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Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22a (Tamiya 1/48)


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As new year has started, so I've started a new kit. Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22a with classic wingspan and long-barrelled 20mm guns. Here goes the artbox:

 

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Markings chosen by me is dark green over grey-green airplane stationed at Boungainville in 1943. I have assembled the cockpit, perhaps too fast what will make painting it a more troublesome. But not so much honestly as most of it is in interior green with some black equipment, mostly on the cockpit walls.

 

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Fit is awesome, but this is Tamiya's quite new kit. New tool was released on 2008. More to come.

 

Cheers.

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Outstanding cockpit so far!

 

The detail seems far far superior to the A6M2 1/48 I built from Tamiya too.

 

Have you decided on which colour scheme you'll be going with yet? or sticking with the box art?

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this is a really nice kit, the only "problem" and it wasn't much of one, I had was with the foldable wing tips, I had mine "flat" and didn't quite line up without some prodding 

 

looking good so far

rgds

John(shortCummins)

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5 minutes ago, coolhand said:

Hi, 

Looking great so far. Didn't forget to paint the rear of the nose mounted machine guns black/gunmetal

Cheers

Andy

Thanks Andy,

Besides painting I will open the muzzle, which may be a bit tricky as the part is quite microscopic.

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All my builds have been derailed by a knee injury, but I'm trying to do something.
The underside is done. Painted with XF-76 followed by two lighter shades of the base colour and touch of flat brown patterned with airbrush stencil. On top of that blending coat of base colour. Tomorrow topside.

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