Mitsubishi Ki-83 MPM "Resurrection"

Daniel Klink
found and cleaned my shelf of shame Ki.83 by MPM. Hm do not remember why i threw it there. Not that bad as i had in mind.
And a wonderful styled twoengine. Looks as if i used it for color and airbrushtesting :

Martin Oostrom
Thank you Katya!

Olivier
🙂

Daniel Klink
Wetsanding and sanding off lots off gluebadges. Little bit of rescribing and removed the transparent parts which were blind and damped by the cement.

Treehugger
If I could make a request, I would like to see some super subtle panel lines, after filling the panel lines with a wash. I am looking to get this 1:144 cargo jet and a review unfortunately point out that the panel lines in that particular kit I am interested in, are too large, so I was thinking, I could maybe try having a very light color for the panels lines hoping that the panel lines won't stand out too much that way if the panel lines are really too large/deep for the 1:144 scale. 🙂 I have no idea how that would look like if the panel lines are super subtle.

Daniel Klink
Hi Treehugger, That is a possibility. you can also use a bit more of color for the base coat or use Mr Gunze Surfacer.

Slowly i remember why i put this thing aside.. The fit of the small parts and the windows is terrible 🙂

Daniel Klink
Some progress, iintensiv cleaning and Sanding of the Canopy and Transparent parts till they fit.
Little bit of future treatment before masking them 🙂
Drilled holes in the exhaust pipes and the 20mm cannons in the nosefront etc.
As far as i can say by now thanks for the reminder Katya 👍 It is fun and seems to turn out well

Greg Baker
It's always a pleasure to see another victim of the Shelf of Doom rescued from a fate worse than death...

Cuajete
Fantastic! Well done so far. Thanks Katya and Daniel! 🙂

Bart Goesaert
Nice looking aircraft with sleek lines... luckily saved from the shelve of doom. Nice build so far...

Paul
Looking great! The Japanese made some very elegant 2-engined planes. I remember MPM also did a high-tech version, how is the detail on this one?

Daniel Klink
@Greg yes as long as there is the slightest chance to get an acceptable result 👍
@Cuajete Thank you mate
@Neuling Thank you for the encouraging words . Yes it is a really attractive airplane 👍
@Paul Thank you ! Indeed they did so 👍 The detail is rather poor. No engines etc.
I think the HI tech offering would offer a lot of more possibilities for Detailing.

Daniel Klink
Masking is fun, masking is fun, masking is fun !!!😉

Treehugger
Did you add any putty to get a better fit for the canopy?

Working with putty is so much more fun for me when I stopped using the obnoxious Tamiya putty I had from earlier.

Daniel Klink
Hi, no the Canopy joints nearly perfect to the fuselage. The windows needed a fairly amount of sanding and puttying a

Katya Hodgson
Those panel lines are looking amazing!

Daniel Klink
Thanky you Katya.. 👍 Supplies arrived today and the Props got some colour

Katya Hodgson
Any colour scheme plans?

Martin Oostrom
I'm putting my money on Japanes green over Japanese grey 😄

Katya Hodgson
How about some nice silver?

Daniel Klink
@Martin, 100 points 👍
@Katya I would like to do an NMF but this would be What if because there is no photo or other evidence of how a NMF Ki.83 would have looked alike. The special hobby boxing shows an alternative marking that most probably never existed.
The half dark and half Light Green gray camo is documented and evident in dozens of pictures.
But despite of the Emily future japanese projects will be mor colorful i promise😢

Katya Hodgson
Oh, one second!

These are technically "unhistorical" but they look beautiful!
live.warthunder.com/post/435278/en/
live.warthunder.com/post/472064/en/

Daniel Klink
Hm, somethings wrong with my airbrush gun. splatters

Daniel Klink
New Nozzle arrived. and we can continuer with this

Katya Hodgson
Looking forward to it!

Daniel Klink
Bringing some life into the Uni coat

Greg Baker
Wow. I can't believe his one was "mostly dead". You're like Miracle Max!

Daniel Klink
Hi Greg, Thank you,very much. There is still some work to do, but i think it was the righht decision to revive this bird

Soeren R.
Really nice work so far Daniel!

Daniel Klink
Hi, Thank you Sören very kind.
just some decal and paintwork left to do and some smaller repairs of the paintwork.
Antenna press on the cabin and the piton and than it is done😉

Katya Hodgson
Absolutely beautiful!

Daniel Klink
Thank you very much Katya 👍

Olivier
Daniel, could we see the underside ?

Bart Goesaert
looking really nice, glad that it survived the shelf of doom

Daniel Klink
@Olivier yes, but it is also still WIP😉

Daniel Klink
Thank you Bart very much appreciated 👍 It was the right decision to save this yes.
Ok it is not the same as a built new out of the box. There are issues which went not as well as planned, but it could be worse.

