A deviation from my rule: Tamiya A6M2 in 1:32

[al49]

One more little step: added blue strips:

Now I really need to hope in a not too cold day, in order to be able to stay outside and spray-on a couple of coats of Future, without this I cannot start with decals.
Alberto

[Airframes]

Neat work Alberto.

[Gnomey]

Indeed, nicely done!

[Vic Balshaw]

Very neat work, what's your secret to getting such a defined and clean line!

[Wayne Little]

Nicely done....

[al49]

Very neat work, what's your secret to getting such a defined and clean line!

Hi Vic,
for strips I use a normal Tamiya masking tape while for shapes, like the Hinomaru, I found a very nice product, called Ultra Mask, very similar to the one used by people like Montex, see here:
Masking Film | Artool Airbrush Templates
It's expensive but very good, at least in my opinion.
Cheers
Alberto

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks Alberto, it would seem that the Ultra Mask product particularly the Hobby Mask is similar if not the same as Parafilm. Something which I have to pluck up the courage to try one day.

[Crimea_River]

Looks great Alberto.

[al49]

Hi everybody!

I finally gave a couple of coats of Future and added all decals suggested by instruction:



Now is time to think on how to add some weathering, not only in term of post-shading on panel lines etc, but also I would like to lighten a little bit the Ameiro color. I hope I will find the most appropriate solution.
Cheers
Alberto

[Shinpachi]

Your work looks more detailed than I expected.
Awesome!

For your knowledge, the word 'Ameiro' was a creation by Shigeru Nohara around 1980.
He predicted there could have been Ameiro(amber candy color) as a factory color but it was proved wrong later when the formal navy color specification sheet was found.

Attached photo: Ame(candy)

[Gnomey]

Good work!

[Crimea_River]

Very tidy Alberto!

[al49]

Hi,
today I did panel post-shading and I should be able to take some pictures tomorrow morning.
But, as I want to display a bird with a little wear as well, I was thinking to add some chipping on wings etc.
So I have a question for the experts: which color should show under the chipped paint: silver for natural metal or the Aotake protective?
many thanks in advance.
Alberto

[Shinpachi]

Sorry, Alberto, if my comment may interrupt your work but it had no Aotake on its surface but red-brown undercoat.

[al49]

Many thanks Shinpachi, in facts I saw pictures showing this red-brown undercoat, but on later model Zeros, with the dark green paint on upper surfaces and I wasn't shure if this was applicable to my model as well.
Thanks again, now I know what I should do.
Alberto