Matchbox Mitsubishi Zero

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Matchbox Mitsubishi Zero

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Another simple little kit from Matchbox. The hardest part of the build was masking the canopy. Kit national markings were out of register so I got a sheet by Techmod to replace them. Painted with Tamyia colours, I mixed both their IJN greens as I read that the actual colour was a somewhere between the two. I added a bit of Nato brown to the orange to darken it slightly. This is the first kit I tried preshading on, and in the flesh it looks good to me. I may give it a dull down with a matt coat.

Mitsubishi Zero, Imperial Japanese Navy, Operational Training Unit.


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Lovey job.
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I love how Matchbox kits, despite their relative simplicity, produce very nice kits.
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Very nicely done indeed
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Nice job. I don't think I would have guessed that as being a Matchbox kit.
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Impressive result.
I believe the new tool Airfix Zero is in the same scheme.
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Really nice work. Like the trainer scheme.
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Super job Shangos! We seem to be having a bit of a Matchbox bender in the Aviation section at the moment.

I think you've got the shade of green bang on mate, lovely finish.

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Cheers chaps, I enjoyed building it and it's simplicity helped get the modelling juices going again.
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Marvellous Matchbox model,well tidy indeed.
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I'm giving your Zero a ten :grin:

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Very nice!
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Very nice.
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