Hi guys,

I have finally finished my first 1/48 build, Tamiya's A6M2 Zeke, OOB. The kit was ok, old and did not have much detail, but it was cheap and that suited me because I wanted to experiment on it. As some of you out there know I tested my complementary pre-shading technique for the first time on this little guy (dark yellow primer followed by purple pre-shading before IJN Ash Gray base coat), as well as first time salt technique for color variation (slightly overdone in my opinion).

As I said, the kit is poor in detail and there were some fitting issues (canopy, landing gear and the cowling) but nothing that put me off.
I also lost the small bit on the right aileron. Never to be seen again. 🙂

I am satisfied with the result. You be the judges.

Since there are many photos, maybe too many, the link to them is at: https://imgur.com/a/TygdhG8

Comments and criticism are much appreciated.

Thanks for looking guys!

Cheers,
Nikola

Hi Pedro,
Thank you very much for welcoming me! 🙂
Also, thank you for the suggestion. Much appreciated. Unfortunately I have some issue uploading photos, as I have only managed to do it in my first post, a 1/72 F4U-1, and one on work in progress on this Zeke. My other attempts failed couple of times, especially 1/72 Spit Mk. 1, reporting error when I tried to post content with photos, leaving the post empty.
A strange thing is that the same post with work in progress on the Zeke including exactly the same photos was successful in one topic group while not in the other.
That is why this time I only posted the link.

Any clues as to why this might be a problem?

Cheers,
Nikola