Hi Folks
Let me introduce myself. I’m full-time modeller, mostly interested in AFV’s models, but from time to time i’m bulding some planes. For a past year almost only planes, becouse I’m little bored with tanks…
I would like t oshare with you my current project- Iwamoto’s Zero from Rabaul. It will be Tamiya’s kit with some upgrades (etched and metal details from Tamiya, qiuckboost exhaust) and decals from Zoth (but I will probably replace them with decals from Tamiya).
I’ve started with some wiring
…and seatbelts from Tamiya’s upgrade set
as usual i’ve stared with silver basecoat. than I painted interior with mitsubishi’s cockpit green. Highlights are airbrushed with mix of base color and little bit of zinc chromate. Details are painted with a brush.
I washed whole interior with MIG’s dark wash. Next I drybrushed it a little with skin tone oil paint. Paint chips are made like real paint chips,;I just scratch surface of the paint to expose silver basecoat. At last I covered interior with flat varnish. Glasses of instrumental panel are made with clear fix
that’s all for now, but prepare for some update soon
Looks fantastic so far kamil, you can tell it’s your gig. I’m working on their A6M2 1/48 and can now tell why they were asking about 3x as much for the A6M5… DETAIL!
No, you wish not, belive me. You are building models for fun and pleasure, just when you want to spend some time with some styrene. Full-time modelling means that you have to build everyday, no matter if you have good or bad day for gluing, painting or scratching…
Yeah, I was a little surprised the wing roots on my A6M2 were off as much as they were, not as bad as some but still there. BTW, thanks for the above shot, I’ve been debating if the fuselage area just in front of the cockpit (which will be under the canopy) was to be painted black or left the fuselage color, I’ve seen it both ways. You painted it black which is where I was leaning. Great looking build, keep it coming. [Y]
Littleupdate. I paint engine using metallic gray from Tamiya as a basecoat. To expose details I washed it with Dark wash from MIG
I add brake installation on main gear, made with 0,2mm tin wire
… so now the plane is ready to paint:
please, note, canopy’s limousine is temporary mounted with a few drops of masking fluid. Small holes in rear part of canopy (for antenna and aerial wire) are fitted/masked with little piece of sponge
Stunning build, both in workmanship and photography too. I just bought two of these kits this morning, and seeing your work has me itching to build them NOW!
Preshadeing… not so simple as usual. I used different colors. I started typical, with black over panel lines. Some panels and rivet lines are painted with white. Last I pant some trails on the wing and tale, with brown, white and interior green on upper (green) surfaces, and with whitre and intermediate blue on lower parts of the fuselage and the wing
Upper surfaces airbrushed with thinned coat of Mitsubishi dark green. And clear varnish, to protect coat of paint. It will be masked to paint lower surfaces and for hinomaru, and masking tape should tear off the paint
