Thanx guys really appreciated

Yes Cliff, the picture is just to show i've finished to work on it. Also outdoor will allow the contrast between the matt finish and the glossy chipping also will do some comparative picture with my old matchbox zero from 1994

Now waiting for the Tokyo shipping , want to place at least another two planes out of the mary before the end of the GB

For the Tenzan (jill) i get recently an italian modelling magazine with a good article about an hasegawa one in 1/48 that really inspired me

Nice job Bsyamato!

Bsyamato: Fantastic!!! Love how you did the paint fading with a brush. And the chipping looks great!  

Do you want to wait till you get the outside photos to post one to the front page?

Watchmann

 

bsyamato:

 

dunno why .. but the zero intake reminds me arale

 

 

lol, cute!

Wish I could find Dr. Slump episodes to watch. ;)

m@

LOL unfortunately 1° season was not totally dubbed in italian

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So the Zero is done!

final picture for wip, last scratches with silver and used a 10/0 brush to paint

i tried to show the differences between matt paint and shiny silver with pictures but failed from real the result is really good!!

so light, and propeller glued and done. Again bad weather don't allow outdoor pictures for now

(  missed to place two metal wires to simulate the out gear indicator on top of wings )

kits paid .. waithing mode... 

Trey this time no fliyng mode allowed LOL

Wabashwheels

Trey, bsyamoto,  The extreme weathering looks great.  I too would like to come up with another Japanese bird before September.  I've kept up on my trolling of this thread to inspire that wish.  Great work guys.   Rick.

Thanx Rick i hope in some not enlisted subject till now

..but..

here yamoto (i found!! something exist )

and here the correct Yamato

LOL

This afternoon\night hope get the zero out of workbench and will go for a while on the Veltro for Tigerman's italian GB before to fail

Doogs: Yeah I'll admit to a bit of swooshaphobia too, those odd sharps are such a friggin' pain to mask.

Trey: Looks like you've got another winner on your hands there

Bsyamato thanks,the Zekes real close and looking great. Still amazed that it was brush painted!

Doogs that would be a treat to see ya gotta do it Man!

Rick thanks,plenty of time left wip it out and get it started!

I was able to get the fuse halves joined ,panel lines and rivets rescribed and the office installed. I also got the wings and tail feathers mounted. The only snag was the port wing Dihedral was off so getting it right created a small gap. This was filled with some good ole green putty and smoothed with acetone. Next we'll tackle the floaty things.

Trey, bsyamoto,  The extreme weathering looks great.  I too would like to come up with another Japanese bird before September.  I've kept up on my trolling of this thread to inspire that wish.  Great work guys.   Rick.

40mm cannon?  That's getting hit with a sledge hammer, cool looking plane Doogs, go for it.

Gamera

Doogs: That Tojo looks awesome, I triple dog dare you to paint her in that scheme!!!

Both the Tojo and the Tony should be great kits. And not all that big even in 1/32nd scale. Congads!

Oh I'll do it! I'm actually thinking of getting masks made off of the decal sheet (it's got decals for the big reg swoosh, the white home defense areas, even for the anti-glare panels). Most of it doesn't really bother me, but that friggin' swoosh...curve like that isn't an easy thing to grapple with!

Doogs: That Tojo looks awesome, I triple dog dare you to paint her in that scheme!!!

Both the Tojo and the Tony should be great kits. And not all that big even in 1/32nd scale. Congads!

Gamera

Well guys, we still have till September- six months to go

I'm hoping to throw in at least one more aircraft or maybe one of Finemolds IJA tanks before we're done.

I've got a pretty full-ish slate right now, but I'm hoping to maybe put in a 1/32 bird before this GB wraps. Maybe the Tony, or maybe the 40mm Tojo I scored at ModelFiesta:

I want to do the box markings, but I want to mask and paint them. LOL...WTF and I thinking?

Well guys, we still have till September- six months to go

I'm hoping to throw in at least one more aircraft or maybe one of Finemolds IJA tanks before we're done.

bsyamato

Cliff i feel like the GB needs a round two after finished this

Yep, I got enough Jap planes in the stash to fill an aircraft carrier!  At least one that hadn't been sunk.

Cliff i feel like the GB needs a round two after finished this

Bsyamato & Trey: Great job guys! You're making weathering look easy.

And thanks to everyone for keeping things moving while I'm still waiting to get my camera back.

Cliff

bsyamato

dunno why .. but the zero intake reminds me arale

lol, cute!

Wish I could find Dr. Slump episodes to watch. ;)

m@

tigerman

 

That's one Kate I'd like to fly.

 

till we don't change page of the post we will have even a goodmorning when check the page

So, i fail to complete the zero for today, lots of minor things again to do, i started to paint metal chipping on the whole plane but not yet finished, will continue tomorrow 

i have a strange feeling now that che engine cover is on like the airfix zero is too long on the nose ,but could be only my impression

Thanx guys last night passed 10 minutes of terror because i lost the tail gear , fortunately founed after a drastic search

Trey the cockpit have a great finish on

no more pictures of the kate's? some judy

Top notch work as always Trey.

Bsyamato your brush skills are amazing,looks awesome!

Little office work done,nothing to intense and I took some artistic license with the colors on the controls.

Nice Kate pic btw !

tigerman................... thanks for making me take a cold shower.

bsyamato, that Zeke is looks great.  I love how you got the green to look worn.

bsyamato

positive post!!

Don't see where's the propeller but the torpedos position is clear LOL

now just left the other twin and other sisters

Cliff nice and cheap kits The leo 451 bomber comes at 9.80 € and is greater than a he-111, the tank for 5 and the cayuse, even if the litter kit between is the most expensive of the 3!!! but sure need less work for a good finish.

So in the night i'm almost done with the zero

The main gears are a really pain for the  strength ... really tiny

and the rest of pieces on! just the propeller is not glued, the wing pitot was replaced with metal rod

tomorrow last retouches and some silver chipping and zero is done

 

 

 

positive post!!

Don't see where's the propeller but the torpedos position is clear LOL

now just left the other twin and other sisters

Cliff nice and cheap kits The leo 451 bomber comes at 9.80 € and is greater than a he-111, the tank for 5 and the cayuse, even if the litter kit between is the most expensive of the 3!!! but sure need less work for a good finish.

So in the night i'm almost done with the zero

The main gears are a really pain for the  strength ... really tiny

and the rest of pieces on! just the propeller is not glued, the wing pitot was replaced with metal rod

tomorrow last retouches and some silver chipping and zero is done

Bsyamato: Nice stuff there in your post!

Tigerman: Even nicer stuff in your post - Rowwwwwwrrrrrrrrr

That's one Kate I'd like to fly.

carsanab

Hasegawas Kate is so much better than the Nichimo Kate....but thats a good idea to swap the torpedo out...I have built both...

pics?

carsanab

did I see a floatie thingie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

something goes wrong i confused some piece

dunno why .. but the zero intake reminds me arale

Just waiting the matt layer to dry and ill glue last pieces and going on final lap!

Heres the today longed waited supplies

Will attack for first the little t-34 from UM models, ukraine brand.. but this is another story:

The two bottles are the clear liquids from humbrol, the matt one i removed the safety cap before to shot down too many saints when try to open

Pictures of naked kate there? ?

Hasegawas Kate is so much better than the Nichimo Kate....but thats a good idea to swap the torpedo out...I have built both...