Apart from making very little progress on the wheels the Ki61 is nearly paint ready. Unfortunately as the inner rims are poorly defined it’s proving troublesome. I may have to resort to wheel masks.

The bin got more primer and I gave another one I have a coat also as I’ll be using it as a test bed. I’m getting a brass mask to help with this from Ali Express to do the rust effect.

I’m also getting a few other items from them that will appear in later posts. I’m blaming this on a friend who has led me astray in discovering this company.

Last up is the new shiny thing being the Avrocar VZ9 from Fly. It’s limited run and includes resin for much of the interior details. I’ve started in detail painting after cutting out most of the resin. The engine exhaust vanes are tricky as they are easy to break off which I did on two of them having to replace with plastic card but this was pretty simple to do as they are just rectangles.

Last up is my latest attempt to airbrush. It’s closer but that’s next week’s problem.