Lancfan's Zero Blitz- ***Late Finish***

[lancfan]

too late iggie it is now dry .

David.

[lancfan]

The sprues have been pre-painted and the wing has been assembled.



Zeroes were primed in a blue-tinted varnish and to represent this I first tried coating those areas in Revell Aqua 99 Alluminium and then covering that with Aqua 752 Clear Blue, this did not give a very good finish so I mixed a small batch of metallic blue and applied that to much better effect.

David.

[Old_Tonto]

too late iggie it is now dry .

David.

Damn those acrylic paints!

Nice interior work David & excellent idea for making that metallic blue paint.

[lancfan]

Cheers O_T, the cockpit has been assembled and the fuselage halves have been joined up.



David.

[jssel]

Nice progress.

[DazDaMan]

Coming along nicely.

I can't remember what colour I painted my Zero's cockpit - certainly wasn't that, anyway!

[lancfan]

Current thinking seems to be that the cockpits of Mitsubishi built machines were grey-green and Nakajimi built zero cockpits were painted in a slightly brighter green.

David.

[lancfan]

The wing has been joined to the fuselage, when that has dried things should start to speed up.


David.

[TimJ]

Nice work so far.

[fredk]

Speedy work there

[Old_Tonto]

Current thinking seems to be that the cockpits of Mitsubishi built machines were grey-green and Nakajimi built zero cockpits were painted in a slightly brighter green.

David.

That's good to know. Any fit issues?

[jssel]

Shaping up nicely.

[lancfan]

No problems with the parts fit O_T however I do not fit pilot figures so I cannot vouch for that if it is a poor fit.
cheers jeff.

David.

[lancfan]

The tailplanes, rudder and engine have been fitted, it is now time to begin painting the model.


David.

[lancfan]

I applied the first coat of mixed IJN Light Grey-Green (Humbrol Sky 90 toned down with Revell 76 light grey and lightened with White) last night before grabbing a few ZZZs, the second coat and the black went on this morning, the decals go on next followed by final assembly as I dash for the finishing post.


David.