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OFFICIAL: Land of the Rising Sun Campaign
FinneganBojangles
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: May 01, 2013
KitMaker: 60 posts
AeroScale: 56 posts
Posted: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 - 03:22 AM UTC
Finished, with only 4 hours to spare before I head to the airport for a trip to Europe! I should probably start packing now...





RedwingNev
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: February 07, 2004
KitMaker: 911 posts
AeroScale: 415 posts
Posted: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 - 05:01 AM UTC
Very nice Kevin. Underside is beautifully done.
magnusf
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Stockholm, Sweden
Joined: May 02, 2006
KitMaker: 1,953 posts
AeroScale: 1,902 posts
Posted: Friday, September 05, 2014 - 06:24 PM UTC
Some further very nice finishers! I must say that the F-14-lookalike is rather cool!

Finally finished all the markings I consider myself being able to paint on!



Build blog is here.



Magnus
RedwingNev
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: February 07, 2004
KitMaker: 911 posts
AeroScale: 415 posts
Posted: Friday, September 05, 2014 - 11:59 PM UTC
Will you be weathering the markings? Looks kinda weird with them all shiny and pristine
RedwingNev
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: February 07, 2004
KitMaker: 911 posts
AeroScale: 415 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 06, 2014 - 07:22 PM UTC
So I sprayed the medium blue basecoat yesterday. Note the blu-tac sausages to the left, hope to spray the dark blue tonight. Its going to be tight, but I think I might just squeeze in under the finishing line....

magnusf
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Stockholm, Sweden
Joined: May 02, 2006
KitMaker: 1,953 posts
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Posted: Saturday, September 06, 2014 - 07:33 PM UTC

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Will you be weathering the markings? Looks kinda weird with them all shiny and pristine



I HAVE to, but I haven't figured out exactly how yet...

Should have used more of an ebony /off-white colour instead...



Magnus
thewrongguy
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: October 17, 2002
KitMaker: 448 posts
AeroScale: 34 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 07, 2014 - 06:41 AM UTC
Sorry for the delay in responding, been out of town.

Thanks for all the compliments, I'm very flattered. Lot of great builds going on. I'm almost glad about the extension just so I can keep checking up on new progress.

- Jeff
RedwingNev
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: February 07, 2004
KitMaker: 911 posts
AeroScale: 415 posts
Posted: Monday, September 08, 2014 - 05:57 PM UTC
So, campaign finishes Sunday guys n gals!

Nothing like a drop-dead date to spur me into action:

Blu-tac masks and dark blue paint sprayed...


Remove the masking, et voila!


Finishes Sunday, I won't be back at the bench till Thursday evening......gunna be tight!
JClapp
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Massachusetts, United States
Joined: October 23, 2011
KitMaker: 2,265 posts
AeroScale: 1,715 posts
Posted: Monday, September 08, 2014 - 10:27 PM UTC
That two-tone paint looks great Neil!
RedwingNev
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: February 07, 2004
KitMaker: 911 posts
AeroScale: 415 posts
Posted: Friday, September 12, 2014 - 11:44 PM UTC
Just a reminder, the extension finishes tomorrow!

My F-2B is all glossed and ready for decals.....
EHAM0624
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Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: January 27, 2014
KitMaker: 200 posts
AeroScale: 85 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 13, 2014 - 07:32 AM UTC
Hi,

My Betty is almost finished but it needs more tweaking.
This old Hagasawa box is surly not up to current day standards but still nice to built, straight out of the box easy however I don't like the look of it so I scrach built a (not correct) interior just so it looked more realistic. Her belly houses a strong magnet so it stays fixed onto the metal stand.









After a primer coat (several layers actually) and a whole lot of sanding including the over done rivets I completely sprayed it in aluminum and added some preshading.



After a good layer of hairspray applied the 2 tone camo that has been used by the Takao Kokutai flying out of Clark Field in the Philippines April 1942, decals are from Techmod out of Poland and are lovely thin much better than the original thick and yellowish from the box,...



