Finally painting started.
Was supposed to happen already yesterday, but due to some slower progress with masking + the decal testing, there was no time over. But now the Zero has got a layer of primer with my absolute favorite primer, MRP's Fine Surface Primer.
As said, masking took longer than planned
And here we go
I had hardly been able to paint the one of the wings, when my Badger Krom started to spit paint!
I had two options here, either stop priming and clean it up or take another airbrush and continue the work. I decided for the latter and digged out my old warrior Harder & Steebeck Evolution, to continue the priming work. For a minute or two it sprayed very well. As a matter of fact, so well that I will start to use it again along my Badger. But after those few minutes, it also started to spit..
I believe I never cleaned it up properly after the last session with it, before putting it away on the shelf. I have, since a long time, used only my Badger to all airbrushing.
So, after cleaning up the guns, time to continue spraying. This time, just to be on the safe side, I added a few drops of Mr Color Leveling Thinner in the MRP's Primer. And that, in combination with a crystal clean Badger, made the rest of the spraying session a true joy!
Next paintwork will be the camo.
Of course
Mr Paint will release soon, on the 24th of December their set of paints for this Eduard kit. Unfortunately too late for my build but good to know if I will still build the second Zero kit that came in Eduards "Tora Tora Tora" edition.
Otherwise I will build another version, very keen on the same Zero camo that Carlos is working on. The beautiful green one! Because then Mr Paint has a huge selection of suitable IJAAF/IJANAF colors :-)
But for this build, it will be a mix of Mission Models colors to replicate the "IJNAF J3 SP Olive Gray".
Stay tuned, more to come!
- Kari
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