Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 "Zero"
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49 9 February, 22:12
James CThanks Jos 🙂
I managed to snap the aerial mast too many times to warrant trying to attempt stringing it... but I did at least attempt painting the pilot lol 😉
Not bad for a 50+ year old kit and my first ever Japanese (WW2) build.
The colour call outs were wrong so ended up using a combo of Tamiya XF-12 (J.N. Grey) lightened somewhat with a few drops of white for the hi-lights.
The cowling was painted with AK 2066 Anti-Glare Blue-Black.
For the interior I used AK 2067 "Mitsubishi Interior Green" and for the wheel wells Mr Hobby H63 Metallic Blue-Green.... all acrylics.
Hardest part was painting the semi-gloss black on the inside of the prop blades without over spraying the outside. The decals were typical Tamiya of the period... being a little thick, but I found that they settled down well enough with Tamiya "Mark Fit" and liberal applications of "extra strong" etc.
9 February, 22:37
JohnVery nice James. I really like the older Tamiya kits. Decidedly un-fussy and they build up well, as you have ably demonstrated. 👍
11 February, 00:43
James CThanks John. Yes, I agree and have a number of these older Tamiya aircraft kits in 1/48 that I intend to work through for a bit of practice before starting on the more expensive stuff. A good change of pace from building armored vehicles as well. 🙂👍
11 February, 17:32
Mark SherwoodA very nice representation of that mark of the Zero, spot on. 🤘🥸🤟 I agree with John on the old Tamiya kits, I built the Raiden and Hayabusa 👍
13 February, 05:54
DickVery nice Zeke James!
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13 February, 23:29
NeilYes!! Final Countdown diorama, genius idea! 😍 Great looking Zero... Over to you James... 😁👍
17 February, 15:09
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