oh, and speaking of motion blur, are you going to try using a motion blur prop?
I had been looking around myself for one and came across this. Even has a pic of the Zero with one
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there is also a bunch here
PropBlurs Flexi-Pal Rulers and Model Parts
I also saw some interesting DIY ones that people make using a clear styrene or acetate circle that is airbrushed
Here is one example
I like aircraft models in flight, and I like representing the spinning prop, like in the war comics I grew up reading. So here is how I mak...
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I am kind of drawn towards giving the clear disc thing a try. There are a couple of big advantages in my mind.
Photoetch may bend very easy and accidentally knocking into it may easily warp it and it would be very hard to fix where as a clear styrene sheet would be less resistant? plus it would be easy to replace if something really bad happened to it