Mitsubishi A6M Zero
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Tamiya A6M2b
My latest finished kit is this 1/72 A6M2b. It’s another wonder kit from Tamiya. I used Mr. Color Japanese Grey/Green for the overall color. I added white to the grey/green and while painting the effect was much more subtle looking while [...]
Eduard 1/48 A6M2b Model 21 Zero (Mitsubishi-built)
The Airplane:
At the time of its appearance in combat over China in September 1940, the Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" was arguably the most advanced single-seat single-engine fighter in the world. That it was designed to fly from [...]
Review: Tora, Tora, Tora! Eduard's New A6M Type 21 Zeros
Today I received a shipment from Hannants with Eduard's first release of its A6M Zero series. Think of what Eduard has accomplished during this time of the Covid Pandemic: continued their Bf 109 series, made good progress on the early [...]
Flight 19 Pearl Harbor 80th Anniversary Group Build A pair of Airfix 1/48 P-40’s and a 1/48 Hasegawa A6M-2
I have been extremely busy with all sorts of full scale life lately, and I have not had much free time available at the work bench. Because of this, I was not able to fully complete these models before the December 7th deadline. Sorry. [...]
80 Years Ago: TORA! TORA! TORA!
FROM THE AUTHOR:
I would thank the group of "The 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor [..]" to invite me to do some of the group build.
The time frame was very tight. Aproxymately I had two an a half week to complete [...]
EoJ GB: Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero type 21, Hasegawa 1/48
Finally I had the opportunity to join this fantastic GB with a Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero. As a matter of fact, Spiros @fiveten, invited me to join his already started thread with my Zero as well and do a combo build.
I was honored to receive [...]
1/72 Mitshubishi A6M3,Typ 32,ZERO,”Hamp” Q-102
Tamiya 1/72
Mitshubishi A6M3 typ32, ZERO, "Hamp" serial number3030
petty officer 1st.class Kazuo Tsunoda, 2nd Air group 26.8.1942
Buna ,New Guinea.
Build from the box with some added necessary details from the wires.
Painted with [...]
The New Guinea Samurai. A6M3.
Helo
A Zero from the Tainan Fighter Group, Buna, East-New Guinea, 1942-1943.
This is a real Oldie. A classic kit from the Tamiya range. Something reengraved. The rest build oob. Hinomarus and stripes painted on. The rest are original kit [...]
Tamiya A6M5c Zero 52c
Presented for iModeler colleagues and friends, the Tamiya A6M5c Zero from 1983. Though the model is old, it is still quite good, in my opinion. After doing my N1K1 Shiden, I had an urge to do its contemporary, the late-war version of [...]
1/48 Tamiya A6M3 Model 32 Hamp
I think this is my fourth build for The Empire of Japan Group. Nice kit for being so old but it does lack the detail of the newer kits. I decided to do the field applied paint scheme to change it up a bit and it was a lot of fun. Painted [...]
