Nice work so far Terry and bsyamato.

Finally!  I got my paints in.  Almost 5 weeks.  I'll never order paint from overseas just to save a buck if I can get it at a LHS.  Another lesson learned.  By the way, when did Tamiya change their bottle design.  It's 10 ml like the round bottles.  I like it.  Anyways, I can get really movin' on my Zero since my 107 is almost done.

Craig

Terry: She's coming right along- now that you've got all those road wheels knocked out the rest should be pretty easy!

Craig: Happy to see your paint finally came in! And that's interesting- I haven't seen the rectangular bottles before. Kinda miffed me when they went to the smaller bottles from the older big ones I liked much better, not sure how I like those new bottles either.

Craig a while back I found a Tamiya color I couldn't get here XF-85 Rubber Black, so I ordered some from oversees to try, and these are the bottles I received. I wish we could get the 23ml's at our LHS's but these square ones fit a lot better on the shelf. Also when I was looking, I thought there were a few other colors that I didn't know, maybe they're changing over in Asia first to some new bottles, or maybe they've been around a while?

Good luck with your build.

Terry  

Craig i think it's from early 90 that don't see little tamiya bottles :) 

Thank for omments guys, i starte to use this termoforming tecnique not for planes but for gundams related kits  

Cut pieces for opened canopy version, masked and painted main parts and glued the new windscreen

I'd think those thinner canopies you made probably work better for sliding over each other too Bsyamato.

The Kate and Rufe look great too!

Hey Gamera can I roll my zero over from the japanese 3 gb? It's more than 20% completed but I had started it before that one ended.

Hey Josiah, you're more than welcome to roll it over. We're pretty informal here I set pretty simple rules since I just like seeing stuff get built!

Awesome, thanks!

Here's where she sat before today, and I put the wings together today

A little closer view of the pit

I'm not making it anything super special, just nice and clean. My girlfriend likes the Zero's the best and thinks they look best in the green and its for her

Looks good, I really like how the instrument panel came out!

flyerduke

Nice work so far Terry and bsyamato.

Finally!  I got my paints in.  Almost 5 weeks.  I'll never order paint from overseas just to save a buck if I can get it at a LHS.  Another lesson learned.  By the way, when did Tamiya change their bottle design.  It's 10 ml like the round bottles.  I like it.  Anyways, I can get really movin' on my Zero since my 107 is almost done.

Craig

Hi Craig,

Another place you can try ordering your paint through is Scale Hobbyist.  They ship fast and their prices are really good.  Here is a link:

https://www.scalehobbyist.com/index.php 

Ken

Alright Craig!!!!!!!! Glad you got your paints. There are some really good looking builds going on. Awesome job to everyone here. Looking foward to seeing all the completed builds.

Okay now for my Tamiya Zero. Here are some updates on the build.

I got the priming done and the paint on. It is Gray Green (IJN) color. Masked the cockpit and got the Semi Gloss Black on and have the canopy done. There are some smaller parts that need primed and that will be today. Then on to the rest of the build.

Thanks all,

Doug

Looks good Nomad Doug! Normally I'd paint the rear canopy deck and then mask it  and paint the rest of the plane rather than doing it afterward- do you find it easier to do it this way? I'm always trying to learn a faster easier way to do stuff like this.

I have a question,  I'm thinking about vacu-forming a new canopy for my 1/72 hasegawa Ki-43 Oscar  any suggestions on what thickness of plastic I should use to get scale canopy?

John

Everyone's builds are looking good.  I found a few minutes to shoot the metallic blue parts.  Progress will be slow, but hopefully steady.

Craig

Gamera,

To me it is easier to paint the airframe first and then mask the deck. That is my way of doing it.

Hey Craig, I guess I forgot to order the clear green from Tamiya and the instructions call for a 3:1 mix of the metallic blue and clear green. Any suggestions? Or can I just paint the parts with the metallic blue?

Doug

More photos soon.

falconmod

I have a question,  I'm thinking about vacu-forming a new canopy for my 1/72 hasegawa Ki-43 Oscar  any suggestions on what thickness of plastic I should use to get scale canopy?

John

Best plastic are the blisters from high tech products, like ram PC memories . dunno about correct scale but these package have better moulding properties 

Best

Nomad53

Gamera,

To me it is easier to paint the airframe first and then mask the deck. That is my way of doing it.

Hey Craig, I guess I forgot to order the clear green from Tamiya and the instructions call for a 3:1 mix of the metallic blue and clear green. Any suggestions? Or can I just paint the parts with the metallic blue?

Doug

More photos soon.

Doug - I just shot the metallic blue.  Sad thing is I have the clear green.  I didn't want to mix an acrylic and an enamel.  I can live with the blue.

flyerduke

Doug - I just shot the metallic blue.  Sad thing is I have the clear green.  I didn't want to mix an acrylic and an enamel.  I can live with the blue.

Craig,

I just shot the metallic blue also. I had a disaster last night. My two year old grand-daughter got a hold of my figures and lost one of them. It was the one that had the only Samaria sword as I lost the other sword. I was gone with my cousin when this happened. My wife said they looked the house over and all they found was the head and part of the sword.

Also the nav lights, very small clear parts are gone. All Three of them. Now I will have to wait till I can get the money to order the whole tree for the figures and the clear tree for the nav lights. Oh well what can I say. She's only two. She is worth more than any model I have or will ever buy.

Doug

Nomad53

flyerduke

Doug - I just shot the metallic blue.  Sad thing is I have the clear green.  I didn't want to mix an acrylic and an enamel.  I can live with the blue.

Craig,

I just shot the metallic blue also. I had a disaster last night. My two year old grand-daughter got a hold of my figures and lost one of them. It was the one that had the only Samaria sword as I lost the other sword. I was gone with my cousin when this happened. My wife said they looked the house over and all they found was the head and part of the sword.

Also the nav lights, very small clear parts are gone. All Three of them. Now I will have to wait till I can get the money to order the whole tree for the figures and the clear tree for the nav lights. Oh well what can I say. She's only two. She is worth more than any model I have or will ever buy.

Doug

Bummer about the figure and lights, but kids will kids.  I've lost several tiny PE parts in the carpet.  Every now and then I find them sticking in my foot.   Guess I should wear shoes more often.

Nomad Doug: Ouch that sucks about the missing parts! The navigation lights you might be able to replace with a blob of Micro Krystal Kleer dropped in there.

Aotake started out very blue and turned more green as it aged- straight blue works fine on a new aircraft.

Gamers

I have a email to Tayima out. Should get a reply today on the cost.

I went ahead and shot the blue. Just about done with the Zero. Oh my wife found the figure. Now just to get it back together.

Whew, that's good to hear!

Well after a two year old tornado and my big thumbs, I finally got the plane done. I tore some of the decals due to the fact that I was not used to the thinness of the Tamiya decals. Oh well got thur it anyways. The base will be done soon so Gamera I will get a finished photo then.

Hope you all like it.

Doug

Looks great Doug.  Well done!

Yeah she looks good! Congrads!!!

I found a few minutes to shoot some of the black parts this evening.  I placed the engine in the cowl to see how it looks.  I guess I should get back to the cockpit, and quit foolin' around with  assemblies several  steps ahead.

Craig

Thanks guys,

Looking forward to seeing your finished plane Craig. The cowling and engine look great.

Doug

Well done on the speed build zero Doug :)

Looks good Craig! And I tend to work on several sub-assemblies at the same time too- not sure if it's a good idea or I'm diverting my attention several ways.