Daz's Hamp-er House of Horror - **DONE!**

[DazDaMan]

OK, so I'm just going to throw this one into the mix as well.....



Never built any kind of Tamiya kit in my life before, so this will be something new!

[jssel]

Tamiya = Goodness.

Good luck. That box art is pretty retro.

[DazDaMan]

I'll get some photos of the kit during the week.

[ShaunW]

I've never seen Tamiya box art like that before Daren!

[DazDaMan]

Hamp box-art:

[DazDaMan]

Hamp-er of bits....

[rob_van_riel]

so this will be something new!

No it won't. It will be something very old. According to scalemates,that's the original 1963 box you have there. Very definite CJK you have there.

[DazDaMan]

God, it's almost as old as my mum!

Would be a shame to build it, I guess, but the kit's literally out of the bag now.

[Gadfly]

Yep classic plastic.... enjoy...

[ShaunW]

And here's me thinking this was a more modern release in a retro box I didn't know that Tamiya even had a product line in 1963, I though they started in the late 60's - you learn something new every day on here

(Alas, unlike Daren's mum, I pre-date this kit by a couple of years!)

[DazDaMan]

I'll get working on this next week.

[celt]

1963,thats older than me!!

[DazDaMan]

So I decided to make a start tonight, and I began with painting the interior and assembling the wings:

Unusually for a 1/72 model (in my experience, anyway), the Zero had separate flaps. I chose to model them closed, however, as I fancy mounting this one on a stand. The "in flight" look will enhance the shape of the aircraft, particularly the clipped wingtips, I reckon.

Fuselage, wings and tailplane assembled:


I need to source a pilot's seat from the spares box, however!

[DazDaMan]

Went together rather quickly:

[iggie]

Are the panel lines raised or recessed Daren, it looks a nice kit whichever mind you!