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

[langy71]

Good man yerself! I'll send you membership forms - I'll also need your bank account details please......

Is that as well as the monthy cheque ?

And ....... Painted,...(and yes it was with a hairy stick on certain bits)...
added an oil wash to dirty it up a tad...(although the Zero's used at Pearl Harbour were all relatively new so I'm thinking they would show much 'use and abuse'),
As you can see everything is still wet from the oil wash so a bit of clean-up is needed later..







Also had a play with the cockpit sidewalls,

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Looking great Chris.
I've had to use the old manual brush on mine too... but,for me,I prefer that with the ickle bits ,
Good stuff Buddy!!

 

[spanner570]

Huh, another that doesn't need to join 'The Club' full time........membership application cancelled. :tongue-out3:

A very nice result, Chris.

 

[langy71]

A bit more work on the cockpit, some decal work, a few touch ups with paint..(red, yellow and silver bits added to break up the overall 'flat' green colour) and knocked up some seat belts...they're not accurate per se but they look close enough.....I'm now calling this bit done... on to the rest of the build....

 

[scottie3158]

Chris,
I will follow along.

 

[papa 695]

The cockpit is looking very good indeed Chris.

 

[Geoffers]

Very nice Chris :thumb2:

Interesting that the instrument panel is the same colour as the rest of the cockpit unlike allied aircraft.

Geoff.

 

[Mark1]

Looks good :thumb2:

 

[outrunner]

That cockpit detail looks really good.

Andy.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

A bit more work on the cockpit, some decal work, a few touch ups with paint..(red, yellow and silver bits added to break up the overall 'flat' green colour) and knocked up some seat belts...they're not accurate per se but they look close enough.....I'm now calling this bit done... on to the rest of the build....

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Looks pretty good to me so far Chris :smiling3:

 

[langy71]

Not too much done today...(Mrs L is abusing the fact it was a bank holiday to drag me all around the local Wickes. B&Q and Screwfix....).. so i just messed around with the various panels that should...(ish) be Aotake coloured...

(for anybody that's gonna be spraying this colour, don't mess around trying to make a mix from silver with clear blue sprayed over the top),
This was straight up Tamiya X-18 metallic blue thinned 50/50 with lacquer thinners...looks pretty close to me, and as I've discovered the Aotake colour turned to a greenish metallic shade after exposure to the elements.. so a newish Zero from Pearl Harbour would be more blue than green..

 

[langy71]

Also, If you're building a Mitsubishi produced aircraft and not a Nakajima produced Zero, the wheel wells are the lower body colour.. NOT aotake blue/green.. :thumb2:

 

[Mini Me]

Sorry for my tardiness to this Chris, nice progress so far.... I'll park at the back and follow along if you don't mind.

 

[langy71]

feel free Rick, there's always plenty of room....Keep an eye out for Matron though, I've heard she's taken to doing SAS style raids to check we're not all out of our beds...lol

 

[Mini Me]

Roger that Chris, I'm on it :thumb2:

 

[Tim Marlow]

Loving that….nothing easy about painting Japanese aircraft is there…information seems lacking compared to other combatants.

 

[Jim R]

That cockpit has come out really well Chris. Certainly worth the effort. Well done.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Hmmmm, very nice there Chris.
I do like that colour

 

[langy71]

Had a play with the engine cowling colour today, another minefield...lol...(it's currently drying...and will need a gloss coat to bring out the shine)... crikey the zoomed image don't half show up any dust on it...



Anyhoo, just for Reference, all Mitsubishi Aircraft had a cowling colour that was made up from black with a touch of dark blue added to it,..(I've gone for 10 drops of black and four dark blue)... and the Nakajima zero's were straight up gloss black..

 

[Mini Me]

The woes of close up photography.......the ones that really annoy me are those that show up in the completed photo thread that you didn't catch before posting them up! :angry: