I started this one some time ago as an entry in the Call To arms Group Build. Needless to say, I never got around to finishing the GB or the model.
I'm finishing it up now and instead of resurrecting the original thread, I'm just going to start here with a new one.
The kit was basically assembled and ready for paint. So...... today saw it getting the control surfaces painted and masked off, a black preshade and a top coat of the final color.
After weeks of reading every thing I could find especially at j-planes and a seriously long and involved battle on ARC concerning the merits of gray, gray-green, jute, bamboo, caramel, sage, and amerio; I opted to use WEM Colorcoats ACJ-16 Mitsubishi grey-green. The short story.... it pretty much matches the color IJN used on the ZERO, based on relics recovered from downed planes. Nuf said whew!!
So here what I got to show.......
I'm finishing it up now and instead of resurrecting the original thread, I'm just going to start here with a new one.
The kit was basically assembled and ready for paint. So...... today saw it getting the control surfaces painted and masked off, a black preshade and a top coat of the final color.
After weeks of reading every thing I could find especially at j-planes and a seriously long and involved battle on ARC concerning the merits of gray, gray-green, jute, bamboo, caramel, sage, and amerio; I opted to use WEM Colorcoats ACJ-16 Mitsubishi grey-green. The short story.... it pretty much matches the color IJN used on the ZERO, based on relics recovered from downed planes. Nuf said whew!!
So here what I got to show.......