Airfix 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M2b 21 Zero Zeke Full Build Plastic Model Airplane

Let's build the newly tooled Airfix 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M2b 21 Zero Zeke as depicted during the Guadalcanal campaign. This plane represents the 3rd Air Group, 202st Kokuta, flying out of Rahul in 1942. I will go through the entire build start to finish, and point out things of interest as I go. For a more in depth analysis, I created a vlog series as I built this here:
• Airfix 1/72 A6M2b Zero...
I hope you enjoy watching this as much as I did making it!
Build Highlights
Unboxing- :14
The Build-1:04
Cockpit- 1:40
Main Assembly- 6:09
Painting- 15:32
Decals/Weathering & Final Touches- 19:35
The Stand- 27:20
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[@thestyrenemechanic8026]

This truly was a kool build to follow along with bud. Looking forward to the next one.

[@joekmodels]

More to come! Thanks Robert for following along, always appreciate you :)

Great build Joe. Very cool video and nice Zero. 😎👍

[@joekmodels]

Thanks Ales 👍 I appreciate that, your recent builds have been awesome!

[@airfixbuilds1235]

Great build do more of these please also loved the music in the background

[@joekmodels]

I really enjoyed building this one along with the 1/72 Airfix Wildcat prior. Thank you so much for checking it out!

[@ayaancallan2716]

A tip : watch movies at flixzone. I've been using it for watching lots of of movies recently.

[@nickolascassius179]

@Ayaan Callan yea, have been watching on Flixzone for since november myself :)

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Great build Joe!

[@joekmodels]

Thank you so much :)

[@esuwarriormodelshop6369]

Awesome time line of the build

[@joekmodels]

Thanks Matt, I appreciate you following along with the build!

[@neilharrison1420]

another epic build there.

[@joekmodels]

Thank you Neil :) I'm happy to have you follow along with it!

[@MVeminor7]

The Zero and the Spitfire are my two fav planes. Nice build and display

[@joekmodels]

Thanks! I wanted to do something a little unique with this one, and it actually is a companion piece to the 1/72 Wildcat as they fought in the same theatre. Showing it in an aggressive dive like that, I wanted to show the elegance of the design as well as remind the looker of what it might have looked like in an aggressive action.

[@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681]

Damm Nice build Joe you out done yourself on this one brother

[@joekmodels]

Thanks Shawn! It came out pretty much how I wanted, so no complaints! Thanks for checking it out man

[@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681]

@@joekmodels your welcome and it's Bad Ass!!

[@kezpadalf9728]

You're so talented 👍👍

[@joekmodels]

Thank you so much 😀 I appreciate you checking it out :)

[@xavierbatista6201]

Amazing build Joe! Your on a roll with your builds they just look awesome one after the other

[@joekmodels]

Glad you like them Xavier! This is one I've never done before, so it was quite the learning experience

[@xavierbatista6201]

@@joekmodels yeah well it turned out very nice and I just ordered a 1 72 zero so I'm gonna try that and see how that turns out

[@kyleSD70MAC]

What music did you use? That was so relaxing. And how did you get the control stick off the sprue without breaking it?

[@joekmodels]

It's default music from windows photos/create movie background music called Misty Mountaintop. I probably used sprue cutters or gently sawed it off with the hobby knife taking care not to bend.