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Ted, I'm really enjoying your different 1/100 series. The short bio sketch of each plane and what you did, and didn't, do during assembly make for easy reading. Also thanks for including nice clear pics of your work.
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A6M5c by S&P century scale
It's been awhile, work etc but next up in the zero series is the A6M5c. This was the final M5 version. it had the belt fed 20mm and a 13 mm mg outboard of the 20mm. It had a slightly boosted engine and this made up for the increased weight of the new guns. This version was one of the most produced models of zero. The later war color schemes tend toward the boring green over gray, with a bit of markings to give a little color.
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Impeccable work, very fine wherever you look.
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Apart from oversized gun barrels, I think, a very fine Zero. Nice one Sir.
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I have been really enjoying your S&P Zero series, Ted. Of course, I enjoy every one of your build threads, and learn from all of them.
Thanks for the info on the aircraft the model is based on. This specific airplane (tail code (03-09) was rather famous. It was the preferred airplane of Aviation Chief Petty Officer Tanimizu Takeo, who in late 1944 and 1945 was assigned to 303 Hikōtai (squadron), 203 Kōkutai (air group), where he flew 03-09 in the air defense of the southern Japanese home island of Kyūshū and in support of Special Attack (suicide) operations against Allied forces in and around Okinawa. Although not shown on Bruno’s version, CPO Tanimizu’s aircraft fuselage was inscribed with victory markings indicating aircraft he shot down. The image below is from Ikuhiko Hata and Yasuho Izawa, Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II, Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1989, p. 210. I look forward to your next Zero. Don |
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Another great Zero! Well done.
It's always a pleasure for me to see anything from Pacific theater of WWII.
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CMDRTED, how did you actually do those gun barrels?
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CMDRTED, how did you actually do those gun barrels?
they started as rectangles @10mm long by 5 mm wide. I used a small micro drill bit to wrap the rectangle around. I think 0.25. for the 20mm muzzles I just wrapped a tiny piece around the muzzle, once. I did think about using .4mm plastic but the paper gods made my house tremble when I dug the bits out of the old scrap bin. Guys, all , thank you for the kind words, this is a great hobby and it's cool "showing off" the kits in my collection. Also these builds are meant as a guide for Bruno's kits. Bruno, hats off for a great batch of well designed kits. |
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Thanks for "showing off".
and your kind words of course B |
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Noticeable is the exquisite green metallic coloring on the landing gear and wells of this zero located at the Planes of Fame air museum in Chino, California.
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