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Alvaro Lino
Belo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
“The kit’s fit is amazing, and there was almost no need for putty,” Alvaro says of Tamiya’s 1/48 scale A6M3 Model 22 Zero. “Some parts fit even without glue!” His only additions were a pitot tube and seat belts from a Tamiya Detail-Up set. After painting field-applied camouflage with Mr. Hobby acrylics, he masked and airbrushed the insignia and wing leading-edge ID markings. The other markings for a 582nd Kokutai fighter at Buin in April 1943 came from Berna Decals. After applying a sludge wash, he added weathering and fluid stains with Tamiya Weathering Master Set pastels.