1/72 Academy Zero and Hobby Boss Hellcat

by Robert T. Rio

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Hello from the Philippines! Last February 12, I was stranded in a neighboring Island due to a passing storm. In my hotel room I could not think of anything else to while the time away except to go to a local hobby shop and buy me small and simple kits to build in a short time because I knew the storm would pass in a day or two.  There was a 1/72 A6M5 Zero kit by Academy and a same scale Hellcat by Hobby Boss.

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I started to build the two kits simultaneously, since I was not with my usual model building area at home (which was about 100 miles away across the open sea, I had to make do with whatever available paint and glue there was which my limited resources could buy (being stranded drains your resources fast!). Anyhow the builds were fun and I completed the two kits in about 12 hours. The paints used were Tamiya acrylics and were brushed on, I could not get a very accurate color because I had to make do with the available colors mixing some to get a more or less color for the planes.

After I got partially done (no weathering job yet), I took pictures of the models through my 3.2mp cell phone camera. When I finally got home I made an Aerial Diorama with my photoshop, clip clip cut and paste!!.....

Hope you enjoy the pics!!

Robert T. Rio 

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Photos and text © by Robert T. Rio