Betty Bomber Finished Photos

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Hello me old aircraft chestnuts.

Just started a commission build for a client that wishes to remain anonymous. Let’s go with John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt… JJ for short.

This is Hasegawa 1/72 Betty GM42E with an Ohka. I am sure the translation of “Ohka”, must be. “I’m not gettin’ in that!”

Wings have a bit of a warp. But they are so thin out at the tips it was easy to fix. Since this will be pretty close to OOB the interior is close to done. Just added the seat belts and will pick out some details to highlight.

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I was wondering why 1/72nd but the wing shot shows that even at 1/72 it’s a decent size after all.

I’ll have to check back on this one.

Tony Lee[:)]

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That is a very nice kit, I didn’t find any major issues with it. You are going to have much fun masking canopies!

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Nice work on the interior Marc. Keep us posted on progress.

Regars, Rick

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Marc, looking forward to seeing what you do with the Betty.

Karl

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LOL…I think it actually meant “Cherry Blossom”…as in, “I’m not gonna get in that cherry blossom!” The allies called them a “Baka” which transalted into “stupid”…

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Thanks for the comments guys

Ashley, thank God Jj sent the Eduard masks with the kit. Or i would’ve sent it right back[:|]

Hey Karl. Wow its been a while. We haven’t crossed paths in a longtime.

Manny, yeah and I bet there were a few choice words after stupid. But hey, they get to have the smallest shot of crappy tasting Sake before the flight so I guess it was worth it[whstl]

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Thanks for the comments guys

Ashley, thank God Jj sent the Eduard masks with the kit. Or i would’ve sent it right back[:|]

Hey Karl. Wow its been a while. We haven’t crossed paths in a longtime.

Manny, yeah and I bet there were a few choice words after stupid. But hey, they get to have the smallest shot of crappy tasting Sake before the flight so I guess it was worth it[whstl]

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If you look close—you can see Ohkas slung under most of these Bettys…I also see how your wing got warped at the very end of the clip:

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More Betty coolness:

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Oh yeah… that’s warped all right.

very cool vids. Love the color gun camera stuff.

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Marc,

That wing “warp” must have raised your ire! Always enjoy your work so I’ll be keeping an eye on your Betty.

Nice shot of the workbench in action. Always like these shots on posts!

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Thanks 48. The bench is in a pretty docile stare there. I’ll get another pic when I am about 1/2 way through the build. Looks like a bomb went off.[:P]

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Almost had to turn this into a crashed in the jungle dio. I like to speed dry things in my clothes dryer with the sweater rack. It holds the model in the middle while the drum whirls around it. Well… the blade on the drum that mixes up the clothes caught a wing tip as soon as I hot the GO button. What a horrible sound. Luckily it only popped a few seams.

Most of the airframe is done and I am starting on the little details to add. Then the rest of the glass and the thousand[whstl] little masks from the Eduard set[:S]. Added some Eduard belts to the pit but the rest will bee OOB… if I didn’t say that already.

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Looking good! Is that the “cherry blossom” on the sprues in the background of the 3rd pic? Looks big even in 72nd scale!

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Thanks Manny. Yup that’s it. I still say they were nuts.

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The Amps East break is over and back to the bench. Just wired the engines but I know JJ like to see the progress pics.

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Wow, nice detail work–for 72nd scale especially !!!

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I didn’t think that the Ohka had engines? Hmmmmmm…

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Rocket engines… yeah baby. If you’re gonna kill yourself, may as well have a cool ride.

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