Tamiya 1/48 KI-61-ID Hien | Full Build 

There's no way on earth I would be brave enough to tackle that camo scheme! Congratulations man, it looks great!

Wow! That's something not to be missed...

I'm japanese.Thank you for making a Japanese fighter. very nice.

You are a very underrated model builder, I love your video on the 1:35 FCM 36.

Probably the most intense, satisfying build I’ve ever seen. Thanks

Absolutely awesome Japanese camouflage work James! The quality of your work and video presentation is amongst the best on RU-vid.

Incredible airbrush control and technique on the camo, wow!

You sir, have the patience of a saint! The paint job is excellent. I always look forward to your videos James and this one is one of your best in my opinion. Stay safe!

Absolute museum piece, amazing job on this build, you certainly know your craft.

A great representation of the KI-61 James the painted on markings worked very well . Regards Gav.

Damn thats some sick modelling! Wow. So many great tips! Thanks!

Nice to look at good work. It is very impressive and motivating.

Thank you for the skills you share, you’re work is inspiring.

I came to this video to try to decide if I wanted to try my hand at the Tamiya Ki61. Having watched, now I'm convinced I want to give it a shot.. Superb work.

Once again, you showed your excellent freehand airbrushing with the green splotches. Impressive!

Now THAT is a model! Well freakin done!

Brilliantly done,beautifully painted

Absolutely amazing airbrush skills with the camo!!

Just built this a month or so back. Great kit. Hope you enjoyed it.

No doubt about it, the end results are spectacular. Your detailed narrative really sets the standard that all others can be judged by.

Very nice work - I can't wait to start building mine as soon as I can clear the bench of my current builds

Nice work James, well done.

When I was a boy we didn't have any 'masks'. It was all done by hand, in candelight with only one brush. lol Great work my friend, really great

That's so good. I like your paint work on every model kit.

You are incredible artist. Thank you for sharing your techniques!

Very nice work! The Cockpit is very interesting and different! I like it!

Amazing paint job!

I'm so glad i watched this to the end. Very well done indeed! Turned out perfectly balanced in weathering

It looks fantastic. Thanks for the great tips.

It was nice to be able to refer to the necessary assembly video. Thank you for sharing a great video.👍👍 Have a good day. 💪😊💪

Awesome paintwork, especially the markings on the tail. This is one seriously beautiful model!

STUNNING! SIMPLY STUNNING! Awsome job. Thanks for sharing and God Bless.

Outstanding build looks amazing beautifully painted and weathered thanks for sharing 👍👍

Looks lovely. The camouflage mottling looks great.

Awesome build James!

What an absolute banger!!

Absolutely stunning!

Stunning!

Magnificent build mate. 👍👍

Excellent video & job building and painting your Tamiya KI-61-ID Hein too!!

You are a superb craftsman! Your painting knowledge is outstanding. I have a lot to learn, but thanks to your video I have guidance!

Excellent result, James 👏

Fantastic Build!

brillant build. thanks

That's s Beautiful model you have their. Great job James! Wish I could do that kind of work.

I think yours and Scaleaton's Hien fighters are the best on RU-vid by far. Thanks for such a great build.

Very nicely done, James. Well constructed and finished, a great example of what patience and discipline will accomplish. I learned something new to me and very useful in this video. Thanks for producing it. Patrick

Thanks for Kernel Teruhiko Kobayashi's Ki-61, your splendid technique to make it very real, from Japan.

The Hien looks like the lovechild of a BF-109 & P-51D Mustang. You've done a fantastic job on the paint scheme - it would have driven me insane lol

Great job 👍

Great build mate! Really enjoyed the video!

thanks, really useful, I get the reason why professional modelers never uses Tamiya color because when you dip it in detailed part only the oil stick to it instead of the color itself

James video just keep getting better and better! If you haven't seen them you are definitely missing some of the best out there.

I really like the look of that dark yellow interior.

You are a classy modeler.

looks amazeballs!

Another great job!

Stellar job!!

