Tamiya 1/48th Aichi M6A1 SEIRAN

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:26 pm

Left this a bit late but decided to join the group build with this beauty, been waiting for it to arrive from an e-bay auction. Anyway a couple of shot,s to follow then it,s on with the build. This will be an OOB build and Tamiya paint.s will be used through out|

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:30 pm

Four sprues of light grey plastic and one for the transparencie,s, the panel line,s and detail,s are beautifuly done.

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:40 pm

the decal,s look a bit glossy, but I will persevere with them although I will probably spray the yellow indentification bands and the white and red banding. Will post some more pic,s when progress is made.

DC87 · Post by **DC87** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:41 pm

Looks like a nice kit, unusual subject. Will be following with interest.

Are you going to model it in water, on a catapult or is it being hung?

Look forward to the build, best of luck.

Gav0909 · Post by **Gav0909** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:44 pm

Good of you to join in, plenty time left so no worries.

Interesting subject, I think that if your feeling up to it, this needs to be modelled on the water!

Gav0909 · Post by **Gav0909** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:44 pm

Is this meant to be part of your other thread mate? If so I can merge the two threads together, no sense in having two..

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:55 pm

Yes it is mate , as you have probably guessed I am not PC savvy so any help would be greatly recieved, cheer,s.

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:57 pm

It come,s with it,s own trolley so I will need to give it some thought.

Gav0909 · Post by **Gav0909** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:59 pm

All merged now mate. Any other issues with working the forum just give either Paul, Lee, Coladito1 or myself a shout, although anyone will help you out I am sure!

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:11 am

Many thank,s

UKscalemodeller · Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:20 am

And the late entry is. . . . . . . . . A REALLY interesting one. I don't think I have ever seen one of these. I'm off to read up on it.

Good luck with the build.

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:45 pm

I had a quick scan on the web last night, only 28 actually made it in to service and twelve of them were fitted with conventional undercarriage. There is one preserved example in America but not a great deal of pic,s just some beaten up captured one,s from WWII, so I will probably use the trolley in the kit.

Bagpiper · Post by **Bagpiper** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:24 pm

Good to have you on the build. And, as already mentioned, we have plenty of time. Which I am really glad about.

Looking forward to seeing this one

Cheers
Jim

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:43 pm

Your right about needing plenty of time for the group build Jim, I can only manage about an hour,s build time most evening,s so speedy build,s don't happen here. I suppose that would make an interesting topic,"how much modelling time can you devote to our beloved hoppy, cheer,s

Post by **Lee** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 9:56 am

Interesting subject, looking forward to this coming together

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:24 pm

More work in progress shot,s, the cockpit is all made up , painted and detailed. tamiya RLM grey for the main colour with semi- gloss black instrument panel and drybrushed .

HobbyModeller · Post by **HobbyModeller** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:24 pm

Wow that's some great work on the cockpit mate

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:33 pm

Cockpit side,s ,RLM grey again and detail,s picked out in black with a dark wash and dry brushed silvre.

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:36 pm

All tucked in, as you can probably tell this kit is coming together quickly with only slight pairing in needed on the wing root,s, no filler though

PhildaFish · Post by **PhildaFish** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:08 am

Nice looking cockpit detail on an unusual subject.

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:22 am

Coming together nicely!

Post by **Lee** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:03 am

Nice pit!

spruecutter · Post by **spruecutter** » Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:52 am

Watching this with interest.

Pete

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:58 pm

Pre-shading done using Tamiya X18, I use semi-gloss and not matt black to do this as it, flatten,s down better.

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:11 pm

Identification band,s sprayed on the wing leading edges and float,s.I didn,t like the look of the kit decal,s so sprayed instead. Next i will mask these up and apply the first coat,s on the under and upper surface,s

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:20 pm

First coat of Tamiya XF 11 J N green sprayed and post shaded with a drop of X 2 white just to take some of the flatness to the finish.Under surface,s were sprayed XF19 sky grey and lightened with matt white to post shade. Airbrush used was a Neo and the post shading was done with heavily thinned paint sprayed at about 8- 10 PSI

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:26 pm

Next on the buid is to uncover all the masking and start work on the dolly, while two coat,s of Tamiya clear varnish are left to dry for 3 to 4 day,s in preparation for the decal,s More pic,s will follow when progress is made, happy modelling, Dave.

DC87 · Post by **DC87** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 1:22 am

Looks good with nice shading, i assume this and your other 2 topics are meant to be with your main Seiran thread. If so private message one of the moderators and they can merge them together. Don't worry Jim has fixed it as they say.

Bagpiper · Post by **Bagpiper** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 2:18 am

already working on it

----DONE--- All together like a bunch of happy campers in the one thread

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:20 pm

Masking removed from the float,s a little bleed under some of the tape but just a quick touch up to sort them out.

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:26 pm

All other part,s primed up in Tamiya XF2 flat black, all the dolly part,s will now have a coat of XF9 Hull red as will the propeller and access ladder. Then it,s alot of masking again before applying more paint to finish the whole thing. And then decaling and weathering.

Dave.

DC87 · Post by **DC87** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:35 pm

Those floats look really nice, might have to get me a seaplane kit one day.

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:42 pm

Hi,yes I am pleased with the way this is going, it,s not the most challenging kit but it,s keeping me interested. I would suggest trying a float plane to build, I just think some aircraft look really weak and un-interesting on their undercarriage. My next two build,s will be floaty,s as well, so I guess I am kinda taken with them, cheer,s now, Dave.

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:45 pm

Main airframe attached to the float,s, I have used cyano to fix these as there is quite a lot of weight in the front of the float,s.

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:48 pm

here is the dolly all made up, it just need,s a couple of coat,s of clear in preparation for a dark wash and weathering

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:54 pm

Here we have the aircraft sat on it,s dolly, the fit is snug so no "tail sit" is a problem. I am going to source a pilot figure from my spare,s box to add some interest to it and then sit it on a runway effect. All being well this build should be finished this weekend so I can start work on the Sunderland kit

Dave.

hansolo · Post by **hansolo** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:20 pm

Looking good, mate!

spruecutter · Post by **spruecutter** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:31 pm

Great work

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:23 am

Great work mate.

Post by **Lee** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:42 pm

Some excellent work there bud

5Craven · Post by **5Craven** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:27 pm

Wow this build has really come together quickly! Looking really nice with the pre-shading showing up well.

PhildaFish · Post by **PhildaFish** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:13 pm

Stunning work!

Bagpiper · Post by **Bagpiper** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:42 pm

Paintwork is looking very nice indeed - as is the rest of the build

Nice work

Jim