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Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Review: 1:48 Fine Molds A6M5 ZeroFull build review

Wheels up Pearl Harbor Zero

This is the very well known and built Tamiya 1/48 A6M. I started it on December 6 to commentate the Pearl Harbor attack but due to holidays just finished it today. I had wanted to build an early livery Zero for a while. This is an easy [...]

Tamiya A6m5

My twelfth kit of the year finished just under the wire last night, here’s an “out of the box” Tamiya 1/72 A6m5. I tried something a little different on this one as some of the photos show. I used a black primer/undercoat and then [...]

Eduard’s Zero Type 11

G’day folks, here is an early zero from Eduard. Nice kit but I managed to find a way to make it difficult. Despite exercising due care on the construction of the wheel wells and main wing, I had trouble mating it to the fuselage. I had [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 A6M3 Zero

This is an old Hasegawa kit from 1994 that I had sitting in my closet for the while. The decals were unusable so I built it without them. I painted on the meatballs and hand brushed the tail number with a stencil. I went for a field [...]

The final countdown A6M2 Zero attack diorama. Airfix kit 1/72 scale

A scene from one of my favourite movies. I used the Airfix mitsubishi zero in 1/72 scale, I scratch built the boat myself, the water is from vallejo and as you can see I did led lights to highlight the effect of the explosion

Eduard: 1/48 A6M2 Zero Type 21

I built Eduard’s Zero strictly OOB, nothing added except for brake lines, because this ProfiPak edition doesn’t need a thing more. It’s all here in the box to build a near perfect looking A6M2 Type 21 with no rough spots or [...]

Stressed Surface by Painting on ZERO 1/24

While researching WWII IJN airplane models, I noticed that these airplanes used thin and lightweight aluminum alloy sheets for their skin to reduce weight and extend flight range. Historical photos show that the stress patterns on these [...]

Rabaul Zero: Eduard 1/48 A6M3 Type 22

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

1/32 Tamiya A6M5 Zero

1/32 Tamiya A6M5 Zero See all my models at: (link) Nikon D7500; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom Exterior top: AK Interactive RC304 IJN D1 Deep Green Black Exterior bottom: AK Interactive RC302 IJN J3 [...]