Nakajima E8N "Dave"

A photo of a Navy Type 95 Reconnaissance Seaplane or Nakajima E8N "Dave" hoisted back on board, from a December 1942 vintage magazine. The battleship in the background is either Fuso or Yamashiro (I'm going for Yamashiro). 

Tachikawa Ki-9 "Spruce" Manchukuo Air Force by Octávio Mântua

I have finally finished the RS Models Tachikawa Ki-9 "Spruce" in 1/72. Here are some photos (also you can see more of the construction process on this link:

http://forum.modelismo-na.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=19892

I am very pleased with the end result except for an alignment problem with the bottom wing L.

 

- Octávio Mântua -

 

 

 

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 005 - and the winner is....

JEAN BARBY - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/48 -
4.9/4.9/5.0/5.0/4.7/4.9/5.0/4.9/4.9/4.8/5.0/4.7 - 4.89

 

ROBERTO ANDERWILL - Aichi Mi-Go “J-BAWI” 1/72 -

4.8/4.9/5.0/5.0/4.7/5.0/4.9/4.9/4.9/4.8/5.0/4.8 - 4.89

 

MARK JAHSAN - Kawanishi H6K "Mavis" 1/48 -

4.8/4.0/4.7/4.5/4.5/4.5/4.8/4.7/4.7/4.4 - 4.56

 

CALIN UNGUREANU - Yokosuka E14 "Glen" 1/72 -

4.8/4.9/4.9/4.7/4.7/4.8/4.9/4.9/4.6 - 4.8

 

DIZZYFUGU - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/72 -

4.0/4.5/4.7/4.5/4.5/4.6/4.6/4.5/4.0 - 4.43

 

ALLAN JEFFERY - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/48 -

4.6/4.7/4.7/4.6/4.7/4.3/4.8/4.6/4.6 - 4.62

 

JACOB TERLOUW - Kawanishi N1K1 "Kyofu" 1/72 -

4.8/4.8/4.7/4.8/4.8/4.7 - 4.76 

 

FABIO BALZANO - Aichi E-13 "Jake" 1/72 -

                                   5.0/4.7/4.5/4.9/4.7/4.5/4.9/4.8/4.5 - 4.72

                                  - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" -

                                   5.0/4.8/4.9/4.7/4.9/4.7/4.9/4.9/4.7 - 4.83

 

DEREK COOPER - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/72 -

4.5/4.6/4.6/4.0/4.6/4.9/4.8/4.7/4.6 - 4.58

 

PAT DONAHUE - Mitsubishi F1M2 "Pete" 1/48 -

5.0/4.9/5.0/5.0/4.9/4.4/5.0/4.9/4.9 - 4.88

 

CARLO REITA - Kawanishi E8K1 1/72 -

4.5/4.7/4.6/4.6/4.5/4.6/4.5/4.3 - 4.53

 

Prof. NEMISIS GOOSEHABIT - Mitsubishi F1M "Pete" 1/50 -

4.5/4.5/4.6/4.7/4.5/4.7/4.7 - 4.6

 

CAMERON LOHMAN - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/48 -

4.6/4.8/4.5/4.6/4.8/4.7 - 4.66

 

MIKHAIL AGEENKO - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/72 -

4.5/4.8/4.8/4.7/4.7/4.8/4.7/4.7 - 4.71

 

ERIC VOGEL - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/48 -

5.0/5.0/4.9/4.9/5.0/4.9/5.0/4.8 - 4.93    

 

ERIC VOGEL!!!

who gets a book and kit from our on-line store, free of any charge, courtesy of Arawasi.

 

Every other contestant gets a free decal set courtesy of Arawasi.

Thank you all for your contributions and participation with comments and voting.

 

The theme for the next online model contest is "Japanese Prototype & Experimental Aircraft" (no what-ifs) and starts from October 1.

Modelling videos pt. 1

Will try to post a number of interesting modelling videos I recently discovered on UTube. Even if you can't see the video on this blog there will be a link where you can go and enjoy it in better quality too. I'd very much like to hear your comments regarding the techniques used, the paints etc.

 

So first up is a video from "rebelsatcloudnine" building a beautiful Tamiya 1:48 G4M1 Rikko (Betty). Here's the link to the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tK5iuH1Uco

Central Pennsylvania IPMS Show

Central Pennsylvania IPMS held its annual model show and contest on September 16th.  This event was held at the U.S. Army Heritage Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Army Heritage Center is a great venue for this event and Central Pennsylvania IPMS did a great job hosting. Unfortunately, there were only 2 Japanese aircraft models on display. Both are 1/72 Hasegawa kits. I'm sure the Tony will spark a few conversations and the Shin Meiwa PS-1 deserves accolades as she very well done and highly attractive. 

Thank you to Charlie Swank for taking the photos.

