The Zero Channel at iModeler (65 articles)

The Zero Channel at iModeler

Mitsubishi A6M Zero

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65 articles
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A brick model for the youngest

by Łukasz Matuszczak on April 24, 2019
in Aviation — 3 Comments

Dear all, Mabey some of you will find this post useful. I have two very young sons and I am trying to infect them with modelling mojo. I found some Revell quick build car (Older boy loves it). This time I want to share with you guys some brick [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 A6M2 Zero

by Boris Rakic on April 24, 2019
in Aviation — 13 Comments

With Louis Gardner's article series on Japanese aircraft colors ramping up ( I thought I'd deliver my take on the early war Mitsubishi A6M2. Hasegawa's Zero has been around for 25 years now, and it is still a very nice kit. It comes together [...]

Random thoughts on Japanese colors. The Japanese A6M Zero…Part 1

by Louis Gardner on April 20, 2019
in Aviation — 32 Comments

Japanese A6M Zero Colors.......... Part 1 I recently posted a similar article to this one about WW2 Japanese Aviation colors. It was not completely prepared so I removed the original posting. This is along the same line as my original inte[...]

Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero Nightfighter

by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges on April 10, 2019
in Aviation — 3 Comments

The final years of war were troublesome to the Japanese industry. The initial production of the famous Zero were up to the highest standards,to the point pilots rather be flying one of the old fighters due to its superior operational readiness [...]

Mitsubishi A6M5 ZERO ” Zeke”

by Fernando Chiavenato Jr on March 6, 2019
in Aviation — 8 Comments

I admire the courage of those man, both sides! I´m building the warbirds of the Pacific Theater of Operations. This is second one! My first was a F4u - Corsair New on the hobbie, with a little help I get there! Hello from Brazil (Brasil for us)!

Sweet 1/144 A6M2b X7 plus Flight Deck Section

by Ruben A. Torres Borrego on January 31, 2019
in Aviation — 6 Comments

My last project, painted Hinomaru insignias and colored belts/stripes, pitot tubes added with hipodermic needles and wire. Little nice kits but it took me longer than expected to finish these up, too many things to mask, Deck section has 5 wood [...]

FineMolds 1/72 A6m5b model 52 ZEKE (Nakajima built)

by roger fabrocini on December 23, 2018
in Aviation — 13 Comments

My last completed build for 2018. FineMold's example of the late war Zeke. I'll have to get around to building one of Tamiya's 1:72 A6Ms to do a fair assessment of FineMold's offering. Fit was very good, detail very fine, but lacking in some mi[...]

1/48 Tamiya A6M3 Zero

by Boris Grgić on December 2, 2018
in Aviation — 6 Comments

I was quite dissapointed when I opened this kit. Not many parts, not too much details, it seemed like underestimated myself. But, I had to add at least one Japanese WWII aircraft to my collection, and I did not expect too much from $20 kit. Stil[...]

Mitsubishi-A6M5-Zero – Tamiya 1/32

by Alex on October 17, 2018
in Aviation — 16 Comments

Vintage kit from Tamiya which was sleeping for about 15 years in my basement. After some days sick at home I have decided to restart building models. Wow what a great feeling to redo something with my hands. I used Tamiya lacquers, dry brushing[...]

Mitsubishi A6M2 – Zero; Tamiya, 1/48

by Manuel Magrinho on October 17, 2018
in Aviation — 9 Comments

This plane represents one of the 2nd wave that stroke Pearl Harbour, from the Akagi. I scribed lots of panel lines and rivets so, at the end, did a heavy weathering to made those work pop. After a break of almost 30 years, I have lots of old box[...]