Sunday, 14 January 2018

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 006 - ALEXANDER NAM TRAN

Alex Tran sent over an excellent presentation and WIP of his 1/72 "Ken-3", HERE, as well as many many photos of his model, below. Thank you very much Alex for your contribution to our contest.
 




















 

10 comments:

  1. The kit slayer14 January 2018 at 22:28

    Very nice build. Unusual ( to me) subject
    . A lot of work gone into that. 4.8

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  2. Arawasi15 January 2018 at 10:43

    A brilliant model, the result of tedius work on a difficult model under adverse conditions. Excellent presentation too. A solid 5.0 from me. Bravo!

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  3. D. Chouinard15 January 2018 at 16:02

    A modeling epic! Well done! The only thing that stands out to me as a possible problem is the ailerons, both seem to be down? 4.9 for a remarkable effort!

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  4. Calin Ungureanu15 January 2018 at 19:03

    A great work in progress from which every modeler can learn something. First of all I will give you a maximum score due to your ambition and power to start again when things didn't worked as planed.
    The model looks very well in the end so, for that I will vote 4.9.

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  5. Mark Jahsan15 January 2018 at 20:01

    I was disappointed when the deadline was extended, I knew I would not maintain my lead! However, this is clearly superior, I doff my cap, 4.9.

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  6. Anonymous15 January 2018 at 21:05

    I heartily agree with the others on the effort and results of Mr. Tran's work. I vote 4.9.

    Wind Swords

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  7. Unknown15 January 2018 at 21:10

    Thank you everyone for your supportive words and kind judgement thus far, I am very glad that you all were able to enjoy it and my struggles!
    @ D. Chouinard, yes you are correct, both ailerons are glued downwards in this build. It was based on the following photo, I wanted to capture a part of this still and somewhat calm moment for the aircraft: https://oldmachinepress.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/ki-78-post-war-rear.jpg

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  8. Toryu16 January 2018 at 03:55

    It must have been a nearly superhuman effort to make a few plastic parts look like a wonderful model. The silver colour nicely adds to the racy appearance, and those black & white bands, too. What are they? I can't see them on the original picture that started your first WIP report.
    Just two points that impair the otherwise excellent result a bit: The canopy seems not to have silver frames on the outside, and the close-up pictures show a rather pigmented finish - a problem with the silver spray? Overall I vote 4.6

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  9. Raketenmann17 January 2018 at 04:45

    Very well done and with a lot of effort! 4,9 from me!

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  10. David S.25 January 2018 at 00:22

    My congratulations for this well done model kit and on winning this contest!
    All the extra work was well worth it and very nicely reported and portrayed on the blog.

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