Yes I still want to remove some of the camo paint to reveal the aluminum and do some washes/oil paints to blend it all however I will not make it in short time so for the little bit of tweaking left to do I call it good for now.



So what about the Ohka, well that one is Finished!.

As it's so small I put it in a Swedish disgin picture frame with a Japanese WWII style flag back ground to hang it on the wall,.. I thought I was kind of appropriate.



Niel, thank you for the campaign and the fun
RedwingNev
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: February 07, 2004
KitMaker: 911 posts
AeroScale: 415 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 13, 2014 - 08:39 PM UTC
I love the mounting for that Okha, very stylish!

As for my F-2B, I'm going to have to raise the white flag unfortunately So many stencils. So, so many stencils



I spent about 4 hours decaling yesterday, and I'm not even halfway through. So, to the Hangar Queen thread it will be...

I will check back tomorrow to see who has sneaked under the finish line and award the (very stylish) ribbon.
magnusf
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Stockholm, Sweden
Joined: May 02, 2006
KitMaker: 1,953 posts
AeroScale: 1,902 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 07:14 AM UTC
Sorry friends, I'm throwing in the towel on this one! I won't make it tonight and I don't want to risk ruining anything because of hurrying!


It all ends here...

Build blog is here.



Magnus
JClapp
#259
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Massachusetts, United States
Joined: October 23, 2011
KitMaker: 2,265 posts
AeroScale: 1,715 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 14, 2014 - 09:47 AM UTC
three of you guys, including fearless leader, just need another night or two to finish top shelf models ?!
- I think another two week extension is called for.
RedwingNev
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: February 07, 2004
KitMaker: 911 posts
AeroScale: 415 posts
Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 07:27 AM UTC
Much as I want one of those cool ribbons, Its time to draw a line in the sand on this one.

Unfortunately, can't get into the gallery right now to check who finished as I keep getting error messages.
MichaelSatin
Staff MemberCampaigns Administrator
AEROSCALE
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Colorado, United States
Joined: January 19, 2008
KitMaker: 3,909 posts
AeroScale: 2,904 posts
Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 11:57 AM UTC

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Much as I want one of those cool ribbons, Its time to draw a line in the sand on this one.

Unfortunately, can't get into the gallery right now to check who finished as I keep getting error messages.



The whole site is undergoing some pretty major problems right now. Jim Starkweather is working hard on it and hopes it should be back up to speed very soon.

Michael
PrickleHead
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Western Australia, Australia
Joined: December 31, 2013
KitMaker: 338 posts
AeroScale: 190 posts
Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 02:33 PM UTC
Loved this campaign,,,lots of great builds from everyone!
Removed by original poster on 09/21/14 - 01:32:08 (GMT).
MichaelSatin
Staff MemberCampaigns Administrator
AEROSCALE
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Colorado, United States
Joined: January 19, 2008
KitMaker: 3,909 posts
AeroScale: 2,904 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 21, 2014 - 03:13 AM UTC
Seems to me that this campaign is now over so I will un-sticky this thread. Great job everyone!

Michael
RedwingNev
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: February 07, 2004
KitMaker: 911 posts
AeroScale: 415 posts
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 07:48 AM UTC
Congratulations to the 15 who finished. Ribbons have now been awarded.

Look for my F-2B to appear, finished, in the Hangar Queen thread in the next few days.
JClapp
#259
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Massachusetts, United States
Joined: October 23, 2011
KitMaker: 2,265 posts
AeroScale: 1,715 posts
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 09:41 AM UTC
Thanks Neil.

The Gallery looks pretty nice. great campaign all.
PrickleHead
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Western Australia, Australia
Joined: December 31, 2013
KitMaker: 338 posts
AeroScale: 190 posts
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 11:41 AM UTC
Just had a squiz at the gallery, great builds and such a variety of aircraft nice work.
magnusf
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Stockholm, Sweden
Joined: May 02, 2006
KitMaker: 1,953 posts
AeroScale: 1,902 posts
Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 02:43 AM UTC
This won't render me a ribbon but I really would like everyone to know that I finally finished my Ki-100!







Build blog is here.



Magnus
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