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A coat of Future sealed the paint...
Nice progress, Spiros @fiveten The drilled exhausts do look much more realistic now. You made me aware that I overlooked this.
@tcinla, thanks Tom. For the main color I used Vallejo 71.321 (IJA Light Grey Green) which should match the original color as well.
Advantage of a combo build is to learn from each other. Or in this case, if you forget something which does add realism. Thanks to Spiros @fiveten I noticed that I forgot to open the exhaust pipes. So this is what I did and in the meantime also the airintake on the front of the nacelle.
Thanks my friend @johnb! Inddeed, combo builds are great to learn form each other!
Your drilled out details look much more realistic, my friend @johnb!
Looking great with the details applied, Spiros @fiveten They follow nicely the panel lines. Difficult for me to keep up this pace 🙂
Decals looks nice!
Thanks my friends @johnb and @lis! Decals indeed followed all panel lines without the help of any decal softener whatsoever; and they are almost 30 years old!
Quite disbelief! Decals must have very good quality!
Yes, decals were excellent, my friend @lis. their backing paper had yellowed a tad, but it is not noticeable due to the hue of the back ground color. Here is the Zero with decaling finished:
She looks amazing already, Spiros @fiveten I do hope that my decals will act equally.
Engine upgrade After seeing the sparkplug wire addon done by Spiros @fiveten, I decided to do that as well. Luckily the engine was not mounted yet. For the 'cables' I used one string of twisted electrical wire and glued them with Revell contacta glue.
Spiros (@fiveten): Markings look awesome and really seem to work well on the panel lines and other detail. For old decals, they performed exceptionally. John (@johnb): Engine looks great and quite convincing. Wires add a lot.
Looking forward to the rest of both builds.
