Official Mitsubishi Ki-15 (C5M) 'Babs' Painting Thread

Here is a Ki-15-I, from the 16th Independent Chutai, China 1939

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Base coat is airbrushed Tamiya XF-76 (IJN Grey-Green).

All details are hand painted with Vallejo acrylics. I used Tamiya’s new 1mm tape to mask off the tapered red stripe. I also used it to line out the panels on the canopy. This is a very low detail model, and getting the glass to look good would have been impossible for me without the super fine tape. This is an excellent product for fine detail work.

I used the Clipper method for prepping this Shapeways model. Like others have said, this last batch was very smooth.

I’ve got another in the works in a more IJA camo scheme.

That looks really good. :)

I might have something for that...

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Looks great and a better shot then last night.

Another Ki-15-I Babs. It sure would be nice to find a Ki-15-II in 1/200!

This guy was base coated by airbrush with Tamiya XF-76 Gray Green (IJN), and the camo was Tamiya XF-68 NATO Brown. The Fuselage stripe was hand painted with Vallejo White, and the Hinomaru are Misc Mini. I made the fine black tail stripes with standard decal paper on a inkjet printer. This is a very low detail model, so I used Tamiya 1mm Masking tape to mask off the squares for the canopy, and then cut some in half to make the longer lines.

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Nice! :clap:

nice! youre on a real japanese kick!

Add him to the pile! :clap:

Here is the first draft of the plane for the card.

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I'd love to hear ideas for stats on this plane so I can make up a card.

And here is the other one!

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Stats for the Babs are here:
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...l=1#post544433

Karl

Here are the cards;

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Look good, Dave!

Very nice Dave. You are making me buy more planes!

Thanks guys! I hope you can put them to use. If you need a different camo pattern, or color, just let me know and I’ll publish them. I wish I could find 1/200 ki-15-II’s somewhere.

Diversity is a good thing Peter! I’ve got some Ki-36’s and 51’s in the pipeline too. They are a couple months out.

Anyone painting more of these?

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I have drawings for Ki-15-II, and the C5M1 and C5M2.

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Originally Posted by OldGuy59

Anyone painting more of these?

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I have drawings for Ki-15-II, and the C5M1 and C5M2.

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Great card Mike.

Yes, I have some to paint but they are not anywhere the top of the queue at the moment.:(