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Looks awesome Willi

Any News yet on the group order ? Willi

Hi Martin, What city do you live in ? I don`t get to Germany much anymore .I was born in Mainz , but have an Uncle in Augsburg . I`ve been to Sinsheim long ago but never seen the Ju88 must be new ! I do remember the HE111 it`s still hanging around Do they still have the Ju52 with all the bullet holes? Your 262 is looking good ,cant wait to see it with some color Willi

Hi Vaughn, That is one cool bird ,Totally awesome ! Willi

Wow ,This is a cool plane , Might have to do another Jap plane I`ll put this one on my list ! I`ll be waiting to see what you will do with this build Willi

Thanks Christian and Nigelr32, I should get some decals on this A/C this week and start on the wings . Willi

After checking my reference of a photo of a A6M5-K zero .On the right side I did a big mistake that needed to be corrected. The Monex color print has it backwards! WRONG! CORRECT! Thats all I really got done today more to come soon Willi

Wow ! Hats off to you , nice job on the paint work Willi

Thanks Mike , Yes when it`s all done I `ll probably need a new display case I already have over 50 A/C in it now . Willi

Hi Mike , The paint schemes I think are close but all where a little different .in some photos it is hard to pick out the RLM 72 and RLM 73 since they where close in color . I find that the land based ones had more color . I`m just using the kit decals to make it easier but there are some nice schemes out there just no one has done decals for them yet ! Here`s a few places I have been looking for Ar 196`s www,luftwaffephotos.com/lar1961.htm , Wings Palette there are 42 German Ar 196 drawings and some flown by other countries . Willi

Wow this will be a nice build .I like your choice of a Corsair! Willi

Thanks Matt , I agree ,since it`s raining again this weekend I`ll get more done on this bird . Looks like I wont be fishing for awhile Just glad it did not turn out to be a Hurricane this weekend Willi

Looks like a good start .I like the colorful birds . Nice job on the stripes Willi

Hi Tomek, Lost parts I know it well ! Some of my projects are a few years old so looking for parts is part of the fun Matt no problem I still have a ways to go .I just wanted to get the clear parts done .I still have the wings to do and decal the model anyway . But a big thanks Willi

Thanks Shawn, I ordered the part online . it might take 12 weeks to get here . I learned my lesson , I should wake up before I do anything that eary in the morning willi

Tiny update : This is the CMK seat I used to replace the one from Tamyia. I`m still working on the props and landing gear .Getting the parts to the cowling ready to mount the engine this week . Willi

: I finally got the front windshield on and added some detail to the interior of it .I still need to add the compass to the left top corner Heres the rear glass pieces of the Ar 196 parts 68,69,70 I sanded the tabs off of part 68 and filled the holes in parts 69 & 70 with CA and polished it so it would be ready for futuring again. I am sure this will work so the tabs will no be as noticable .But theres a slight problem ,while cleaning part 68 it fell down the drain . I checked the drain but unforuately it`s probably on the way out a mile and half in the Atlantic ocean off Miami beach in 90 feet of water ! So here` what the pieces look like before my fumble Till next time Willi

Hi Matt, It looks great ,but I think you should photo copy those pages instaed of tracing . as for the cowling think about making the curved parts out of balsa wood using the paper parts as guides and is easy to sand to shape and seal. Who says it has to be all plastic Willi

Hi Shawn, Go ahead with it .I think Planes with color are Cool It would be great to see what you come up with it I have wanted to do this scheme way back when I first started building this Zero . First saw it in my Flying colors book along with about a hundred others I want to build from the drawings . Monex makes a mask for it but didn`t want to spend 19 bucks at this time . it would have saved lots of time Of course! Since I used the CMK sets that`s why the hatches are open and the tail wheel will show . I used the exterior set #5001 Willi

Thanks big Matt , I know we`ve been talking about this for awhile but I do like the color combo . I have all ways like doing colorful aircraft and this Zero fits the bill. Thanks Tomek , I just want to get some of my builds out of the way so I can start a paper project .It won`t be as awesome as Big Matts but I got to start somewhere . I`m glad you like what I have done so far . Thanks Marus5137 , I did that engine so long ago can`t remember how I got the rust stains on the exhust ,But I still have to put some plumbing on the rear of the engine even if it wont be seen . I still think this is one of the best kits Tamyia has done it goes together very nice .Just the landing gear is a little fiddly. I might even get the A6M2 next .

Hi Matt, All I can say is Awesome , This grasshopper is going to have to learn from the Master Matt! Willi

Well this is an A/C I wanted to do for a very long time but could not find any photo`s of this Zero that`s why it sat around for that many years . There`s only so many zeros you can do in the greens and grays so I just say go with it and this is where I am now. Monex masks makes a set of Masks for this A/C but I decided to do it the hard way I used my blue tape and hand painting which took me a good two days of hell . I used the Wings Palette Aircraft as a guide . But first i had to mix the trainer orange which was orange and red from Tamiya one of my favorate paints to use the color I mixed is close to FS 21400. You saw the before pic here`s the after . This color is very translucent so it takes a few coats but first I used pains gray oil color and wiped the whole planes so all the detail would show .if I would have done a preshade it would have shown as dark lines . The only mask I did use from Eduard was for the bottom wing the rest are all going to be decals . here`s the bottom of the A/C cleaned up . The next few photo`s are of the zero with the three different greens after I preshaded the top half and added the decals This is what took me two days of hell to do and boy I`m glad it`s over You may have noticed that I have the lower tail cut out , I want to show the tail wheel detail and some of the access hatches on the wings . Hope you enjoy the photo`s .there will be more to come in the near future Willi

Thank`s Matt , Just had a problem with the first post ,but I`ll just post all the stuff I have done in the last two weeks Next I hope you will like it ! Willi

Hello Everyone , Since I took off from working on my Arado 196 due to wind sheld problem . I decided to start up my Zero build that I started back in 2001 and has been collecting dust in a corner . It took a while to figure out where I left off but in two weeks I made some progress .On this build I used the BIG ED set from Eduard and all three CMK sets for the zero . First few pics are where I left off 10years ago . The engine with all the Eduard add ons here`s the A/C with all the dust cleaned off wheel wells with the CKM resin parts installed Here`s the Flap detail with the Eduard set . I did not use the Tamyia flaps with all the mold marks in them I will be using the ones From CMK which will be installed later . Here are some of the cockpit shots which are not the best my only worry is the masks have been on for years and I hope they will come off with out any problems I guess time will tell ! The only change I have done to the cocpit is changing the seat to the CMK one which I did yesterday because it had the seat belts molded with it which looked better then the Eduard or the Tamyia ones .I just did not take any pic`s of the seat yet ; Willi

The Zero is very nice .Looks awesome ! I`m working on my A6M5 and like to know did you brush or spray the pro modeler wash on the a/c ,because I am getting close to doing the washes . how did you do it ? Willi