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Lou's Mitsubishi A6M3/3a (Zeke) Zero Fighter 1/48 Tamiya

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I'm shooting for this for the Rising Sun GB

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Nice Lou :cheers2:
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Nice one ! A Tamiya kit is always a good kit ! If this is like the 1/72 scale will be just great at this scale !
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I'll watch out for this one Lou!
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Nice choice of kit and manufacturer, Lou! :) :thumb1:
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Nice choice, how's this bad boy coming along?

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Cool subject for the GB, Lou. Yeah, how's it coming along?
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Cool subject for the GB, Lou. Yeah, how's it coming along?
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Russ, haven't started it yet. Think I'm going to do one at a time the Tiger I is moving along nicely!
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Finished the cockpit up this weekend! Never really detailed a cockpit before. Came out pretty decent!

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looking good :th:
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Finished the engine today! I'm not keeping it open, but I wanted to detail it for practice!

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very nice detail painting there mate
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Got the fuselage together and interior detailed and dry brushed! She really went together great! fits like a love!

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Great work with the cockpit mate! :) :thumb1: :thumb1:
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More work done on the Zero! Moving right along!

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Most of the painting complete! Tamiya XF-70 Dark Green for the upper fuselage and XF-76 Gray Green for the lower fuselage!

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Very very nice :thumb2:
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Great work for your first plane! :) :thumb1: :thumb1:
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Clear coated! Ready for decals and then weathering!

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Loving this kit!!!
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