Great work so far, George. I like your methodical approach to chipping and wear. I will watch this with interest as I work on my Shiden Kai. I plan to use an undercoat of acyrylic metalizer with maybe some Tamiya clear as protector and then try bits of white glue over that before IJN Green main coat . Hopefully the white glue won't lift the metalizer when it gets literally chipped off. It's good that you can adapt to contingencies so far with your hairspray technique.

Happy to see you managed to get around your bad hair(spray) day and pushes on! Thanks for sharing this vital info - will be needed in most EoJ builds I suppose.

It’s looking very very good George

This "under new management" A6M is really coming to life... These last photos you have posted show off all of your hard work. Well done George. @blackadder57

Hi George @blackadder57!

Your Zero looks great,decals sizes are not that apparent.

This is going to be a beautiful and rarely seen built Zero!

Cannot help you for the "pick up where you left" thing, though.

However, regarding the "antisocial" issue, most (all) of us here believe that most (all) are very interested in each other progresses, eager to post comments whenever possible.

So "antisocialism" is not an issue, definitely not for you, my friend.

All the best!

I see what you mean @blackadder57 - I just missed your previous post! I really do not think there is any way to "bookmark" a thread here, but I could be wrong. Luckily I have a job where I sometimes have to just wait for things to happen, and that gives me great opportunity to catch up every now and then. Still a bookmark would be appreciated 🙂

Now - your build has made some serious progress, and its looking better than ever!

After a discussion on another forum it was brought to my attention by a member with better eyes than I that the canon were not removed as per the decal instructions. Sure enough, after enlarging the photo of my aircraft, there it is, in all its glory, hidden along the wing leading edge.

Pondering how to rectify this I set about working on another project (to be posted shortly). When working on a project or two I keep the small parts in a Tupperware tray that is divided into three partitions. In a different partition were the canon barrels that I though I had consigned to the trashcan. Out came the drill and voila. A millimetre or two shorter but whose counting

As can be seen, the decals are done

I was struggling to get the landing gear to hang straight. These are handed and like a buffoon, I cut them off the sprue tree, painted them up and promptly forgot which was which. No matter which way I test fit them, they leaned slightly toward the fuselage. I was about to modify them but decided to check some books. I was surprised to find that they canted slightly inwards ala the Fw 190

Thanks Erik. She stands. Six more parts and done, hopefully before I head back to camp

What are the requirements for the final photos and do I make a separate thread? Thanks in advance