Nakajima Ki-201

[scautomoton]

Interesting to know, thanks Jon. 
Might have to look for one or two.

They are not exactly cheap, but as Jon said, they are easier to clean than normal files.

Oh yes, I use an old toothbrush under the tap and it comes up like brand new every time. 

Also, for small parts I lay it on the table and gently drag them across, makes it easy to get nice flat surface planes. It's how I did the wing joints on the Thin Wing Javelin.

[Gondor]

I have managed to make some progress with this build. PSR has been performed on the wing/engine assembly and the fuselage assembly. The latter required more putty, and the lead I put in the nose rattled a bit when I was handling the fuselage. This was cured by stuffing some Plastacine in through where the wings attach and into the nose area. As I was quite happy with the wing/engine assembly, it has been given a scrub under a warm tap with an old toothbrush and is now drying. I should be able to give it a coat of primer tomorrow, the fuselage will get a coat of primer on Tuesday if everything goes well.

[Gondor]

Time for another update. Most of the PSR has been finished, and the wings have been glued to the fuselage. There is enough weight in the nose as can be seen below



Here I have the aircraft balancing on a screwdriver in line with the point that the main undercarriage will be.



There are small gaps between the upper wing surfaces and the fuselage, and for some reason, despite several rounds of PSR, there is still a gap in the decking at the rear of the cockpit    I might end up covering the area with some thin plastic card.



The underside requires more work. A shim is required for the rear wing/fuselage join, and there is a small step at the front joint; filler should deal with that, though. All in all, I am quite pleased with the way this is going. Some scribing of lost panel lines will be required, which I am not looking forward to, as I always make a mess of those.

[Rick Lowe]

Moving right along. 

[Gondor]

Progress, but still needing more PSR

[Gondor]

Another round of PSR completed. I can easily let the paint cure overnight; in fact, it will cure for most of tomorrow as well, as it's a Monday, so I am back at work. For what I have seen, that's the majority of the PSR done, just a few little spots that need touchups rather than square millimetres of problems. I had also glued the tailplanes on yesterday. One of them needed a little adjustment to the fillet on it so that it matched the fin. Superglue was used, and plenty of it, as I don't want the tailplanes to fall off at the slightest knock.

[Gondor]

I think that's it for the PSR. The small bad spots have been filled and then sanded back. The necessary areas have been washed, and the model is now drying. If it is dry before I go to bed, then it will get sprayed with primer tonight; if not, I hope to do so in the morning before I go to work. As the underside of the aircraft is listed on the box as Silver, the rattle can I have of Aluminium will come into play.

[Old Wombat]

 

[Gondor]

I didn't have time last night or this morning to add more primer. It doesn't matter; I have to do another round of PSR, as I noticed when I had sprayed the primer that there were still areas that need attention. At least in this weather, 24^oC in the modelling room, everything is drying quickly, so another round of PSR should be done by bedtime.

[Gondor]

Well, I tried and failed. I sanded back some of the filler before it had cured fully. It looked good and started to sand well, but it didn't stay like that the further into it that I went. So I am leaving sanding back this round of PSR until tomorrow. I may be able to prime the patches then. I had found three more areas that needed filler, but I am down to the last of my primer, but I have hopefully found a Hycoat retailer not far from my route home from work. I shall phone them tomorrow to see if they stock what I want, then I can spend time on my way home on Friday afternoon to pick some up.

[Gondor]

Hopefully that is it!. The final PSR session for this model, I hope. The build is sitting, drying after washing off the sanding dust. I am hoping to buy some more plastic primer tomorrow, as I said above, as I am fairly sure that I don't have enough left to cover the parts I have just sanded, let alone the rest of the parts for the model. Scribing tomorrow as well. As the aircraft has only a basic camouflage, every little detail will show, so panel lines will be restored to the best of my ability.