Subject: Re: 1/32 Hasegawa Ki-43 Oscar
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Tony Feredo" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:48:45 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tony Feredo 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 6:24 AM
  Subject: 1/32 Hasegawa Ki-43 Oscar

  "1/32 Hasegawa Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar) " 

  by "Tony Feredo"
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  Nakajima Ki-43 "Hayabusa" (Allied codename: Oscar)
  2nd Chutai, 20th Sentai, Japanese Army Air Force
  Grace Park Airfield, Caloocan
  Manila, Philippines
  October 1944

  Here is my Hasegawa Ki-43 "Oscar" in 1/32 scale.  The kit used to be in my "shelf of doom" in the last two years until I decided to revive it as its been a quite a while since I built a large scale aircraft.

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  It was built mostly OOB and I did rescribe some of the lines in the fuselage.  The kit is a combination of raised and recessed details and some of the engraved lines are a little off scale.  The only fit problem I encountered was when I was gluing the lower wing against the upper wing. I filled the gaps with CA (super glue) and spent a little time sanding and re-scribing some of the lost lines.  The rest of the assembly was straight forward. The tail wheel was originaly molded in the fuselage and it got "lost" (or detached) so I went to my old trusty spares box and found a suitable replacement.

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  After assembly, the entire model was sprayed with Mr. Surfacer 1000.  I painted and masked the 20th Sentai tail markings and the leading edge IFF. Then the entire model was given automotive gloss black primer color and after considerable drying time, I used Mr. Color No. 8 (Silver) as the NMF base for the aircraft.  I masked and painted the fabric covered control surfaces with my mix of IJA Light Grey Green.  The camo was airbrushed free hand with Mr. Color No. 129 (Nakajima Dk Green).  I washed the entire model with diluted black paint and  weathered it  with exhaust stains and few chipped paint.

  I had to go to my decal spare and lucky enough there were a few "hinomarus" that were up to scale.  The rest of the sub-assemblies were installed the finishing touch was putting the aerial wires using stretched sprue.

  Despite its age I had fun building this Hasegawa kit.  I am considering of getting another one soon.

  Cheers and Happy Modeling!

  Tony

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