72nders Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Hello all, This is my latest build, it's Tamiya's 1/72 A6M5 Zero. The fit of the kit was perfect, like all other Tamiya kits (in my experience). The model was painted with Ak real colors and Tamiya acrilycs, the yellow band on the leading edge and markings on the propeller were painted. I initially wanted to build Saburo Sakai's aircraft, inspired by his biography "Samurai!"; but I discovered that the Peddinghaus decals I had were wrong (dimensionally) and the other ones I had from an AJ Press Zero book were bad as well. So after some research I decided to do an aircraft from the 203 kokutai, at Omura airbase in Nagasaki, August 1945, from the Rising Decals sheet Zero pt.V, I decided to depict the aircraft with the tail number of it's first owner. The decals went on wonderfully. Some aftermarkets were used: Brengun Pe, a Yahu models instrument panel, master model 20mm canons and resin machine guns. The weathering was done with Tamiya enamel washes and powders, and a silver pencil for chipping effects. Hope you enjoy it! Next up is Arma hobby's F4F-4 Wildcat! 51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 That is amazing!!! Excellent job. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Sharp! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Impressive build. Tamiyas little A6M5 is indeed an outstanding little kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Beautiful work! Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 A lovely build ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Excellent build and finish Very smart indeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Great! Now that I've seen yours, the question is: is it worth to continue with my A6M2b? 🤔 Congrats. Pat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72nders Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 Thank you all for your kind words, this was my first japanese build, and I was quite pleased with the result. On 7/1/2022 at 12:34 PM, PattheCat said: Great! Now that I've seen yours, the question is: is it worth to continue with my A6M2b? 🤔 Congrats. Pat. Pat, your A6M2 looks great, drilling out the holes in the seat adds finesse to the model, I'm sure your end result will be great! Oompa Loompa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Oompa Loompa modelers said: Thank you all for your kind words, this was my first japanese build, and I was quite pleased with the result. Pat, your A6M2 looks great, drilling out the holes in the seat adds finesse to the model, I'm sure your end result will be great! Oompa Loompa Thanks a lot for your kind comment. Now no more choice but to do my best to not disappoint you 😉 Cheers. Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertone139 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Wow! Than canopy looks exceptionally thin and clear, is it the original kit part? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Lovely looking Zero. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Schmick! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72nders Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Thank you all for your kind comments. On 7/7/2022 at 5:59 PM, Robertone139 said: Wow! Than canopy looks exceptionally thin and clear, is it the original kit part? Robertone139, sorry for the delay of my response. The canopy is the original kit part, which I just dipped in future to make it clearer. I was also surprised with how thin the canopy was, it's much better than the hasegawa canopy for their 1/72 zero, which is much too thick. Cheers, Oompa Loompa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngantek Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Great great build. Just to second Robertone139, that canopy is unbelievable for this scale. I can only look on with envy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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