Beautiful build mate done this war bird100% justice. Stay safe guys😊😉👍

Well done, Sir!

Looks great.

Very niece build James

Fantastic job 👍💪

Really nice work as always.

Masterfully built! 😬👍

That's a nice build and great paint job. I am beginning to have good success with the Flory models water based clay washes. They are very safe and easy to use and you can get very good panel line markings.

Great job on that camo !!

fantastic work mate.. seriously that tail was impressive

Another beauty James. You handled that camo pattern nicely... that's not an easy thing to do. Cheers!

Wow .... just Wow ....

Beautyfull Swallow My Friend :) great movie and Kawasaki

Nice work mate cheers ✌

great video again 👍🏻

i'm ready for it!

Beautiful...

Hi James, that build an l paint job, was fantastic, congratulations..

You did an excellent job with the overall NMF and the camo. Congrats! Some inaccuracies, though. By the time Kobayashi flew the Hien with the blue fuselage line, he had more victories painted in white on the cockpit side and the wing cannons were removed. It would have been better to paint the fuselage stripe in red, to depict an earlier aircraft of the pilot with the fewer black victories and the wing cannons. Also, the yellow IFF stripes on the wing were more parallel to the leading edge than tapered as you depict them. I would also have liked to see an aircraft that has seen combat with more exhaust stains and dirt. Other than that, really great overall job.

Very nice!!!! 👍👍👍

Well done..

very nice Mr. Cann

Excellent work, one of the best, and most accurate, builds of this popular kit that I've seen! You avoided the common mistakes of red fuselage stripes and leading edges and yellow droptanks and got pretty much all the colours correct (the B-29 kill markings were blue, not black). You also correctly sprayed the camouflage after applying the stripes. You even caught the triple aerial and spline light, both unique to the 244th Sentai. There are two details you missed, as did just about anyone else who built this kit: this aircraft (c/n 4424) had been camouflaged previously in 1944 and during the winter of '44/'45 this camouflage was stripped. With the stripping all the top surface stencils were lost and not repainted. This aircraft should therefore have (almost) no stencils or only vague traces of them. On the other hand, since the ailerons were fabric-covered, these weren't stripped and retained their 1944 camouflage during the rest of their existence. In March 1945 the airframe was re-camouflaged, pretty much as you have it (great job!), with the ailerons looking extra dark from their previous camouflage coat. I'm very much enjoying your builds. Highly inspiring and educational. Great stuff, keep up the good work!

Cheers James. My next build, I cheated and got the silver sprue version with the camoflauge decals though. I'm praying they're ok. lol

*I love this japanese Me 109, what a beautiful model!*

Amazing paint job !!! too bad the engines is not showing, that could have been something interesting to see

Nooo! I missed it, again. We ordered pizza and it arrived early. I shall watch now.

Fantastico

Wow!!!!🖤🖤

Spekling on undersurfaces and absolutely clean wheels - how can it be? In all other aspects your model is great! Love your channel and content.

Great build,but i regreted the engine hide !

Beautiful job and finish on a very sleek fighter! Loved watching this....again I learned more techniques! Ever thought of doing a 1/16th figure? Hint hint.....😉

Mate, great video! Can I ask what music you use in the background?

Beautiful work! I just think the exhaust soot was missing.

Awesome as ever. Really liked the aluminium variations. How long did the camo take?

Supurb!🤗

👍👍👍👍

👍👍👍👏👏👏💪💪💪Very cool!!!

Nice work. One thing i would like to see is a total build time at the end. It seems to take me forever to get the painting done and I'm curious how long it takes you.

Очень круто 💯💣

Amazing, as usual. Two quick questions. How far did you thin the camo paint down? I have trouble attaining a balance when painting onto metal colors. My second question is in relation to the wash. Whenever I apply a wash of any kind without a clear coat, any non-metal paint absorbs some of it. What magic are you doing to prevent the green paint from getting stained when you did you wash? Thanks!

Use hair lacker next time or add more thinners to the paint. when you do your chipping.