The Falke is one of Kow (pronounced as 'Koh') Yokoyama's most recognizable vehicle in Maschinen Krieger (Ma. K) world. It is actually started as a kitbash project by Kow Yokoyama for his Ma.K series. Some of the noticable parts used for this kit:

P-38 Lightning nacelles
F-14 front landing gear
Toyota Sports 800 bottom half (front to interior)

Enough babbling about the kit ;) . Here's some progress shot

Cockpit - painted and pending weathering


The top half of the Falke


Instrument panel


Pilot figure suffers some fitting/alignment issue [notice terrible alignment the in red box]



Testing the pilot in the cockpit

Interesting trivia.

To bad most of the cockpit details will be hidden from view.

Which of the three schemes will this one be in?

Engine and burner nozzle


The front of the Falke is actually from a car kit! Notice the car wheel well?


Mock-up build


Jason, I'm going for this scheme.


Other interesing scheme: Holy cow!


I use this book as reference. It contains:
- history and background of the subject.
- Some painting techiniques.
- Scratchbuilding the dolly.
- Additional decal for other version of the Falke.
- Takako Lopez models the Falke crew girl suit ^_^ .

Ma.K Profile #1 Falke


Bought it at Kinokuniya for RM150 (gasp!). Text in Japanese.

ps/: Brother Sky! Need your help translating them :lol: !

Oookay. Good choice on the scheme. Very fearsome looking.

Which Kino branch & any ISBN no? Looks like its book hunting time :)

Harman..
excellent choice of scheme there..
like the skull very much...

:D

kuman

Fuyoh, this is interesting.

Looks like a flying cow if you do the black/white scheme :P From the top view you can really see the front nacelle are from P38!!

Harman, mana pegi Bismarck punya wreck tu? On hold ke?

the black with tengkorak scheme looks more brutal, I vote for that too ;)

Very interesting build indeed bro. Will follow up on this ;)

Bismarck still in progress but very slow. 'Wrecking' a model is much more difficult than building one :lol: !

The "Holy Cow" Falke is actually a 'parody' version. Poking fun at Westerners who pronounced Kow Yokoyama's first name as 'Cow' not 'Koh' :D.

Even the decal for that version is funny too... a Frisian cow with wings. :lol: .

Kinokuniya @ KLCC (4th Floor). I'll check the ISBN no and let you know. I've been there last week but don't see the Falke book. Maybe you can give them a call first. One gripe about the book is that I'm expecting a lot more of Falkes rather than showing Kow's 1/43 car collection, etc.

is there a clear /better image /pic of this COW decal ???

wahhh interesting build brader.....rasa-rasanye penah nampak kot kit ni sebelum ni

tapi tak ingat la kat mana

wah, both scheme are nice. So Harman, will this go to the year end scifi GB?

I paint the figure and interior for practicing purpose for my 2nd Falke build. This build will be a 'Falke in Action' diorama. I can easily escape the need for painting the interior and pilot by glueing the hatch shut but I decided to work on them instead.

Sorry for the dark photos. Need to work on my lighting in future!

Did some heavy wash on the interior using thick raw sienna oils. Some silver drybrush were applied too.




Pilot figure painted


Looks good when seated in the cockpit...


... but too bad only a little can be seen from the hatch opening.

You really should put some lights in there!
The figure looks really good with the wash. Matt down?

Loo,

I didn't wash the figure. Not yet anyway. What I did was , I gave the figure a flat black coat and leave it to dry. Then I applied the base color using drybrush technique.

There are some decal work to be done on the figure. After that it will be matt down and some light wash.

Ahh, drybrushing. Nice gradual effect

Cantik bro mad scientist! Love ur drybrush work

Tapi itu pilot satu warna jer ker? Kasut pun ijau?

Shah,

Actually the 'Devo' suit is reduced by 30% with lighter green (have to lookup the code!). Not much different in overall look. Maybe to the trained eye, one can see the difference.

Guess I'm color blind :lol: !

Yup, the shoes are green. I'd rather have it in black.

xamel, cun woo.... cockpit dia cun..sayang tak nampak sume

familiar? it's a vitagen bottle

wow.. it does look VITAGEN...