Tachikawa KKY-1

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October 23, 2022
Apparently Amodel is
the only manufacturer to have produced a model of the KKY. It is quite decent although fit requires a little fettling.
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October 23, 2022
I initially primed in black and then sprayed white. The result was coming up too "cold", so I subsequently gave it a light undercoat of cork brown before finishing in white.
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October 23, 2022
The cockpit and canopy needed a lot of fettling to get a good fit.
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October 23, 2022
As I was going to display the model in-flight, I needed at least a pilot. I grabbed a spare Airfix mercenary. Not inappropriate, given the engine in the KKY-1 was actually a Blackburn/Cirrus Hermes IV
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October 23, 2022
The prop was an experiment using some 1:32 plywood texture decals from properplane.com
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October 23, 2022
Whipping up a quick based with some scrap board and a rough surface sculpted from papier-mâché.
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October 23, 2022
And we have take-off! The pose is inspired by the box art.
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October 23, 2022
Found a space on the bookshelf pending a proper home..
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October 24, 2022
Inspired by the box art, with a spinning prop.

Opmerkingen

31 23 October 2022, 07:40

Villiers de Vos
A very nice presentation.

23 October 2022, 08:06

Robert Podkoński
Another cool dio! Fantastic! (and congrats for assembling a biplane kit from Amodel... 😉 )

23 October 2022, 09:33

Rui S
Nicely done 👍 doesn't the propeller rotate? 🤔

23 October 2022, 11:04

Paul Gallagher
Thanks Robert, Villiers de Vos. I was forewarned of what to expect from Amodel, so I took my time with the fit😉

23 October 2022, 11:04

Hanno Kleinecke
Now, that looks beautiful ! It just needs a blurred prop. 👍

23 October 2022, 11:12

Ben M
Amodel! Excellent result!

23 October 2022, 11:42

Oleg Smilyk
Impressive build!

23 October 2022, 12:24

Neil
Really outstanding mate 👏 nice little vignette indeed 👍

23 October 2022, 13:08

Łukasz Gliński
Huge respect for such a nice Amodel (!) build and a very dynamic dio 👍

23 October 2022, 19:46

Michael Kohl
Nice idea.

24 October 2022, 00:46

Paul Gallagher
thanks mates, appreciate your comments. Hanno - prop blur: check√😉

24 October 2022, 09:38

Rui S
Better now 😉

24 October 2022, 12:40

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Beautiful!

24 October 2022, 13:18

Spanjaard
looks great!

24 October 2022, 13:29

Hanno Kleinecke
Now it is the perfect impression, great ! Compressed air, or did you hide an electrical engine in there right from the beginning ?

24 October 2022, 13:37

Paul Gallagher
Hanno, I cheated with compressed air😉 I did actually think about motorizing the build, but the inline engine means the the KKY-1 has a very small and narrow nose, and virtually no space to work in! Would have been easier if I got the KKY-2, which has a radial engine.

25 October 2022, 06:57

Живко Джаков
It looks very good. Congratulations on a nice model and an even nicer smoker. Otherwise, I've been thinking about a fin motor. Something like this: encrypted-tbn0.gstat..zqL8YOw&usqp=CAU

25 October 2022, 08:07

Hanno Kleinecke
Compressed air did a perfect job in creating the right impression for the photo, brilliant !
The rotating prop works very realistic with the „dust" of the runway 👍

25 October 2022, 18:30

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The Amodel Tachikawa KKY in a take-off pose inspired by the box art

Tachikawa KKY-1

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