Ologist Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) A reasonable person might thing that the imposition of 'working from home' would be an ideal opportunity for starting one of those big modelling projects. No travelling time? Lunch breaks at the workbench. At least for me, its turned out to be the opposite. It seems to take far longer to get work things done than it used to, and I'm now in need of a new laptop battery. But, a few minutes here and there have enabled be to finish a couple of things that were being overlooked, including Tamiya's original A6M2 from the best part of half a century ago. It says a lot for the quality of the model when first released that it holds up quite well these days. This one has a True Details cockpit set, obtained very cheaply at a show, substituted for the somewhat hypothetical Tamiya offering. Its meant for the Hasegawa version, but fits the Tamiya one with minimal modification. Decals by Eagle Strike (wot no data panel?), over Nick Millman's recipe of a mix 50% each of Gunze Sangyo H70 RLM02 and H336 Hemp Village Photos deny the existence of my account, so first use of Microsoft One Drive for photo posting. Let's see how well it works Edited April 16, 2020 by Ologist grammar error 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 One Drive seems to work. Nice work, I built this not not long ago, just using the kit interior. I hardly ever look in there. Nice canopy painting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Lovley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Ologist said: A reasonable person might thing that the imposition of 'working from home' would be an ideal opportunity for starting one of those big modelling projects. No travelling time? Lunch breaks at the workbench. At least for me, its turned out to be the opposite. It seems to take far longer to get work things done than it used to Glad to see I'm not the only one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Looks great. I built one years ago and used Polly Scale Old Concrete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Oh that's very cool! 😎 The paint looks great and so does your model, fine work! And yes, with all this time staying at home, one would think that even I, the world's slowest (laziest? 😉) modeler, would get more done...and that one would be wrong. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ologist Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 16 hours ago, jeaton01 said: One Drive seems to work. Nice work, I built this not not long ago, just using the kit interior. I hardly ever look in there. Nice canopy painting! I can't take too much credit for the canopy painting. After about three days of trying to cut Tamiya tape masks (the canopy still bears a couple of scars) I discovered Pmask do a set specifically designed for this model. My relief cost a mere £2.40 from Hannants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoso Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Great little build! I love the Zero and you have built a great one there. And I sympathise with the work taking more time issue - I am in the same position. I started several kits when we first went into lockdown thinking that with no commute I would have plenty of time to get them done. Now I just have several half finished kits guilt tripping me from the work bench while I am trying to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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