1st Build - Hasegawa A6M2

[Night Fighter Nut]

Not bad, keep it coming.

 

[Wurger]

Yep...

 

[Airframes]

Looks OK to me.

 

[Tony Hill]

I decided "scratchbuilding" is when you make something that looks like it should. I don't scratchbuild, I "fashion" which is when you McGyver it. It's the general shape, and it's not offensive when you stand really far away and close one eye.

Affirm that! I do a lot of McGyvering, very little scratch building!!

Looking good mate!

 

[Dusan Lekic]

Very nice!!!

All the best!
Dusan.

 

[fatboris]

Going for the field paint job as this will be mid 1944, and the paint jobs on 265 were pretty rough based on photos I've seen on j-aircraft. That's why i'm doing the oversray vs clean seperation. Ended up doing a Dark green base coat in wheel wells then top coat of White Ensign Model enamel aotake. Time to bust out the Wayne Little weathering guide and start getting to work.

 

[Wurger]

Looking interesting.

 

[Tony Hill]

Nice colour!

I'm liking this build and you have obviously done a lot of research too.

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Nice.

 

[fatboris]

Finished my first model...suffice it to say my ambitions were greater than my skills. If the damn snow would stop I could get it outside for some pics. Hopefully tomorrow.

 

[fatboris]

Tried to resize and this was as small as I could get them. Hopefully they are not too big, if they are I apologize. I know I overdid it on the wash, Based on some of the pics I had I thought the paint chipping was OK (except for the fabric covered spots that mysteriously have aluminum under the paint)

Any tips for next time are appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Shinpachi]

Nice work. It has good atmosphere of Nakajima Zero.
Awesome.

 

[fatboris]

Thanks. I just realized I need to go back and fix the canopy, it's sitting too high.

 

[Tony Hill]

First model?? Great work.

 

[Wayne Little]

Not a bad first effort mate!