**** DONE - 1/48 A6M2-N "Rufe" - Your Favorite Aircraft of All Time GB

[Wurger]

Wonderful... Dear Friend. Well done.

 

[ccheese]

Looks good Charles, now before you put the canopy on paint the rear upper decking the same colour as the cowling.

Hmmm... I thought that was painted the same color (pale green) as the interior of the cockpit !

OK, that will get painted today, albeit by hand. Thanks.... BTW, canopy almost done.

Charles

 

[T Bolt]

Looking excellent with the decals on Charles

 

[woody]

Looks really nice Charles.

 

[rochie]

fantastic work Charles, looks brilliant

 

[A4K]

Looking fantastic Charles! May there be many more projects after this!

 

[Wayne Little]

Hmmm... I thought that was painted the same color (pale green) as the interior of the cockpit !

Charles

for a long time so did everyone else, until evidence suggested otherwise!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Beauty mate, absolute beauty.

 

[ccheese]

The Rufe is pretty well finished. Today I installed the canopy, the antenna mast and antenna. I had to do some touch up around the canopy, with a brush, so in the morning I will brush on some clear coat, and in the late morning will take the finished pic's. BTW, I removed that damn ladder. I kept knocking it off anyway, so it's off to stay.

Charles

 

[parsifal]

May i say excellent job Charles. I think you are a strong possibility of winning in our classification.

It really is a lovely looking work Charles, well done

 

[brucejscott]

Outstanding work Charles. It would be a pity to see all that talent go to waste by not building another plastic kit.

 

[Wayne Little]

C'mon Charles where's them pics, lookin' forward to them!

 

[ccheese]

Okay, lads, here is the finished product. Unfortunately I screwed up a pristine paint job by touching up the starboard side, under the canopy, with a brush.
Trust me, the Rufe was a learning experience.

Charles

 

[rochie]

great job Charles, looks rather good to me !

 

[Airframes]

That's really excellent Charles, including the 'touched-up' area. If this is your first plastic kit, then by kit number 4 you'l be laughing, and by number 10 a champion!!

 

[ccheese]

That's really excellent Charles, including the 'touched-up' area. If this is your first plastic kit, then by kit number 4 you'll be laughing, and by number 10 a champion!!

This is the very first scale plastic model that I've completed. I started a Kingfisher, but got disgusted with it. I did learn quite a bit with this build, especially that part about reading the instructions. I'm afraid my patience are too thin.

Also I noticed the fuselage starboard side "meatball" started to lift up. A little moisture solved that problem.

Charles

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Charles, you have a build to be very proud of sir! That looks excellent!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

What an excellent build Charles, you did well.

 

[brucejscott]

She looks fantastic Charles. Since this was a "learning" experiance, it implies that you will use what you have learned on your next build. Do a F4F Wildcat next. The're fun and cute.

 

[meatloaf109]

I agree, no bull**** here, you have done an excelent job! Even more impressive as a first effort!
Please consider future builds.
(I agree with the wildcat suggestion, they are fun and cute)