Tamiya 1/48 "betty" WIP

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Hey guys, I’m doing this build as part of the Japanese group build. I’ll be doing it oob with a set of montex masks.

Lets get started, cleaning up interior parts and dry fitting for priming

time to prime

aall primed up

while I was waiting for the primer to dry I cut out the torpedo hole in the bottom panel

Time for paint, Tamiya calls for rlm gray, but I’m going off the board and use mitsubishi interior green from ak interactive, part of their ijn colours set

First coat done, one more coat befre bed then I’ll pick out details tomorrow

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She’s looking good so far! Keep up the good work!!!

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Awesome! Don’t see many of these being built up. How are you finding the AK paints so far? Can’t wait to see the Montex Masks at work.

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I’ve been using ak paints for a while and have liked them a lot. These air series sets need to be thinned unlike their regular stuff though. As for the montex masks, I just finished a p-51 that I used montex canopy and marking masks and I can’t say enough about them, They go easy, don’t bleed and don’t leave marks coming off.

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Very cool…I’m looking forward to this one.

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Absolutely! When I first saw the kit price a while back my jaw dropped. I’m happy to see someone put one together. I’ll be watching eagerly. =]

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Thanks guys, I got this kit for $43 big ones on ebay, I figured it was a pretty good deal. I have to get pretty much all my kits and supplies online since I don’t have a local shop.

Not much progress today, I’ve just been detail painting.

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Really!?! No kidding? That’s about half off friend. I’d say that’s a deal. =]

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Got mine on evil for just about that price as well. I see we are both going green inside.

Good start. The PE for the interior is a bear, (first try with PE though.)

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I didn’t know there was ape set for it, I’m sure it’ll look good

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Eduard #49 357. Off e-bay. Will be putting up some pics in the GB thread when the office is done, hopefully this w/e.

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Updates!! The interior is done as well as the fusalage windows. I plan on sealing everything up tomorrow and masking off all the glass.

some pics:

I used ak dark brown wash on the interior

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Nice chipping on the seats.

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Beautifuly done interior.

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thanks guys, I used a sponge to do the chipping on the seats

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Booking good tates. the Betty s a great looking aircraft. Can’t wait to see more.

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Looking very good. Anxiously awaiting the next update…

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Very nice…

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So much masking. I never wanna see a piece of clear plastic again [:S]

I used a montex mask set so it was a lot easier than it could have been. But it still took a long time because I did the insides too.Having a little trouble getting the fusalage halves to stick together so I had to walk away from it for a bit.

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I really like those Montex masks. Huge time saver. Looking good.