airfix Zero 1/72 new tooling finished

Thanx mike

Actually working only on 72 scale

Incredible job of weathering for a 1/72 scale subject

Great Job!!!!

Thanx for comments guys, i forget to reply before

Thumb's up on your hand-painted Zero in my favorite airplane scale. Very nicely done. I have got to get some pics up of my 1/72 Rufe to keep it company.

Nice looking Zero there Bsyamato!

I really like the weathering you did on this plane, and I still keep looking close at this plane thinking how in the helI did you do it. I get too tired to be able to hand paint the whole aircraft, my hat is off to you buddy.

LOL me too with the ordered japs i will build soon only one or two! but wishing to have in the stash when want  to build

the others are the tenzan, the claude, the jack and two judy (at 5€ ) ,all fujimi out of the hasegawa jack.

Will post all the sprues when the delivery arrive. I ordered the fujimi's from japan because is almost impossible to find in europe

Thanx Pzl  

Nice score- 5 japanese planes! Yeah, I was looking at the old Fujimi Val when the new Dragon/Cyberhobby Val showed up. Not sure when I'll be able to start building it, but I sure want to have it on hand!

Hand painted!!! Looks great!

Thanx Stage_Left  Nice choice for the subjects! i'm just scored and waiting 5 japanese 72 planes from.. japan, included the Val, but is the old fujimi .

Waiting for the Val wip (i suppose is the same new dragon kit )

REALLY nice job, bsyamato! I've had my eye on this kit for a few months now, so thanks for the detailed look. I expect that this and Cyberhobby's new Val will invade my stash in the next month or two.

Thanx guys

Scorpion the kit is new tooling (less than a year from the first print i believe) and fit almost perfect in all pieces; also folding wings option, and gear doors with the two options ,open and closed in single pieces. So really he don't seems an airfix!

The only fitting problems i found was related to the mods i did on the gear wells, i completely remover original pieces, and decals for the ip

heres dry-fit and sprues shots

and some wip picures, the cockpit is OOB out of the seat , the control stick (lost too .. i forget )

and drilled some hole in the back bulkhead. Added wires to the engine

thanx for viewing

Canopy looks like a good fit, maybe airfix has solved an issue?

Fantastic job on the kit. Any quirks we should be aware of? (other than the closed canopy and easily lost seat) 

Great work Bysamato! The weathering is awesome.