smuts Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Hi guys, well the Japanese bug has bitten deep put the cat on the backburner for now got this & a KI-61 last week at yate... sprayed the Aotaki blue primer(xtracolour) & started the pit... all I'll be adding will be eduards IJN belts that's all this one needs.... Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhouse Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Very nice choice and a promising start !!! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 No stopping! Did you have a break at all between the models or do you overlap them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuts Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 Hi guys, office built up & sprayed with Aeromaster Mitsubishi cockpit colour weathered with Tamiya sets, just added Eduard belts.. side walls pit.. No stopping! Did you have a break at all between the models or do you overlap them? Hi Don, no overlapping builds the N1 was finished over a fornight ago got this at Yate.. Thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Looks good so far, I especially like the cockpit. Watch out for the fit of the forward fuselage, it is not a bad fit just a bit fiddlely to allow the multiple variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris FFZ Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Looks great. I have one of these myself and have been meaning to get to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Tidy work in the 'pit Andy. Seeing your progress is tempting me to add one of these to the stash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuts Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 Hi guys, got some more done.. PE wing fold brackets.. PE & wings ready.. wings & stabs/tail on... just a smear of AV white.. cowl & gills sprayed WEM Mitsubishi blue/black, spinner sprayed Tamiya chrome silver (enamel) Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Looks excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSModeller Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) Very Nice Andy I have to buy one of those for my stash, to do in White/green cross surrender colours circa 1945 I do have the real thing near by A6M3 taken by ANZAC forces in 1945 from near Southern Bouganville to Piva airfiels, Torokina, Bouganville Island (Solomons) eventually shipped to New Zealand as a war trophy Regards Alan Edited September 11, 2011 by LDSModeller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Very nice work. What's the filler you are using? AV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhouse Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Very nice progress !! Great job on the cockpit !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuts Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Hi guys, pre-shaded with Tamiya NATO black & wing ID edges sprayed with WEM ID yellow... Hi Don, AV white putty's a very fine light duty type comes in a tube with a very fine nozzle good for wing roots but heavy stuff. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Hi guys, pre-shaded with Tamiya NATO black & wing ID edges sprayed with WEM ID yellow... Hi Don, AV white putty's a very fine light duty type comes in a tube with a very fine nozzle good for wing roots but heavy stuff. Andy. Looks really good this, Mind me asking where you get the paint codes from? I've got a 24th scale one I wouldnt mind doing the cockpit on for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 She's looking good. You don't hang about, do you? I can't find AV Putty on google, apart from one by Araldite. Who's the manufacturer please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Try searching on Vallejo putty. I comes in squeezy tubes like the paint or in bigger tubes as in the picture. I bought mine from Little Cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris FFZ Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Try searching on Vallejo putty. I comes in squeezy tubes like the paint or in bigger tubes as in the picture. I bought mine from Little Cars. Thank you Mr Fox. I like their paints so I'll buy some of that putty and give it a go.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Well done so far Andy, If you need some close up pics, I've a quite complete good-quality walk around form an A6M-5, the one from Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo. Not an A6M-3, but still it might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuts Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Hi guys, & thanks for the compliments all done bar the U/C sprayed a couple of mist coats of Tamiya XF-12 on patchy to show wear & tare ... Looks really good this, Mind me asking where you get the paint codes from? I've got a 24th scale one I wouldnt mind doing the cockpit on for now... Hi, I've used an old bottle of Aeromaster Mitsubishi cockpit green on this but a real close colour to its is Xtracrylics Faded olive drab. if you like enamels then WEM are your best bet they do a complete range of IJN & IJA colours (got em all & well worth it!) Gunz do a full range of IJN/A lacquers but you can only get them from Luckymodel or HLJ. one thing to remember is Japanese colours are a minefield there was no standardisation like RLM/BS/FS.. you could have a Mitsubishi built Zero next to one built by Nakajima both would be a different cockpit colour & even have different belts fitted!. Thanks for walk round pics offer Antoine. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Coming along nicely! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Japanese colours are a minefield there was no standardisation like RLM/BS/FS..you could have a Mitsubishi built Zero next to one built by Nakajima both would be a different cockpit colour & even have different belts fitted!. I see that as an opportunity, rather than a minefield. I like your colour scheme; very thirties, very deco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuts Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Hi guys, U/C on now & replaced the cannon barrels with hypodermic tube... started decaling now... Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhouse Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Very,very nice looking Zero so far !! Great paint Job !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuts Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Hi guys, finished .. more pics in the gallery.. Andy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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