RE: VQ A6M5 Zero Build Thread
Ok folks, I realize that most people think adding scale detail to an ARF is silly..but, I honed my plastic modeling chops on this one. Some details I added for a bit more realism are rivets and panel lines as well as simulated wear areas. I scribed a few panel lines on the "hood" between the cowl and windscreen. It looked to bare. I also added rivets to the canopy. I used Testors Window Maker cement to simulate them by just adding a tiny drop for each rivet. The wear marks are simply Aluminum paint. I took a permanent black marker and traced the scribe lines and wiped the excess off with a paper towel. This accentuated the lines and gave them a dirty look. Not shown but forthcoming are the 20mm cannons added to the wing roots.