I apologize for the hiatus, due to 2 weeks vacation and then madness @ work.
At least I managed to read on holiday among others, a nice book about the 3rd Kokutai, to keep my GB spirit up.
A lot of sanding, filling, rescribing and then more sanding were done on the Zero.
I had a critical situation when I attached the rear canopy. Clear part was smaller than the fuselage width at that area. I resorted to grinding the fuselage part with the Proxxon, then sandpaper, some filler, again sanding, etc. After this was done, I vowed that I will finish this GB no matter what.
Clear parts were masked with a precut mask set. During the process, I realized my eyesight is starting to deteriorate... or maybe Hasegawa's canopy framing is too subtle...
The kit was primed with a Tamiya flat green. Then a mix of 90% Gunze H61 IJN Gray +10% H74 Sky was sprayed. I perforated randomly a piece of paper and sprayed through (very) thin shades of black, white, green & gray, but the effect turned out too subtle, anyhow I leave it as it is. Some thinned brown and gray was sprayed along some panel lines.
Hinomarus and stripes were masked and painted on. This was the first time I cut custom circle masks, they are not perfect, and are a bit oversize. I will find an historical context to cover this when (if) I finish the kit. Some slight overspray will be corrected when everything is dried up properly.