing roots being chipped with Zinc Chromate green. I will move towards the folding lines soon.

Canopy areas being chipped with Zinc Chromate as well.