Hasegawa Nakajima A6M2-N Rufe
Still the best A6M2-N Rufe in 1/72 scale, Hasegawa's kit was released in 1996, part of their extended family of Zero kits. The Hasegawa Zeros are still nice today, they are well engineered and the fit is great. They have been largely superseded by the excellent Tamiya and Fine Molds Zero families, however there are still several variants which remain best served by Hasegawa. Here are a pair of recent completions.
Construction here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/hasegawa-nakajima-a6m2-n-rufe-build-in-1-72-scale-part-i/
Outstanding finish on both.
Two great-looking Rufes, but I really like the heavily weathered one! Where did you find the photo references for that beat-up scheme?
This is one of the aircraft profiled in the Eduard 1/48 scale kit, but I was unable to locate a source photo.
Those Rufes do look wonderful, Jeff @inchhigh
Nice work, Jeff.
Well done on both, Jeff
Excellent Rufes, Jeff!
A fine looking pair of Rufes. Well done!