1/72 Hasegawa Mitsubishi Zero Fighter A6M2

[Lee Drennen]

Ok I can’t believe I saved these decals with some clear coat I gave them last night I tested a couple before sealing and the just disintegrated due to there age and was hard to slide off the paper. Usually when you seal a decal that won’t come off the paper it glues it for good. I let them soak for a long while but I pulled it off

[Guest]

I’ve done one so far free handed it was this Corsair.

See, you can do camouflage

I’m just worried about the break up pattern but I’m going to try it.

Do you mean worried that the camouflage won’t line up if you paint the parts before glueing them together, like you seem to do with most of your aircraft models? In that case I’d say paint the base colour before glueing, but add the camouflage after.

Or do you mean getting the shape of the pattern right? In the case, you’re best off first drawing it onto the model with a pencil, after painting the base colour. This allows you to correct it easily before you reach for the paint. You can work out where the lines go by comparing the panel lines on the model to those on the drawings.

[Lee Drennen]

Thanks a lot Jakko! I never thought to draw them and use the panel lines as a guide. I have another Thunderbolt I need to that to but was trying to figure out how to do the pattern. I’m talking about little camo spots on it like leopard spots.ive got a idea I’ve been practicing I think might work. Thanks again for your help

[Allen Dewire]

Hey Lee,

Sorry I'm a little late in on this. A great job on saving the decals and getting them in place Sir. The older kits are really great because they were made back in simpler times, but still well detailed. They were cheap and most of the time you got a decent fit when putting them together. Well done Sir!!!

[Lee Drennen]

Thank you Alan. This one went together pretty good I can’t complain. Stay tuned I plain on building several of these old Hasegawa Japanese Aircrafts.


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