1:72 Tamiya A6M3 Zero Model 32

Alec K
Following 👍

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Bruce Huxtable
Neat work with the tiny decals for the instrument dials. 🙂

Miguel Vaquero
Beautiful cockpit!

Thomas Kolb
Beautiful start! Those dials are amazingly well done!

Mike Volkov Yazar
Thank you guys! I will try to imitate the rivets in the next few days.

Mike Volkov Yazar
Unfortunately the model has suffered unrepaired damage and will not be completed. 😥 Maybe I will buy the kit again later.

Gergő Takács
Oh no! 😥 After such a good start. What happend?

Miguel Vaquero
Sorry to hear that mate. Terrible when that happens 😞😞

Thomas Kolb
Oh, I am so sorry, it looked absolutely superb! 🙁 But I know, these things happen from time to time, one bad move and it all goes down the drain.

Spanjaard
would the cockpit be salvaged? it was looking great (riveting was looking amazing too)

Mike Volkov Yazar
It happened that I overdid the chipping. When it was done, I felt I had chipped too much paint. These Zeroes were not as characteristically worn as the green ones. I thought I'd start over and started washing it off with thinner. The Leveling thinner didn't clean it off though, it just mixed the paint with the metallic paint. I tried to wash it off with Mr. Tool Cleaner, but it immediately dissolved the plastic, deforming the wing.
So sadly, I gave up on it. I dismantled the landing gear, cockpit, propeller and engine cowling, which I was able to salvage and will use in another project later.

J35J
I feel you, have been in the same situation. Great that you were able to salvage some parts. Keep up the good work!👍🏻

Spanjaard
great that part was saved, sorry about the wings 🙁

Frank Brzobohaty
A good rule of thumb when chipping, when you get to the point where you say "maybe just a bit more"......STOP! Leave the model for a couple of days or a week then take a look at it again. At that point you will, in most cases, say just right.

This is a hard rule to master. Even with my super worn Hawker Typhoon I should have stopped sooner.

Yes go and get another kit and use the wonderful work to finish that one or use what you salvaged to add to a diorama. (striped down cockpit trainer with some pilots and instructors observing) There are so many good IJN figures in1/72 these days.