The first time I built this kit, I ran into some problems, and thought the build as FUBAR. While that was going on, I was at a model swap meet and ran across the kit for sale. It had been started, but it looked like I could use the parts to fix my build. As it happens, I was able to resolve my issues without using this kit, so it went on the SOD. Since I had already built this kit, and there really isn't much reason to build it more than once, I decided to use this build as a test case for some of the techniques I wanted to try.

I decided to use Lifelike decals 48-005 244th Sentai Part 3, which featured a Ki-100 along with several Ki-61's. I primed with Ace Hardware White Primer, from a spray can. The bottom was Rustoleum 7715 Aluminum. I had painted a sample of this on a small PVC card, and it looked good, but on the kit it was very shiny, almost chrome-like. The green on top was XF-51 Khaki Drab, thinned with Quick Shine. This was one of the techniques that I had wanted to try, and it worked very well. Also, I had struggled a bit decided which color to use on the top, and was rather gratified to see that the Khaki Drab was a close match to the Kawasaki Green that I used on my previous build of this subject.

Scott Van Aken build this same kit, and used the Lifelife decals for his review on Modeling Madness. He had issues with the Lifelife decals, as I did the first time I used them. As such, I decided to use the kit decals as much as I could, which meant the insignias. However, I only used the kit decals on the bottom of the wings. Getting the decals off the sheet was quit a chore and I decided to risk it with the Lifelife decals for the other insignia. I was careful, and was able to get reasonable results, but only after I learned to only use water, not any kind of setting solution. Using a setting solution meant the decal was very difficult to move once on the model. Also, the stars on the left side of the fin folded over, and I was unable to straighten them out.

One new technique was using Micro Flat for the final flat coat. I sprayed it straight from the bottle, and was pleased with the result.

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