Having need of at least one Japanese Army light bomber I naturally ended up with three! As well as the Ki-30 mentioned earlier I picked up a pair of these Ki-32. Unusual among Japanese aircraft in having an inline (rather then radial) engine, the -32 looks to me very 'late thirties.' The fixed undercarriage was used as it was felt that the simplicity and strength outweighed the drag issues. In fact the Ki-32 was faster than it's contemporary, the Fairey Battle.
Like the Ki-30 kit, these needed a lot of taping and holding parts in place. The panel gaps would be issues for proper modellers but you know by now that my standards are reassuringly low!
Unusually for a 1/72 kit, the wheels have separate rubber tyres.
Paint. I'm doing one in overall pale grey and the other in this early pattern three-colour camo scheme.
2 comments:
Lo0oking good - I like Japanese WW2 aircraft. Rather than low standards I prefer 'standards appropriate to the purpose'.
Rob Young
Paintwork appropriate to the purpose coming soon...
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