Nakajima Ki-43 - Halinski - 1/33

[ricleite]

The tail section is complete. The pictures show well how shiny the paint is!

[Tino]

That is so perfect Ricardo!

[ricleite]

Thanks, Tino

The fuselage cross section changes strongly behind the cockpit, to match the wings. The skin parts have interesting shapes and they fit very well.

[Isaac]

Nice work in joining the fuselage sections. Especially around the Hinomaru ( round red circle, national Japanese roundel / rising sun ).


Isaac

[Don Boose]

AS always, beautiful clean and crisp work.

Don

[7TP]

Fantastic work!
I enjoy following your threads

[Mike1158]

Truly, sharp as.

[Falco]

This is one awesome looking build... razor sharp build! May I ask how thick is the internal structure parts?

[ricleite]

Thanks for the comments, friends

@ Isaac - I'd put most of the credit on the designer. The Hinomaru has perfect continuity over the joint and the same happens on the many green patches that make up what I don't call camouflage...

@ Falco – Halinski defines at least 3 thicknesses for reinforcement: 0,2mm, 0,5mm and 1mm. Most of the structure parts belong to the third category. I use 0,8mm, instead of 1mm.


The propeller and spinner construction is typical Halinski. Not so typical is the shinning paper…

[Erik Zwaan]

What a beautiful propeller!

I wonder why you use 0.8mm thickness instead of 1.0mm. Is it because you laminate the original parts onto the cardboard, making a total thickness of approximately 1mm? Do the laser cut sets also take this into account?

Regards,
Erik