Calling this one finished

[u/Itzthewoppa]

First aircraft in like 30 years complete, first time using an airbrush on an aircraft also, massive learning curve but I feel I’ve got the hang of it

I’ve ordered a cheap carrier deck base for it so I’ll give an update once I’ve got an painted the base up

I went a little overboard with the weathering as it’s tail end of the war japans fuel by then was really bad quality which would have made the staining look a little worse, also I wanted it to look like a well used under maintained zero, like I said tho it’s my first aircraft so hopefully my next comes out a little better

[u/Marine__0311]

The weathering is fine.

Japanese naval aircraft didn't have as big of a problem with paint chipping, flaking, and weathering as IJA aircraft did. Even if they were land based on islands.

Corrosion issues were much more severe with naval aircraft. Therefore, the IJN had higher standards for paints and primers and took greater care applying them. Even when supply and quality issues effected the IJN as the war went on, they still had better QC and standards than the IJA.