Well Andrew I think that paint job is looking mighty fine. I wouldn't get too hung up about the colours, very few would know when admiring your work.
Onwards and upwards - you're well on the way to a cracking build.
I wouldn’t worry too much about the colour Andrew. The Japanese had enough trouble keeping the paint on the airframe to get hung up over the colour Yours is definitely a blue tinged green as well.
As to the post decal masking……not much I can suggest. Do it after post decal varnish so the surface is as tough as it will get, and let everything dry for a few days to make sure they are as stuck as they are going to be is all I can think of. Another approach is to get some clear decal film, spray it yellow, and make your own wing edge decals……
Good luck with whatever approach you take though.
I agree with the chaps on "Greengate" here,it looks fine to me... it's a kinda Mitsubishi green,and it's a Japanese plane, therefore it's "Japanese Green",
As for the Leading edge problem, Tim's advice about leaving it to let a Varnish coat to cure for plenty of time is definitely the way to go,also,if you have any left over vinyl paint mask bits left over from other builds,use that instead of masking tape, it leaves no "Step line" around the sprayed area, and is much less likely to lift anything upon removal,(just in case!).
If you don't have any, I've saved loads,and use it regularly,so just shout and I can send you some .
All in all it's coming along very nicely mate.... carry on!!
Very nice Andrew I like the color and the shade looks well. Great job
Hannants sell various stripe decals, including yellow.
Pete
I know people use cling film, but I’ve had it lift paint Andrew. I would go with thin Tamiya tape to outline the area, and photocopy paper taped down sparingly over the rest to control overspray. Keep the spray painting as light as you can manage and build it up gradually, shooting away from the masked edges to minimise paint creep. It should be fine then
Looking rather spiffing there Andrew, nearly there now....
.... plenty of time yet too.
Lots of great progress there Andrew.
Looks great Andrew. Hinomaru look excellent. As to the wheel cover decals, Eduard show the Zero one’s on the stencil part of the sheet, so they could well be common to all schemes for Japanese aircraft. The letter change is obviously a typo.
Looks really good to me Andrew.
It looks great Andrew
Right decision to replace the kit decals too, the new ones look very nice.
Geoff.
I'm sure I once read that the three tone / colour stripe decal for the undercarriage doors was to represent a 'loaded' aircraft,
Nice
Yep, very nice indeed Andrew,
All your hard work has certainly paid off, you've managed to get a really good result from an ageing kit
Looks very nice Andrew
Geoff.
Brilliant work andrew , its a solid old kit that can look really nice if done well , as you have proved here. Cheers tony
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