Kids jerked my ass out of bed early this morning (I need a crowbar and an act of Congress to get them up at 0600 on school days but for whatever the hell reason on Saturdays they're up at the ass-crack of dawn without any prompting. Go figure.) and while they got in some Saturday morning cartoons, I did more on my Shoki-Hayate frankenplane kitbash:
I was going to open up the front of the engine cowl put in some styrene rod to give the impression of the radial engine, but given that I'll probably raid the stash for a bigger prop and spinner, it may not even be visible.
Ahhh, the beauty of 1/144 scale.
You can see how the modified Hayate outer wing panels have basically given me a long-span Shoki.
Underside view. I'll need to do some filling on on the wing underside where the outer wing panels join the inner wing of the Shoki. But hey! This is 1/144 scale! I'll be able to get away with a pea-size bit of putty, sand for 5 minutes and I'm done.
Ahhhhh, the beauty of 1/144 scale.
I rummaged around the spares box and found a drop tank from the 1/144 DML IAI Kfir kit. I used one half, cut it and bent it a bit to match the underside of the fuselage. This will be the turbosupercharger intake/exhaust. I used a needle file to thin out the intake and exhaust lips. I'll need to some filling here, but it should be easy.
Like 5 minutes.
Ahhhhh, the beauty of 1/144 scale.
There's a big gap under the horizontal tailplanes that I'll also need to fill in.
That should take 5 minutes.
Ahhhhh, the beauty of 1/144 scale. It leaves more putty for Ron's builds. I'm a real magnanimous and community-oriented kind of builder. Unless you're a JMN. Then you can piss off. (still waiting for the caffeine to kick in)