Scalemates Mitsubishi A6M Zero Group build 2021
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49 11 July 2021, 14:33
Sebastian MeynerWelcome gentlemen 🙂 After being away from the work bench since April I thought I should start with somethinh nice and easy = Tamiya it is then 👍
20 July 2021, 07:26
Sebastian Meyner@Jan: Thanks mate 🙂
@John: they are indeed…already thinking about Tamiya's A6M3 😉
23 August 2021, 19:34
Sebastian MeynerThanks mate 👍 Certainly not my best work but I'm happy with it 🙂
24 August 2021, 19:37
Sebastian MeynerThank you Daniel! I might even do a 72nd scale Model 32 before the end of the year 😉
Thank you JL L 👍 The look comes from my usual pin wash.... oil paint diluted with Zippo lighter fluid.
29 August 2021, 11:23
Guillaume BlanchetVery nice cockpit. This kit as gone a long way from the old one in therm of details.
29 August 2021, 15:25
Sebastian MeynerThanks Guillaume! Yes, I wish Tamiya would consider re-tooling their old A6M5c... I'd preorder at least two 😉 Having said that, there are a lot worst kits out there than Tamiya's vintage Zeros
29 August 2021, 17:42
Sebastian MeynerThis morning's mission completed: Hinumarus masked and spray painted
1 September 2021, 08:42
Sebastian MeynerThanks Jan 👍 By now that's my standard solution if I have something Japanese on the bench, since large decals (i.e. Hinumarus) hardly settle neatly into panel lines... especially if those decals are from Tamiya 😉
1 September 2021, 15:01
Sebastian MeynerToday's session: some moderate chipping with AK's watercolour pencils
11 September 2021, 19:46
Sebastian MeynerThank you mate! ....du hast allerdings mit deiner Zero die Latte ganz schön hoch gelegt 😉
12 September 2021, 09:57
Sebastian MeynerNearly?! ...what's wrong with it? 😛 Just kidding! Thank you Daniel! 🙂
12 September 2021, 10:01
Guillaume BlanchetGreat paint chipping effect! To me, it's always the most stressful part of the model building. You've manage to hit the right ratio of chipping amount.
12 September 2021, 12:38
Sebastian MeynerThank you Jan 👍
@Guillaume: Thanks for the comliment mate! For the chipping I use AK's watercolour pencils. So far the easiest solution for all my chipping needs 😉
Weathering Pencils: Deluxe E..AK Interactive AK 10047, No)
12 September 2021, 12:47
Guillaume Blanchet@ Sebastian. I didn't knew you could use water with these!
I have just done some testing and I'm getting way better result after dipping the tip of the pencil with warm water.
It's a good thing we talked about it 😉 .
12 September 2021, 16:02
Sebastian MeynerWell....I actually never used them 'wet'. Normally I draw the scratches dicectly on a matt finish (either clear coat or straight on the paint)
Now I might have to try the pencils 'wet' as well. So
unintentionally....a good thing we talked about it indeed 😛
13 September 2021, 16:36
Sebastian MeynerToday's job…painting some minor details and gloss-coating the whole thing. Slowly but surly I'm getting there
15 September 2021, 09:40
Sebastian MeynerSo today I tried HGW (or any brand of...) wet transfers for the first time. Mmmh....how to phrase it in a nice way?! Not my cup of tea really! Ok, if I get them to work propperly it's still a lot of work, for something that's not that far off from a nice set of Cartograh decals or painting with stencils. You treat those things like decals with decal solution and so on...and after you'll have to peel and clean, while trying not to damage your paint job in the process. Imho it's not worth it. Sorry to the wet transfer fan boys 😉
16 September 2021, 19:24
Sebastian MeynerThank you Jan 👍 However, this project had a little bit more in store for me. So much so that two days ago it almost departed for it's first and only flight...into the bin!
My usual oil wash started to desolve the gloss coat, almost all the chipping and started to eat into the actual paint job. Nasty business 🙁 I ended up carefully removing this gloss-oil-chipping mush. Lukyly the paint job itself was largely intact. Today I just sealed the whole mess with matt varnish....et voilà: looking good again. But no chipping or pin wash this time 😉
24 September 2021, 19:59
Sebastian MeynerThanks guys 👍 I'm still trying to figure out why and how that happened....to prevent something like that in the future
25 September 2021, 04:29
Thomas Bischoffyor Zero looks really great! Regarding the gloss coat incident:what paint did you use?
25 September 2021, 04:50
Sebastian MeynerThank you Thomas 👍 As I always do: Tamiya's X22 clear thinned down with Mr. Hobby self leveling thinner. Left it to dry for 24hrs and then added my (also usual) selfmade wash made out of oil paint and Zippo lighter fluid. But this is the the first time it reacted so severly with eachother....or reacted at all for that matter.
25 September 2021, 06:06
Thomas Bischoffdid you use more self levelling thinner than normal? It shouldn't be the acrylic X-22
25 September 2021, 11:50
Sebastian MeynerThanks Guy 👍
@Thomas: not really, around 1/3 X22 mixed with 2/3 thinner. Normally that works just fine. The only thing that was 'different', is that I used a new (small glas bottle) instead of my usual 16ml jar that I had pre-mixed. Maby a faulty batch?!
25 September 2021, 12:36
Thomas Bischoffso leave this as one of the big mysteries of the century - if pic 30 shows the unchipped result then I can live with it 😄
25 September 2021, 13:14
Sebastian MeynerYes No.30 shows it after the matt coat had fully cured. I guess you're right...one less for the bin 😉
25 September 2021, 13:33
Sebastian MeynerThank you Roland and WhiteGlint! Your support is much appreciated 🙂
29 September 2021, 18:00
JEAN-LUC LELODEYMagnifique cet appareil. J'aime vraiment bien les éclaircissements. Bravo
29 September 2021, 18:20
Sebastian MeynerThank you very much RuiS 🙂 It's much appriciated...as usual 😄 But I have to add, without some trick and techniques I saw here on SCM, I would still just glue together an brush a little. So the compliment goes to all those inspiring and inspired mates out there 👍
2 October 2021, 14:29
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Group Build
Scalemates Mitsubishi A6M Zero Group build 2021
1. April until 31. December 2021
1. April until 31. December 2021