Tamiya 1/72 Reisen 32

[DominikS]

Some time ago (at the beginning of February) I started working on my second A6M Zero (the first one is A6M5 Reisen 52). Unfortunately I don't have much time for modelling so the progress is very slow. All I have done so far is documented on the photos below.

First I painted the cockpit:

Then assembled wings:

Last week I closed the fuselage, did some puttying and sanding, painted under canopy part "black", finished cockpit and join everything together. As for today everything looks lite that:

I hope this week I'll attach tailplanes and gunsight. But I'm not sure about one thing. Should I attach aerial mast. The photos of Q-102 aircraft from Buna show her without the mast but it's only a wreck. Does anyone have a photo of this aircraft when it was still in service? Thanks for any help.

[matto21]

Good start! I have a Tamiya 1/72nd Zero in the stash so I'm looking forward to seeing more progress!

Good start! I have a Tamiya 1/72nd Zero in the stash so I'm looking forward to seeing more progress!

[DominikS]

A small update. I did what I had planned. Tailplanes and gunsight on their place. But there was a small issue - a gap between wing and a fuselage. To close it I used Evergreen's stuff. What's interesting Reisen 52 doesn't have such problem. Right, here's the pics:

[DominikS]

Finally I found some time and did some progress. Here's the photos.

[DominikS]

Slowly finishing. Only propeller left to finish.