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Post by mexmarine on Oct 11, 2009 10:31:52 GMT -5
Time to start mine, hopefuly finish it by December to celebrate Pearl Harbor. The first step for me was to fill those holes for the screws; I just used the plastic parts provided in the kit and sealed them with CA.  Then, I coated the canopy with future and let it dry for 48 hrs. I ussually keep the treated parts in a container so that the dust does'nt get to them.   |
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Post by Daniel C on Oct 12, 2009 10:38:13 GMT -5
;D Good to see someone building their zero!
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Post by Daniel C on Nov 3, 2009 12:58:33 GMT -5
any more progress on this kit?
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Post by mexmarine on Nov 9, 2009 11:05:05 GMT -5
A few more steps added to this project. The endless masking of the canopy and sealed with white glue.  Then some interior paint in alumminum and metallic green-blue.  It's hard to cover with paint this d*&^ white plastic!  And the base coat to the pilot...not Koga... he is death...another pilot...one gringo  |
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Post by mexmarine on Nov 15, 2009 23:14:04 GMT -5
This week I painted some more, first, the cockpit group.  I really like the detail in this "cheap" model.   This is the landing gear group  And finally, the engine group  |
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Post by Daniel C on Nov 16, 2009 23:02:12 GMT -5
Nice looking..... you are getting me inspired to get mine back out, and relook thge wing to fuselage fit, maybe it was me!
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Post by mexmarine on Jan 14, 2010 14:58:26 GMT -5
I will finish this model...soon... Here is the cockpit, needs some weathering...   The instrument panel...with no instrumentes...yet...  ..."put yourself together man... is only a Zero!"  more to come... |
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Post by Daniel C on Jan 16, 2010 0:10:29 GMT -5
So thats what a used kamikaze pilot looks like!!
Looking good Jose
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Post by mexmarine on Mar 8, 2010 0:43:17 GMT -5
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Post by Daniel C on Mar 8, 2010 0:57:28 GMT -5
Jose, where did you get the instraments from??
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Post by mexmarine on Mar 8, 2010 15:25:58 GMT -5
They are photocopies from old decals, I have some more if you need some  |
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Post by Daniel C on Mar 8, 2010 22:14:55 GMT -5
 Cool, I would love them..... Then I can start my Zero....... again ;D
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Post by mexmarine on Mar 27, 2010 23:13:20 GMT -5
More advances... I think I found the gap on the wings that Dan was talking about; I had to seal it with a stripe of plastruc and super glue.  The wing on the left is before sanding, the one on the right, after...  There is also a gap under the engine cowling...  And once together, some primer to look for flaws...  |
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Post by Daniel C on Mar 29, 2010 23:04:22 GMT -5
little gap here, little gap there...... but, it is looking good!
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Post by mexmarine on Apr 9, 2010 9:57:10 GMT -5
Here I go, a few steps closer to the end...  The next thing in the agenda was to paint the base colors, no biggie here so I didn't take a picture (not really, I forgot  ) but I can tell you that this time I didn't pre-shade the panels as I ussualy do, you'll see why... Then, since I didn't have the size of decal roundels I wanted, I decided to paint them: First the white  Some stars made of frisket film ( notice the math involved  )  And voila, American roundels for Koga's plane.  As I said before, I didn't use pre-sading this time because I wanted to try a different kind of "post-shading". I mixed 70% of the base color and 30 % white to make a lighter shade, and this was the result:  With this done, the finals steps are very simple, Koga's secrets are coming to an end soon. |
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