Hasegawa 1:48 Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero (Captured Pt.1)

[Wayne Little]

Not bad at all...

 

[fubar57]

Thank you. Sprayed Tamiya XF-11 J.N. Green over the rudder and painted over Hinomarus. For the sprayed over insignia I masked with Oracal Oramask 810 stencil film cut with a circle cutter. This stuff is low tack and didn't lift the paint or bleed under, no extra de-tack required.

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I'll let this set up and then gloss coat

 

[Airframes]

Nice !

 

[rochie]

Very nicely done

 

[Crimea_River]

Very sharp.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far George!

 

[Wayne Little]

Good stuff George.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks guys. Started the deecals. From the get-go I thought the fuselage roundel looked too small but I thought maybe it was just an illusion. Well sirs, not an illusion. I placed one on the model and indeed....too small. I grabbed some spares from the stash. The red center as supplied is too large.Also note that the writing is a bit smaller and the numbers a tad too large. Nothing to be done here so I'll live with it.

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Still looks great though

 

[fubar57]

Thank you. All done now and letting it set. Should be finished shortly

 

[Crimea_River]

Masking and painting the red center could have been a relatively simple solution but it looks pretty damn nice anyway!

 

[fubar57]

Thanks Andy. At the moment I have nothing to make a circle that small. Lookee what I found nuuumannn

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Could have sworn that I trashed them once I cut them off but I found them in a Tupperware tray that I use when I do a few builds at a time. Its divided into three and I keep the small parts in it. Cannons are a mm shorter. Speaking of landing gear, I was struggling to get them to hang straight down. They are handed and like an idiot I cut them from the sprue in order to paint them and didn't keep track of which was which. They kept on leaning inward slightly. I decided to check my books before making some modifications to get them to hang straight down. I was not aware they canted slightly inward ala the Fw 190

 

[nuuumannn]

Terrific, George, it certainly looks the part and great news on the cannon barrels.

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Very nice Geo

 

[Wayne Little]

Like it George...!

 

[Crimea_River]

Gotta love it when everything works out like that.

 

[le_steph40]

Geo

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far George!