Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 011 - And the winner is...

...everybody:

 

Derek Cooper, Pawel Dudasz, BaronVonRob and Leon Kloke

 

Congratulations guys!

 

Very few entries this time and very few people voted. I guess you got tired of our contests?

 

The theme for the next online model contest is Japanese Bombers and will start from July 1.

 

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 011 - LEON KLOKE #2

The first is rs-models Tachikawa Ki-87. The kit required some filler especially around the wings and the canopy. I added some cockpit detail which you barely will see. All in all a nice kit with some work around it.

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then there is Hasegawa J7W which I started years ago. I finished it for the contest. There is eduard's photo-etch set for detailing it up especially round the cockpit and the landing gear. The colour scheme was inspired by a set of photos of the type I found in the internet. A very attractive plane and nice and easy build with a little bit of filler needed.

In the first set of photos the antenna is missing but, as you can see it's fixed.

  

  

 

- Leon Kloke - Germany

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 011 - LEON KLOKE #1

Here is my contribution to the contest. All the kits are in 1/72.

 

 

First up is the carrier version of the Kawanishi N1K "George" . It's Aoshima and built well oob. The only things I added were some seat harness and wire for the landing gear. I actually started the model for the "George" contest...

  

 

 

The Mitsubishi A7M "Reppu" (Sam) are Fine Mold's nice kits. The A7M1 was build some years ago and the M2 was built for the contest... Both are almost oob.

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

- Leon Kloke - Germany

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 011 - BARONVONROB

The venerable Fine Molds Yokosuka R2Y "Keiun" in 1/72, built all straight out of the box using Tamiya paint mixes and EZline for the radio wire.

 

- BaronVonRob, USA - 

 

 

  

  

 

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 011 - PAWEL DUDASZ

Here's a model I built a few years ago. It's a Nakajima J8N1 "Kikka", papercraft, 1:33 scale, by Answer publishing.

- Pawel Dudasz, Poland -

  

  

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 011 - DEREK COOPER

Dear All,
Here is my entry for the current online modelling contest, which is a Nakajima Ki-87-I as kitted in 1/72 scale by RS models.
I have always had a fascination for this aircraft because of the exposed supercharger plumbing on the nose, so I jumped at buying the kit when I saw it at a local modelling show. It is not a bad little kit, being typical short-run and has benefited considerably by the addition of NH Detail's etched set. The photographs I have found of the first prototype show the wing armament and undercarriage covers not fitted, so I have left these off. Also, to my eye the turbocharger outlets do not seem to be correct, so rightly or wrongly I have modified these to a more egg-shape. The only other real issue I had was the cockpit canopy being a very bad fit, but that may just be my lack of modelling skills. Also, the hinomaru as supplied in the kit are perhaps a little bright (almost Dayglo!), but I used them anyway.
I didn't realise until building the kit how big an aircraft the Ki-87 was - it is almost the same size as a 1/48 scale Ki-51 "Sonia" that was on my modelling bench at the same time!!

- Derek Cooper -

  

  

 

Japanese Aircraft Online Model Contest 011

ARAWASI would like to invite you to our eleventh online model contest.

Theme: "Japanese Prototype & Experimental Aircraft in any scale (no what-ifs)"

Submissions: Send as many photos as you like of your model and accompanying information to contact@arawasi.jp or arawasi_g2@hotmail.com. At the very least please send: your name and country, model scale and kit maker. Your entry will be posted within 24 hours. You can enter the contest with more than one model in any scale.
If you decide to start a model for our contest you can send work-in-progress photos.

Voting: you can vote for each model from 1 to 10 (no decimals) either by leaving a comment on each entry or by sending an email to the above addresses. No anonymous votes will be taken into account (nicknames are ok). The model with the most points wins.

Deadline: May 31 (but it can be extended) 

Prizes: The winner will receive a book and a kit from our on-line store, free of any charge, courtesy of Arawasi.

 

*The theme for the next online model contest is Japanese Bombers and will start from June 1.