Thank you very much! You can check out more of my work at largescaleplanes.com, where I post under the name "Thunnus"!

@@thunnus1964 def gonna check that out

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Thank you so much Jack! The slideshow video was a bit of an experiment and not something that I do on a normal basis. I'm much more comfortable sharing my modeling builds on internet message boards and most of my 1/32 builds can be found at largescaleplanes.com under the username: Thunnus. Please visit the site when you have the time! I agree about the Japanese fighters. I've got a couple more kits on the shelf that I hope to get to in the near future including the Ki-61-i (with a Wolf Pack Ki-61-i Tei conversion) and the Ki-84.

More Japanese kits for me I guess! 😎

Thank you very much for the comment!

Thank you! And yes, you are absolutely correct about the data plate under the tail plane. It is upside down. =(

Thank you so much! Please check out my other build... Fw 190D-13 Conversion!

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Thank you sir! Greatly appreciated!

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Hello! The technique that I used to replicate paint chipping is called the "hairspray" method. Pretty simple. After you lay down your base metal coat (I normally use Tamiya AS-12), you spray a few coats of hairspray. Once that is dry, you spray your normal camo color over it. After a few hours, take a stiff paintbrush moistened with water and start rubbing the area that you want the chips to appear. The water-soluble hairspray creates an unstable layer when wet and will start to loosen the camo paint in little chunks, revealing the metal color beneath. Works best with acrylics (both water and laqcuer-based). For more info, please refer to my build thread at forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/85604-132-hasegawa-n1k2-j-shiden-kai-343-45

Thank you! I used the hairspray method for the larger spots of chipping. Toward the latter stages of the weathering process, I augmented the hairspray chips using paint lightly applied using a sponge and also a silver pencil.

@@thunnus1964 Thanks for the response.

Thank you! For the riveting, I referred to scale drawings found in Aero Details 26, which is a Japanese publication.

Yes, it is unfortunately upside down. The model is no longer in my hands so I am unable to fix.

@user-jaynome-daisuki Google translated... "Sorry for the low image quality of the video! ! ! "From next time onwards, please use high image quality" Response: The photographs were taken during the build using a Canon S110 in RAW format and processed in Lightroom. They were output to 1920x1080 resolution for video purposes. The video was made in full HD (1920x1080p) so make sure you view the video in HD.