JASDF
Hasegawa model in 1/72 scale
This nice little kit was issued years ago by this Japanese manufacturer and a kit was obtained of this nice looking plane on a swap meet. The plane is used by the Japanese Self Air Defense Force for training and rescue missions. It flew back in 1963 for the first time and MU-2S variant is specially adopted for this role.
The Hasegawa kit (no JS-095)
has about 45 parts and is a fine kit with yellow plastic and was issued
years ago. The kit comes also with a nice jeep for a ground display.
No real interior is present in the
main cabin, but this is simply made with some card and rod.
The plane has an attractive finish
with a high visibility scheme of white, orange, orange-yellow and green
anti glare panels. also, it features black de-icing boots and walkways
stripes. The red Orange Japanese "suns"
complement the markings.
Assembly was straight forward, requiring
no filler some sanding being enough at the edges of parts. The gaps
of wing ailerons and flaps were detailed with a small razor saw.
The most difficult of this nice little
kit is in the finishing as it has a lot of different colours. The yellow
plastic is a bit of a handicap and several layers of light grey base coats
and white was needed to prevent the yellow shining through at the fins
and wing tips.
The yellow was a mix of yellow (Humbrol
69) with some orange added.
The anti-glare panels are mat green
(Humbrol Matt 30) and these need careful painting also.
Note the white area painted, ready
to receive the red round decal
The plane has various line markings
on top of the wing; the de-icing booths were made with black decals.
Final detailing involved two very
thin antenna wires made from stretched sprue.
End-result is a very fine small model
of this colour full airplane.
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Created February 26, 2003