Author Topic: Controversial Ki84 (Read 5335 times)

TexMurphy · « **Reply #45 on:** June 16, 2006, 06:10:20 AM »

looks really good!!

tex

Rolex · « **Reply #46 on:** June 16, 2006, 10:09:51 AM »

Sheesh, I should never post when I'm sleepy... the right wing katakana is wrong - it's noruna.

Krusty · « **Reply #47 on:** June 16, 2006, 10:28:37 AM »

Slash, tex, thanks for the kind words

Rolex, you've lost me here... I've got something on each wing by the red box outboard of the cannon. But they're not mirrored. I've then got something on the tail "Be sure to have sunk" that has a character that looks like the image you posted, but its not on the wings.

Can you clarify which character is wrong? I hand-drew them based on a lower-resolution image, but there's no guaranteeing the image was 100% either.

EDIT: Ah, the wings characters are mirrored, well I'll be. I can fix that, though. However, my characters don't look anything like the one you posted. Is just that character reversed? Or is the entire string supposed to be reversed? Any other info on how that text should look would be great.

Rolex · « **Reply #48 on:** June 16, 2006, 10:58:13 AM »

The characters on the leading edge of the left wing are oriented correctly. Just make the right wing the same.

The two kanji characters on the fuselage should look like this:

Krusty · « **Reply #49 on:** June 16, 2006, 04:14:27 PM »

How does this look, for the text?

Rolex · « **Reply #50 on:** June 16, 2006, 05:23:26 PM »

Kazaa · « **Reply #51 on:** June 16, 2006, 05:38:56 PM »

Looking good Krusty, real nice.

P.S: Going back to an old topic, did you try this plane with the black paint ?

P.P.S: If you did, how did it look ?

Krusty · « **Reply #52 on:** June 16, 2006, 06:47:21 PM »

The one on the left is pure black. The one on the right is dark dark brown. I think you can see more detail on the brown, plus several sources claim there was a dark brown color.

Slash27 · « **Reply #53 on:** June 16, 2006, 07:03:42 PM »

Do both. They're too pretty not too.

Krusty · « **Reply #54 on:** June 16, 2006, 07:14:29 PM »

Now now, Slash, you know better than that

Kazaa · « **Reply #55 on:** June 16, 2006, 07:58:30 PM »

Fantastic Krusty, I'd pat you on the back if I could mate.

It's a shame that you cannot submit both, becasue I am in love with the black version (going back to the model, did the modeler make a mistake then?)

P.S: You cannot change history, great work !

Kazaa · « **Reply #56 on:** June 16, 2006, 08:05:32 PM »

Click

Krusty · « **Reply #57 on:** June 16, 2006, 08:05:41 PM »

Probably interpreted incorrectly when it was made into a couple of decal sheets, is my guess. I think there was a model kit with in-box color guide that said black, and there was a low quality older decal sheet that said black. So I think it's just a mistake. Most "recent" decal sheets say dark brown. I'm just going to do the dark brown, as that's the more likely color.

Krusty · « **Reply #58 on:** June 16, 2006, 11:23:29 PM »

Image heavy post here.

First has a glitch by the leading edge wing roots. The following pics have that fixed but I forgot to take another screen like this. It shows the underside nicely.

The rest had several tweaks installed. These are all taken after those tweaks were added. I think it's basically done.

(this image shows the wing root leading edge fix)

Krusty · « **Reply #59 on:** June 16, 2006, 11:25:54 PM »

The paint was either used specifically for this type of unit (although some aircraft from the same unit have the same dark color and some have the standard color -- it seems to be mixed) or it was an in-the-field replacement color.

In either case, the aircraft were repainted in the field, and the paint wasn't so old and worn. I wanted to show wear and tear, and some scuffing, but I didn't want any bear metal to show through. My logic is that the paint was newer than other Ki84s, it wouldn't have gotten that bad.