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Here's my new build. The kit was given to me by my good friend Edde. After spending too much time on my previous project I needed a straightforward build, and this kit is a total pleasure to build ! I like learning new techniques for each of my projects, so here I decided to rivet the whole bird. The cockpit I had quite a lot of fun painting the trolley. After a first coat of dark brown, I sprayed some hair lacquer before using a coat of greenish grey. The top layer was then dissolved here and there with a wet brush. The rust effect was achieved with various paint oils. Riveting took me quite a while but I found it fun and relaxing. I used Rosie the riveter, lots of Dymo tape and a needle for small additions. Model Art #587 is of great help here. Of course, that's when I had a look a the shots below that I noticed that some imperfections have to be corrected... I painted the hinomarus with a first layer of white (for opacity), ...