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Rafi Ben-Shahar
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Rabaul Zero: Eduard 1/48 A6M3 Type 22

January 18, 2024 · in Aviation · · 32 · 536

Field applied green camouflage on naval zeros in is a source of diversity and a challenging painting style.

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  1. Sharp lookin A6M3. I like how well the field applied green turned out. Very realistic!

  2. Excellent camo rendition approach and super result, Rafi!
    Congratulations!

  3. Excellent paintwork and a very realistic result.

  4. A fantastic finish of this Zero, Rafi @blackmopane
    The field applied camouflage looks very realistic.

  5. That's some impressive work on this Zero, Rafi. @blackmopane

  6. I'm especially impressed by your paint work. The whole thing is beautiful.

  7. This is very well done Rafi (@blackmopane). The little details like avoiding the fuel caps really sets this apart.

  8. Looks really good, Rafi. You certainly met the challenge

  9. Incredible paintwork, Rafi.

  10. I agree with you Rafi, these Rabaul Zero are the most interesting of them all thanks to their improvised field applied camouflages.
    Beautiful work here for sure. Those 3 tiny irregular green rings on the prop cap are hand made?

  11. Excellent! The SW Pacific Theater is one of my favorite, especially for the way things were handled in the field, and how the environment so impacted the aircraft. This shows that very nicely! Well done.

  12. Excellent Zero. Faded green looks very realistic.

  13. Rafi, you never fail to impress! Great paint work and weathering as usual. I really like the different amounts of wear one can depict on Japanese WW2 airplanes, there's a lot of room for playing around. Nice work.

  14. I very much admire your painting talent. It inspires me to do better. Excellent work.

  15. Excellent work. You nailed that field applied camo!

  16. G’day Rafi (@blackmopane),
    Very nicely executed.
    The camouflage is subtle and realistic.
    Liked!

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