airframe light gray with Mr. Hobby
spray primer. I then masked the
grey undersides, using silly putty
for the wavy separating line on
the fuselage. I found a tinlet of
Revell orange enamel in my paint
collection, so this was airbrushed
on and left to dry overnight.
Either the paint was too old or
the primer did not dry thoroughly,
because in the morning I was
surprised to find cracked painted
surfaces here and there, and
some tiny fragments of orange
that just fell off, most of them
on the separating line. I decided
to live with that, however,
touching-up the most prominent
flaws with a small brush.
After two days drying time I
gave the whole airframe a coat
of gloss transparent lacquer in
preparation for decalling, and
in fact, this lacquer made my
paintwork look a bit better.
With regard to the decals, which
are of very good quality, there are
only two hinomarus and three black
tables/stencils, so it took me no
time to apply them. After they were
dry I sealed them with another coat
of transparent lacquer and started
installing all the remaining parts.FINAL BITS
Finishing my Ohka trainer glider
was simple. I started by attaching
the landing skid, managing to
break it into two pieces during the
process (I must confess that I did
not fix it, concealing the break line
with the ground-handling dolly).
Next I deepened the holes for the
wing supports and balance weights/
actuators slightly before installing
them with drops of CA glue.
I made the pitot probe from a
piece of thin hypodermic needle,
installed it in place, and referringto the painting guide, brush-
painted a section of it orange.
There is also a tiny tailwheel that I
almost forgot to glue in its place.
Next I gave the whole model
a light coat of satin transparent
lacquer. While this dried I
constructed the simple dolly,which consists of two photo-
etch parts. I painted it matt black
before adding the two basic resin
wheels, which I brush-painted
with maroon Vallejo acrylic paint.
Finally, I removed the masks
from the canopy and was happy
to find that no orange paint felloff the framing. Finally, I pin-
washed some dark brown into
the canopy opening rails and
considered my model finished.CONCLUSION
Any difficulties I had with the
construction of the Ohka trainer
glider model were caused by its
dimensions – when finished, it
spans less than three inches and is
exactly three and a half inches long.
Most of the parts are very, very
small, but on the other hand, almost
everything fits perfectly, save the
above-mentioned locating tabs.
I am pretty sure that even
a modeller with no experience
with short-run kits will be able to
produce this colourful model; it
will certainly be eye-catching when
surrounded with dull camouflaged
painted warplanes on a shelf.
The author wishes to thank the
Editor for giving me the chance
to build this model and Brengun
for supplying it for review. This
and the rest of the Brengun
range can be ordered for very
reasonable prices from their
website at http://www.brengun.cz.KIT REVIEWS
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