No one is doing a build for the 'other fellas', so I just bought this on fleabay....




It's coming from hong kong so it'll be here in about 10 days..... I hope!

Just copped its an A6M5c, were they involved in the campaign??

Good to see a Japanese plane in the GB.

I second that

I resisted the urge to start another armour build and started my Zeke. Got a fair bit done. LOTS of (poor quality!) pics.

SWMBO was away visiting her sister in Kerry for the weekend, so no chores to interfere with the modelling

It's my 1st Tamiya kit, compared to ICM's offerings, it went together with no problems!

Cockpit done, scatched harness.




Fuselage & wings on, primed. (Halfords rattle-cans)






Painted and decals on. WEM jap navy paints.








Discovered a new way of holding a plane on its side when applying awkward little decals.




Engine and undercarraige on, wash of pastels applied.





1st time I've built a plane with the flaps down, Tamiya make it easy to do!




Also gave it a coat of Klear before the wash, so it's not a dirty as my previous builds.












Still have the guns, drop-tank and canopy to stick on and a few other little bits. I

'm still not sure if I'll weather it with lots of bare metal showing or just a bit around the cockpit. I might ruin it!


Thanks for looking!

Looking good so far.

Thanks Erwin

Finished it this weekend, decided to go for heavy weathering, lots of worn paint!

Here's the pics, will post a few more in the finished gallery.




























Thanks for looking!

Looks good Keith.

And superbly weather-beaten.

I LOVE IT!

Cheers Daz

Ok Muller, I give up, address please so I can send my paints & brushes Shes a stunner, no doubt there matey, the weathering, stains & prop chippings is the Dogs Danglies

Bexy

Thanks Daz & Bex, I was worried i might have overdone it a bit!

Okay that is one weather plane, nice one Keith

Very daring weathering.But it looks great.

Very good.Love the heavy weathering which is not too heavy considering the conditions that these aircraft were operating in.

It's a wreck!..I LOVE IT!...

Not at all!!!!
Great model.

Thanks again for the kind words folks.

I wasn't sure if I'd gone overboard or not. The dark green staining was a complete fluke. I'd given it a coat of clear before the dirty wash. Then I did the silver bits with Hu11 on a bit of sponge. I really did over do the metal showing through, so I went back over it with WEM Mitsubishi Green on a bit of sponge, and sponged some Hu19 on the Hinomaru. I forgot to give it another coat of clear before another dark wash, so the paint got stained darker. I was luck to get away with it!

Wow, looks well battered

Great finish

OK that's about the most REALISTIC weathering I've EVER seen!!

Truly superb, can't get any better

It's true, it's rare to see such heavy weathering look just right.

I am still in awe, however, at this brilliant way to support a model

Thanks for all the positive replies folks

These GB's are great fun! Looking forward to the BoB GB.

Coo...That's an impressive bit of weathering.
Job's a good 'un Mate!

Mart