Airfix 1/72 Zero Starter Set

[MPal]

Bought this earlier in the month for a bargain price, and made a start this morning.

 

[yak face]

Great work on the cockpit Al , it looks like a really nice kit , especially at that price! I might have to look out for one of these , cheers tony

 

[MPal]

Thanks Tony

Yeah its a nice kit, shame a lot of the detail in this scale is lost as soon as you close up the fuselage.

I also counter sunk some drill holes in the port side interior where there are dials on the real thing, and used a cocktail stick to pick these out in anthracite.

 

[monica]

nice start and Great work on the cockpit Al, done like the zero, and so nice off you to say what paints your useing,

a good help, as there tricky look forward to seeing more

 

[MPal]

Thanks Monica

I have to say its an absolutely lovely little kit so far. I just cant stop doing more with it, it just seems to fall together.

There looks to be very little in the way of seams that need filling. The only bit I can see so far is the port side of the gun cowling, as there is a bit of a gap, but nothing major.

 

[MPal]

 

[Doug Hughes]

Looking good. I've got one of these on the go at the moment. Good tip about the cowling/gun sight. I'd noticed it might not fit, but thought I could bend things a bit to get it in. But you're right - there's no reason not to install it at the same time as the cockpit.

 

[papa 695]

Nice start the cockpit looks very good

 

[colin m]

Good work here. It all looks very nice.

 

[flyjoe180]

Great stuff Al, this is looking like a great little kit to build. Good progress reports too, handy for those of us who will build this one later. Your cockpit looks very good.

 

[MPal]

It's a lovely kit to build. No filler needed after all.

Not sure about the colour though:

 

[monica]

coming along very nicely ,no gaps at all

its like an off white with a touch off that green in it too me ,H 311 gray think its a mr color hobby color hope that off some help :rolleyes:

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[MPal]

Looks lovely there Monica. It looks a little beige in yours too?

I tried some preshading on this with a Black Faber-Castell Pitt artist pen, as I brush paint.

Plan is too gloss it and decal it, then use a wash in the panel lines before using a satin varnish.

 

[monica]

thank you, will like to see how that turns out, and maybe a couple off washer with an off white/cream ?

,you know i realy cannot remember how i mixed the paint, i do that alot dont wright down what i use and i must start too,

and i think thats the only plane i ever made without heavy weathering

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice paint job on the Zero. Yours is nice too Monica, very sharp. There was a discussion about Zero IJN greys a wee while ago if you wanted to search for it. I think I painted my original Zero in Humbrol 28 which is 'camouflage grey'. It is more beige than green, much like Monica's colour.

 

[monica]

hi joe thank you , ta for the info will see if i can find some think on it,

on a light note why the colors are so hard to work out on Japanese plains is they were never in the war :oops: :rolleyes:

 

[MPal]

Thanks

Havent made much progress as I have been busy with other things

The flash has made the engine look a lot more silver than it is.

 

[monica]

looking good see your done a little chipping along the leading edgers, have the same happen as well some times the color seen alot brighter than it is

keep up the good work

 

[MPal]

I think you can also see some preshading at work here. Although now I think another thin coat of paint may have been in order. No going back now though, I think the varnish and weathering will help dull the effect a little.

 

[monica]

looking good and yes you can still see the preshading, well i do think that is a very close color, what did you use ?