Revell 1/32 Zero Rebuild

[kfutter]

This build was a bit unusual in that I started with an already-built model, and decided to strip it down and rebuild it (rather than throw it away). It turned out to be one of my most satisfying projects! Here's what I started with:

 

 

 

A bit ordinary, as you can see! Here's what it looked like after disassembly:

 

 

Not getting any better! And here's what I was left with after stripping the paint off:

 

 

And now the final glamour shots:

 

 

 

 

The markings are mostly sprayed on, the wheel bays are a mix of CMK and scratch-building, the tail wheel details are CMK, and there's some Hobby Decals stencils on it here and there. Form some reason I only took 3 glamour shots, so here's some photos of the finished model on the workbench:

 

 

 

 

 

Check out the build thread if you're interested in seeing how this went from A to B.

 

Thanks for looking!

Kev

[Jamme]

Hi Kev.

Really nice rebuild!

Cheers,

Jamme

[JeroenPeters]

That looks great Kevin.

So did you rescribe and sand all the surfaces? Must have..

You sure turned that green frog in a prince!

[kfutter]

That looks great Kevin.

So did you rescribe and sand all the surfaces? Must have..

You sure turned that green frog in a prince!

 

Thanks Jeroen! Yep, full rescribe. I also reshaped the gun troughs on the cowl, reshaped the spinner, scratch-built the landing and cowl flaps, and installed gun barrels from Master Model. The main landing gear (legs, doors and wheels) and drop tank came from a Doyusha A6M2 kit, which is destined to become a Rufe some day.

 

Thanks all for your kind words.

 

Kev

[Grant]

Cool !!