Michael Furry,  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

 

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 005 - ERIC VOGEL

I finally managed to finish my Rufe.
Last year I showed some work in progress pictures, HERE.

It was a slow progress because of too many modelling projects on the workbench.
The figure is from the Rabaul set of Modelkasten, these figures are nicely detailed.
The "sea" is made of epoxy components and  the waves added on top are made of modeling gel.
Despite it took a little time I enjoyed it very much working on this Rufe.

 

- Eric Vogel - 

 

 

 

  

 

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 005 - MIKHAIL AGEENKO

1/72 Hasegawa A6M2-N of 802nd Flying group. Was completed OOB.

 

- Mikhail Ageenko -

 

 

  

 

 

Nakajima Ki-44 "Shoki" by Jean Barby

The Hasegawa "Shoki" was built using the super SBS interior and was painted to represent Major Saito plane as the two pics in Nick Millman's Osprey book show it. Saito was commanding the 85th Sentai. The camo was Green-grey with green and brown blotches and a heavy chipping both on wings and fuselage. Using figurines I tried to give some animation to my pics, sorry for the lst one where I did not spot the sliding hood! 

- Jean Barby -

 

 

 

Artist - Murakami Matsujiro

An artistic print entitled "Take off in high spirits" found in the November 1944 issue of the vintage magazine "Koku Shonen". Created by artist Murakami Matsujiro it features a Kawanishi H8K "Emily" flying boat or as is more commonly known in Japan, "Nishiki Taitei" . 

For more on the artist check the older post, here.

 

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 005 - CAMERON LOHMANN

Here is a 1/48 Hasegawa  A6M2-N Rufe. I tried a lot of different shading and weathering on this one. The stripes on the propeller are decals otherwise it's all painted. I'm one of those strange builders that just can't get enough of the Zero and this was a fun version to try.

 

Cameron Lohmann "Fluffysmodels", Florida, USA

 

 

Mitsubishi F1M "Reikan" (Pete) CG - video

A bit old but I hope it will provide some inspiration to the seaplane modelers out there.

Found it HERE.

 

 

 

Also, here's where we are with the current on-going contest.

 

 

JEAN BARBY - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/48 - 4.9, 4.9, 5.0, 5.0, 4.7, 4.9, 5.0, 4.9, 4.9, 4.8, 5.0

 

ROBERTO ANDERWILL - Aichi Mi-Go “J-BAWI” 1/72 - 4.8, 4.9, 5.0, 5.0, 4.7, 5.0, 4.9, 4.9, 4.9, 4.8, 5.0

 

MARK JAHSAN - Kawanishi H6K "Mavis" 1/48 - 4.8, 4.0, 4.7, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5, 4.8, 4.7, 4.7

 

CALIN UNGUREANU - Yokosuka E14 "Glen" 1/72 - 4.8, 4.9, 4.9, 4.7, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.9

 

DIZZYFUGU - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/72 - 4.0, 4.5, 4.7, 4.5, 4.5, 4.6, 4.6, 4.5

 

ALLAN JEFFERY - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/48 - 4.6, 4.7, 4.7, 4.6, 4.7, 4.3, 4.8, 4.6

 

JACOB TERLOUW - Kawanishi N1K1 "Kyofu" 1/72 - 4.8, 4.8, 4.7, 4.8, 4.8

 

FABIO BALZANO - Aichi E-13 "Jake" 1/72 - 5.0, 4.7, 4.5, 4.9, 4.7, 4.5, 4.9, 4.8

                                  - Nakajima A6M2-N "SuiSen” (Rufe) - 5.0, 4.8, 4.9, 4.7, 4.9, 4.7, 4.9, 4.9

 

DEREK COOPER - Nakajima A6M2-N "Rufe" 1/72 - 4.5, 4.6, 4.6, 4.5, 4.0, 4.6, 4.9, 4.8, 4.7

 

PAT DONAHUE - Mitsubishi F1M2 "Pete" 1/48 - 5.0, 4.9, 5.0, 5.0, 4.9, 4.4, 5.0, 4.9

 

CARLO REITA - Kawanishi E8K1 1/72 - 4.5, 4.7, 4.6, 4.6, 4.5, 4.6, 4.5

 

Prof. NEMISIS GOOSEHABIT - Mitsubishi F1M "Pete" 1/50 - 4.5, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.5, 4.7 

 

We also have two WIP entries:

JAN KANOV - Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu Type 11 1/48

&

MICHAEL FURRY - Nakajima E8N1 "Dave" 1/48

 

Just a reminder that the deadline for this contest is on September 15 and that the theme for the next online model contest is "Japanese Prototype & Experimental Aircraft" (no what-ifs) and will start from October 1.

 

I hope you all had a nice time during your summer vacation, amidst terrorist attacks (No Tenim Por!), hurricanes and floods (we hope all our friends in Texas are alright with dry homes and models!), fires (in Greece) and missiles flying over our heads (here in Japan).