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I started this back in March and set it aside. I am going to now finish it while I wait on

my F-4B Phantom project now stalled out. This plane will be a 2 tone scheme, gray over

green. The "gray" is actually more of an aotake color, a tannish color. I am using the kit

decals and will leave the canopy open. I have the bottom painted and am now finishing

up masking to do the upper dark green color. Here is how the kit evolved to now.---John

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Thanks, I just painted the topside dark green. Before I painted it I transferred some marks

on the wings where the "wheels down" indicators rods will go. I took the dimensions and

location off my old trusty Tamiya 1/48 A6M2 PH Zero. I often wondered why Hasegawa

never gave these on their Zeros. When it's all dried up I will take off the masks and scratch

build the fore mentioned indicator rods.---John

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Wheels and gear doors on, engine installed and I just put the yellow leading edge wing decals on.

I had some old 1/48 Tamiya A6M2 decals and they had leading edge yellow stripes so I decided to

try them, too lazy to paint. They look pretty good, they were old so I had to do some patching but

it looks acceptable to my eye.---John

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Fast work!

What paints did you use? That J3 ash grey for instance.. 

(Aotake is the name for the interior protective coating - that blue-green semi-metallic stuff).

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You are right, I meant ameiro NOT aotake, had a "senior moment". I used Tamiya TS-68

wooden deck tan for the tannish ameiro bottom color and Tamiya AS-21 dark green 2

IJN for the upper color. Aotake was called "the blue bamboo color" as I remember when I

built my first Tamiya 1/48 A6M2 in the early 90s.---John

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I scratch built the landing gear position rods for the top of the wings from

.020" plastic card. Now to paint them red.---John

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Done, I think the gloss cote should be set up good enough to start decaling this

weekend. Florida humidity and Testors glosscote don't mix. I did not gain much

by moving to Florida after retiring except I don't really miss shoveling 3 foot snow

storms.---John

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The decals are done, prop and cowl on. I need to add the mid canopy, antenna mast, pitot tube, gun

barrels to the front fuselage then dullcote and add the antenna wire.---John

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