Langy's, Academy 1/48 Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero.

[langy71]

I've got to hand it to the guy, he's looking good so far Chris

cheers Andy, He's making a nice change from the usual 'olive green' flight suit pilots we normally see..

[langy71]

And....... He's finished .... apart from a flat coat..(maybe)..I really enjoyed throwing paint at this guy,
he's turned out better than I thought he would for a 1/48 figure given that there are no paint colours mentioned on the packaging other than the basic, brown, green flesh..etc..

p.s. this is at 10x zoom, so the paintwork will look a bit ...mehh... but at normal viewing distance, it all merges perfectly...

[Tim Marlow]

He looks cool Chris. Excellent result :thumb2:

[The Smythe Meister]

And....... He's finished .... apart from a flat coat..(maybe)..I really enjoyed throwing paint at this guy,
he's turned out better than I thought he would for a 1/48 figure given that there are no paint colours mentioned on the packaging other than the basic, brown, green flesh..etc..

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VERY NICE INDEED

[Mini Me]

If I could make a recommendation.....a touch of gloss coat on the goggle lenses and a bit of sheen on the boots after the dull coat may help to liven it up a bit....jus' me thots.

[langy71]

If I could make a recommendation.....a touch of gloss coat on the goggle lenses and a bit of sheen on the boots after the dull coat may help to liven it up a bit....jus' me thots.

Good call, will splash a little 'gloss' around later....:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:, would satin look better on his boots?

[Neil Merryweather]

Lovely job

[langy71]

Right then... lets get cracking on this build and get it past the finishing line,

Started on a base, just a few coffee stirrers, some closed cell pollyboard, and a no real idea what I'm doing but the moggling gods love a tryer..
It's still a work in progress but so far so good ish ... only time will tell..

coffee stirrers cut down to 1/48 scale 3.3 mtr lengths






And a splash of glue

[papa 695]

Great start on the base Chris, any chance of making a 1/72 scale one for my build. Ha Ha.

[scottie3158]

Chris,
Great work on the figure.

[langy71]

Finally cracked on and got the base finished... a couple of small things to deal with and I'm gonna be calling this build done....(thank god I hear you cry..lol).


Ran out of coffee stirrers.. and got sooo close to binning this whole idea, but from knowhere a cunning plan was formed....


Created a section of the aircraft lift to fill the gap...



Gotta love No More Nails PVA glue...



And threw some paint at it.... It'll do for now...(note to self, STOP COMING UP WITH SILLY IDEAS !!!)

[scottie3158]

Looks just the job nicely done.

[papa 695]

That base is looking fantastic Chris.

[langy71]

Thanks guys, I'm not 100% happy with it, but I think that's more down to it being the first time I've tried to create a wooden carrier deck, and I didn't really know what I was doing...It's more luck than judgement, but It'll see my entry in the Pacific Carrier/Aircraft group build actually reach a conclusion. so I guess it's all good in the end..

[The Smythe Meister]

Looking bloody good to me Chris
.... and a testiment to your perseverance mate:thumb2: