After 3 months of starting kits then getting bored halfway through and starting another kit ( I did this several times ), I have finally managed to concentrate enough to finish a kit.
This is the Tamiya Mitsubishi A6M3 Fighter (Hamp), which goes together like a dream and is a pretty easy build.
Now as i get some sort of perverse pleasure in ripping paint off Japanese aircraft, I found a profile on Wings Palette that I really could go to town on.
Anyhoo enough rambling, here are some pics, and the profile I found. The aircraft is for chief petty-officer Takeo Okumura, September 1943, Rabaul.




Andy

Very nice Andy!

Will this be at Milton Keynes mate?

Cheers Daz

Nice one mate, love the worn paint look, very nice indeed.

Thought you'd been a bit quiet mate. A very nice build, love the basework as well.

Andy

Thanks guys.
It will be at Milton Keynes, as long as we have a stand off course, coz I'm not carrying it around with me .
Andy

Thanks Derek.
By the end of the war, I don't think they bothered too much as they weren't in the sky long enough .
In defence it wasn't the paint that was the cause of the peeling but the lack of primer. Some of the aircraft manufacturers didn't bother priming the aircraft before they left the factory, as the conditions in Japan began to deteriorate both in terms of manpower and raw material available.
Andy