Cris Garcia Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) Hi Folks! It's been a while since my last post... parenthood takes a lot of my time nowadays... but -as I'm sure a lot of you do- I have become a "night owl" regarding this beatiful hobby. The legendary Mitsubishi Zero have been a pending model on my hangar, so I bought this classic Tamiya kit from the 90's and decided to give it a go. In the meanwhile, Eduard released their outstanding new tool, but I decided to keep on with the venerable Tamiya kit. So, I entered the twilight zone of the Japanese colours on these early models... you know what I mean. After reading and laughing a lot, and thinkin about the very special bunch of human beings we modellers are..., Nick Millman's research on his pdf (and a lot of the debate on its lovely page) gave me the last push to decided for AK REAL COLORS... RC 302 IJN J3 Hai-iro (grey, for the ailerons and fabric parts) and lighten RC 303 IJN J3 SP (amber grey, for the main fuselage). So, no more words, here is the finished model, representing the aircraft flew by ace Saburo Sakai in 1942, Bali. Happy modelling to all! Cris. Edited December 5, 2022 by Cris Garcia 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Very well built! The pilot figure is a nice addition - you don't see this too often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Great result pilot makes it... Yes, the overall colour is open to debate we can look at colour swatches all day, but no two aircraft would be the same colour after a few months of hard use. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Lovely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Nicely done. I like Japanese fighters in light grey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane39 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Lovely job. Nothing wrong with those older Tamiya kits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Very smart. Good to see a pilot from time to time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Superb Zero there Chris, great job on the old kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Garcia Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 2/18/2022 at 12:48 PM, Toryu said: Very well built! The pilot figure is a nice addition - you don't see this too often. Thank you very much! I love to include pilots in my models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Wonderful looking Zero. The lightened, slightly yellow area in the mid section really brings the model to life. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Beautiful, I love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 A lovely build ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Garcia Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 18 hours ago, Pete in a shed said: Wonderful looking Zero. The lightened, slightly yellow area in the mid section really brings the model to life. Pete Oh thanks Pete! Yes, fuselage main body was a different section from wings and tail unit, therefore the slight difference of tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Garcia Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 23 hours ago, Roberto said: Beautiful, I love it! Thanks Roberto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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