LS 1/72 A6M2-21 Zero 1968 tooling
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Vallejo IJN Dark Black Green applied to the upper parts of the plane.
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Vallejo Model Air IJN Medium Grey applied to underneath of aircraft.
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Pre-shading done with Vallejo Model Air black
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Fuselage and wings and tail together. Primer applied.
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An oldie started.
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IJA Chrome yellow added to wings. Took a few coats to go over the Black Dark Green....
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Tail with added IJA Chrome Yellow, engine and prop added.
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Fuel tank and undercarriage added.
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Kommentit
1 9 May 2020, 10:55
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Roland, LS were the King of 1/144 but now they're just part of model kit history
9 May 2020, 12:17
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Welcome wilky & Roland 🙂 It's a strange kit with no detail in the cockpit (as you can see) but then other parts can be moved, maybe it was to attract younger modelers? Once complete, I will put it next to the Airfix model for comparisons. 🙂
9 May 2020, 13:36
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Ah very cool.. Very nice progress Guy with that more than 50 year old classic...
LS infected me with the nippon Virus. Dinah, Nell, Peggy etc....👍
Following
23 May 2020, 13:04
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Thanks Daniel and welcome. I have quite a few other LS Nippon models for the future 🙂
23 May 2020, 13:05
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Completed.
I used Techmod decals which are IMO very thin and tear very easily.
This aircraft is based on a A6M2-Model 21 that was based at Konoike in Japan as a part of the 721st Naval Air Group. The 721st (towards the end of WW2) was mainly known for it specializing in Kamikaze missions.
30 May 2020, 08:48