Subject: Re: Zero By Alan Williamson
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "hurricane" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 16:16:38 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  From: hurricane 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 5:12 AM
  Subject: Zero By Alan Williamson

  "1/48 Hasegawa A6M5b Zero Type 52 Otsu" 

  by "Alan Williamson"
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  The Kit: 09384 Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M5b Zero Type 52 Otsu 

  Additions: Eduard Japanese Navy seat belts

  Construction

  This Zero is built straight OOB except for the seat belts from Eduard, Hasegawa has supplied a great kit with little fuss in construction. Like with most kits from Hasegawa there are a few extra parts for making up two types of Zero. The kit was very straight forward to build with little putty required in the build, probably one of the very few kits that every thing seems to fit. 

        I opted to leave the cowling and engine off until I had finished painting the Zero picture 03 shows the kit pyre to airbrushing. Picture 04 shows the first colour I added to the Zero Aluminium. Click on image below to see larger image
             
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  Painting

  After painting the entire kit in Aluminium I then went over the Zero in gloss clear, followed up with the green and grey for the fuselage, and the black for the cowling. Once the paint was nearly dry I went to work on the kit with the masking tape  ripping the paint off, for that chipped effect. An other cote of gloss clear was airbrushed over the entire kit for the decals.

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  Finishing Touches

  After applying the decals I went over the kit yet again with the gloss clear to seal in the decals and ready for the pastel chalk. Picture 06 shows the mess of the pastel chalk before its wiped off. I have found that with the last couple of kits that the longer I leave the pastel chalk on the more it sets into the panel lines. I have been leaving the pastel chalk on for a couple of days before wiping it off. Once I'm happy with the outcome of the pastel chalk and the highlighted panel lines I then go over the entire kit with matt gloss to seal in the pastel chalk. With the matt gloss now dry the kit is ready to be finished cockpit window, cowling, propeller, landing gears etc Zero finished. This kit is made up to represent Tsukuba Naval Air Group Oct. 1944. 

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  Thanks

  To Craig at Areowoks for getting me in the Eduard seat belts. Craig can be contacted via E-mail at [email-masked] for a product listing.

  To Steve Bamford for placing yet another article on ARC.

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  Photos and text © by "Alan Williamson"