[Rata]

Bruno has an Aichi D3A (#174) which is a later D3A-2. I wanted a Pearl Harbor D3A-1 so reworked and repainted his design into this one. It's a model of the 'Val' flown by A. Sakimoto of the 5th Koku Sentai off the carrier Zuikaku.
I've also prepared another Pearl Harbor Val: a red tailed Akagi version which I'll present on here when built.
The old question of which grey to use presented itself. I originally did it in a slightly darker putty grey which looked ok on the computer but just looked wrong when printed. So I ended up running with what you see here which to me is acceptable.