Daniel Klink
F+ck nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Katya Hodgson
Oh no.. ; ~ ;

Daniel Klink
Exactly Katya.. Thats really crap. Will try to get replacement by Special Hobby but i doubt that they will have a canopy in stock. And i don't know any Vacu alternatives from Falcon etc.

Martin Oostrom
Oh boy. This calls for resurrection pt2.

Katya Hodgson
I really hope you can sort this problem out, and that it will all turn out ok. You have been doing an amazing job with this and you make awesome models, so I wish you all the best. 🙂

Bart Goesaert
Maybe you van glue the cockpit together like this and sand it thinner. Then fill it up at the inside with blutack or the like. Then heat a sheet of blister-foil and pull it over the form. Then it's cutting and sanding...

gorby
That really is an 'Oh, shit' moment.
Time to learn plunge moulding?

Olivier
Oh ho... Was ist passiert ? Unfall ? Wir weinen alle mit Dir.

Greg Baker
Wow... did you step on it? It looks like you've got all the pieces. Maybe some careful glueing, some sanding and a lot of Future might make it passable. Or... you could turn the diorama into "Fire in the cockpit!" And have lots of cotton smoke pouring out the holes...😉

Or, you could do what Martin did with my last good advice and put a homemade "Just Married" decal over the mistake... 😄

Daniel Klink
Ahahahahaha Greg made my day🙂 Or perhaps a Sony audio sticker😉
Thank you all for your helpful hints and answers 👍

This happened:
As i wanted to glue the canopy with some pressure correctlly and gapless onto the fuselage the whole plane plane slipped out of a ferrule because the rubber from the ferrule arms slipped on the canopy and the ki.83 made a backward catapult start and hit the wall flat on the backside. And the ´anopy absorbed most of the
Crash energy and shattered into peaces. That was also luck because the rest of the plane is nearly without damage.

Tom ...
Oh boy, Daniel. That's crushing! (No pun intended.) So so sorry!

Daniel Klink
Good News.. SPecial Hobby contacted me today and the will send me two!!!! replacement Canopies
they have left in stock. shipemnt is about 1,60€ great👍

Katya Hodgson
Woo! 🙂

Wilfried Tersago
That's really good news!

Treehugger
Ouch. Good thing you can get to add another canopy piece.

Olivier
Are you contemplating building a two seater version ?

Greg Baker
Whew! Saved!

Katya Hodgson
Oliver, this is the two seater version, the radio operator sits inside the fuselage nearer the tail, you can see the little windows.

Olivier
I meant that as a joke. Poor joke I agree...

Katya Hodgson
Oh right...

Daniel Klink
@Greg Yes but again masking and sanding 😭
@Oli too much scratchbuilding necessary for that😉

Rick Corts
HOW DID I MISS THIS?!?

Looks great Daniel! Absolutely LOVE the paint job! Too bad about the canopy. Luckily no more damage was done.

Cuajete
Very good work, Daniel. I regret the damage received by the canopy. Luckily, Special Hobby was there.

Daniel Klink
@Thank you Rick and Cuajete. Luckily the rest of the plane got no damage. Must have been well built then eh!?😉

Daniel Klink
hm, still waiting for them

Katya Hodgson
I hope they get there soon. 🙂

Daniel Klink
Me too, I hope they have not forgot them over the Christmas holiday😉

Daniel Klink
I declare this as completed! No spare canopy arrived til today by special Hobby 🙁

Katya Hodgson
It still looks great! Good work with the restoration.

Daniel Klink
Thank you Katya 👍

Cuajete
Good restoration, Daniel. Is it not possible to vacuum the damaged part in any way?

Calvin Gifford
Very nice!!

Daniel Klink
Thank you Calvin and Cuajete.. 👍
@Cuajete perhaps i will get a hand on this kit at a reasonable price in the future

Cuajete
I hope you get it, Daniel 👍.

Daniel Klink
No way cuajete, what a pity👎

Cuajete
Ouch... I'm sorry 🙁

Daniel Klink
Yap, not the best of PR for MPM!

Bart Goesaert
Normally Special Hobby is rather correct. Did you go to the claims part on their site? (specialhobby.eu/en/c..qdb2bh8ip1rrnbnoa504)

Daniel Klink
Thank you for th elink..already tried that more than one year ago Bart🙂

Cuajete
It's very difficult to get spare parts for long-discontinued kits 🙁

Daniel Klink
Yap

Rick Ellis
Very cool aircraft. Nice build. MPM stuff can be challenging.