Mikey-1980 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Now complete, My interpretation of the Japanese secret weapon and surprise aircraft that more than proved its worth during the Pacific theater. It also spawned the US Navy to rapidly develop new fighters to combat the Zero, such as the now legendary Grumman F6F Hellcat. My full build log for Jiro Horikoshi's master piece of engineering can be found here... Alas, the final pictures.....This has been more of an experiment in learning new painting and weathering techniques. Utilising latex maskol for the paint chipping effect, weathering powders and pencils for the exhaust and panel lines etc. I may keep going back to top up and try something new but I have for now left it as you see it today. IMG-20190711-WA0003 IMG-20190711-WA0005 IMG-20190711-WA0004 IMG-20190711-WA0007 IMG-20190711-WA0006 IMG-20190711-WA0010 IMG-20190711-WA0009 IMG-20190711-WA0011 Over all I am happy with how it has turned out. I though the IJN Grey Green paint (recommended by Tamiya) was a little too green to the traditional white you normally see Zero's painted in. Thoughts and pointers are always welcomed Enjoy! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Looks good to me, and you sound like you had fun doing it which is what it’s all about! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 It really was a great build. Taken a while get round to finishing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobski Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 20 hours ago, Mikey-1980 said: Over all I am happy with how it has turned out. I though the IJN Grey Green paint (recommended by Tamiya) was a little too green to the traditional white you normally see Zero's painted in. Can of worms being opened over the colour of early war Zeroes - you could write a book about the subject. The Grey Green paint is, arguably, still not correct but it is a lot more accurate than white. Nick Millman is the man for this kind of thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 Cheers @Bobski You're not wrong....so many differing variations in paint for the Naval Zero's....Once production was in full swing, licensing for manufacturing was handed out across Japan. Colours may vary depending on who built them perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 An interesting interpretation of the early-war Zeke. The chipping is unusually strong for the J3 Special (Haiiro - Ameiro) camouflage which was a very resistant colour applied over a brownish primer. Colour variations did happen through exposure to the elements. Very nice modelling though. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobski Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/12/2019 at 2:30 PM, Mikey-1980 said: Cheers @Bobski You're not wrong....so many differing variations in paint for the Naval Zero's....Once production was in full swing, licensing for manufacturing was handed out across Japan. Colours may vary depending on who built them perhaps? Yes, but not by much. The specified colour was "ash grey" (if I remember my Horikoshi book correctly) which was a sort of grey/green that sometimes also had a slight brown tint to it. It is a fascinating subject but a nightmare if you are looking for 100% accuracy because it just isn't possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Absolutely, Horikoshi's description of the paint was interesting though. In the end I decided upon Tamiya's recommendation through the box instructions. It seemed reasonably close so I went with it. I was unsure if the chipping was a bit OTT @Toryu This was purely an an experimental build on learning new techniques. I wont be so enthusiastic next time haha! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Abery Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Really nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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