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A sheep in wolf's clothing. June 20 2012 at 12:31 PM		(Select Login CSMO) HyperScale Forums from IP address 173.22.156.217


I have been building so many Great War airplanes lately, that I needed some relief. I have been counting struts in my sleep. A trip to my "Happy Place" was long overdue. Here is my recipe for sanity, a "Quickie-build". I took a recent reissue of the Airfix 1/72 A6M2(1959 tooling) and finished it with the stock decals from the current new tool of the same aircraft. The model is almost OOB. I added a seat from the scrap-box, drilled out the wing 20mm. cannon ports, and consigned Pilot-san to his honorable ancestors in the trash can. Note: the reissue decals are the same markings as found in the original Monogram issue of their 1/48 A6M5 in the 1960s. I left the hole in the drop tank to put it on its stand, which was not in the reissue, but furnished from my box of extras. I brush-painted the entire model freehand with Xtracolor IJN Green and IJN Gray and Humbrol for the aotake in the wheel wells and the ID leading-edge strips. I trimmed all of the seams and filled the little gaps with white glue. Total build time was 5 hours.I photographed it with my i-Phone. Adios, Larry Field Artillery brings dignity to what otherwise might be merely a vulgar brawl.

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Hi Larry... - Dan Smith on Jun 20, 2012, 12:35 PM

Sweet Quickie! - Ted Preston on Jun 20, 2012, 4:24 PM

Very good - William De Coster on Jun 20, 2012, 6:22 PM

Very tidy work Larry! n/t - Dermot on Jun 20, 2012, 6:56 PM

Fun little kit........ - Allan Buttrick on Jun 20, 2012, 9:02 PM

Your old-tool Zeke looks very good. - Larry Schmidt on Jun 21, 2012, 12:10 AM

Sweet! Very nice build - seafirexv on Jun 20, 2012, 11:41 PM

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