Airfix 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero

[flyjoe180]

Very nice indeed...
Quite the menacing look to these planes I always think,which is summed in that last,side on,pic :smiling3:
Lovely stuff Joe.

Cheers Andy. Agreed, it does look a bit menacing.

A very tidy build Joe.

Fun Factor Rules!

Ron

Cheers Ron. Fun Factor is important for a hobby! :smiling:

A very nice finish, Joe.
John.

Thanks John, glad you like the Zero

A perfectly tidy finish Joe, you can't not love the way a zero looks.. clean and yet deadly in the right hands..

Thanks Chris, appreciate your comments. It wasn't grubby in the references, and it seems the ground crews took time to look after these early war navy aircraft. So tidy and clean is what I went for.

That's rather good Joe.
Pete

Cheers Pete

Joe, nicely done.

Cheers Paul

Great job Joe. I can imagine that 'greenhouse' wasn't much fun to mask / paint.

I splashed out on Edward masks Colin. The first time I've bought masks, not because of the number of panes, but because Airfix have slight curves in each section. I tried to mask with tape before I bought the mask set but the slight curves defeated me. I have a Hasegawa A6M5c kit which does not have the curves. I think Airfix exaggerated them a little, and Hasegawa hasn't bothered at all. Here's the canopy of the original A6M at the Auckland War memorial Museum

Superb , crisp build joe . I love the look of the zero and it always looks good in the greyish green scheme . Fantastic masking job on the many canopy panes too. This looks like a beautiful little kit from airfix , might have to keep a lookout for one now , cheers tony

Highly recommend kit Tony. All the errors were mine, apart from the blanking off for the antenna mast on the canopy, and the main landing gear was testing. The original issue of this mould correctly has the mast. Same instruction sheet, different scheme.

[Steve-the-Duck]

Built this one myself, as a what if? It almost falls together.
I DO like the precision engineering of these modern Airfix kits
...Excepting when the Hurri was TOO precise in the undercarriage.
The Zero may be the best kit in this scale currently available, without paying an arm and a leg!

[flyjoe180]

Built this one myself, as a what if? It almost falls together.
I DO like the precision engineering of these modern Airfix kits
...Excepting when the Hurri was TOO precise in the undercarriage.
The Zero may be the best kit in this scale currently available, without paying an arm and a leg!

Yes, it's a nice kit from Airfix. I have no idea how it compares to Tamiya, but my research of colours shows Airfix are probably more on the money for the early 'hemp' scheme.

[JR]

Well done , love the paint work .

Congratulations Joe .

[flyjoe180]

Well done , love the paint work .
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Congratulations Joe .

Cheers John :thumb2:

[colin m]

I splashed out on Edward masks Colin.

I'm a great believer in masks for canopies like this.

[Jim R]

That's a great result Joe. The paint job really suits it.

[adt70hk]

Great work Joe. Very well done indeed!!

[flyjoe180]

That's a great result Joe. The paint job really suits it.

Cheers Jim

Great work Joe. Very well done indeed!!

Thanks, glad you like it

[Vaughan]

A great build Joe. Great attention to detail.

[flyjoe180]

A great build Joe. Great attention to detail.

Cheers Vaughan