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I'm rolling out a Rufe! I present to you my Tamiya A6M2-N. My original thought was to do a war weary or even crashed aircraft abandoned on some south pacific island, so I beat this one up pretty bad. However, after the die was cast, I realized I had never done a diorama let alone one that involves water. So, I just decided to practice my chipping and weather techniques ... Now I realize a plane that lands and takes off from water would probably not get this beat up, but it was a $12 model and I wanted to play around and have some fun. Also, the instructions say this particular a/c was in service from 1942 to 1944 . If that can be believed, I think an a/c that served in theatre for 3 years can be excused from showing some wear and tear. Now I debated whether or not I should beat up the meat balls, but I heard somewhere that the national insignia on j-aircraft represent the emperor and were re-touched often (good enough for me). I did try to simulate this by painted over them with Tamiya Flat Red, but the effect all but disappeared after flat coating it -- so much for that idea. So hear it is. Hope you like. Just made a few modifications. Scratch build new cowl guns and added seat belts and a clear lens for the gunsight.

Looks good to me whether you think it’s correct or not as far as chipping goes. Looks like a war weary bird.

Very sharp work Chris!

I think it looks great. Saltwater can do a number on aircraft that land on it regularly. Your weathering looks right for 3 year old warbird

Nice! Looks good

Wow! That looks great, Chris! Your weathering work is so well done; man, that looks cool!

Thank you gentlemen for the kind words. Been wanting a Rufe on my shelf for years and this was actually my 3rd go at it. I actually just threw away a half built Hasegawa Rufe last year.

Very nice Chris. I really like the worn look. Love the Rufe and have built two of those Tamiya kits myself - though both in IJN gray. Hmmm... maybe do another in green like yours
Well done.

Fantastic build!

I don’t think it is at all ”too” worn, just right!

- Kari

keavdog wrote: ↑Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:34 pm Very nice Chris. I really like the worn look. Love the Rufe and have built two of those Tamiya kits myself - though both in IJN gray. Hmmm... maybe do another in green like yours
Well done.

Thank you John. I don't often chip a model like this but I do like the look on a green j-aircraft. Will probably do this again on my next one.

KSaarni wrote: ↑Sun Sep 08, 2024 2:05 pm Fantastic build!

I don’t think it is at all ”too” worn, just right!

- Kari

Thank you Kari !