1/48 Hasegawa A6M5 from IJN carrier Zuiho

[vandee]

Almost ready to decal. The exhausts and cowl are in place.

 

[SaparotRob]

I love the B-17 but the Zero is my forbidden passion.

 

[vandee]

Me too, my father claimed to have flown a B-17 in training at Riverside in CA 1944 before shipping out to Guam then Okinawa. Hard to believe a corporal who drove a D-7 bulldozer making airfields did that, said pilot showed him how though.

 

[SaparotRob]

Cool!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice bit of modelling John.

 

[fubar57]

Love the getting ready to decal stage

 

[Viking1066]

Looking good!

 

[Wurger]

 

[vandee]

Up next after A6M5 is an A6M3 Type 22 Zero by Hasegawa-1/48, will do it as Nishigawa's plane,his plane tail number UI-106, overall gray(tannish gray) NOT his UI-105 that was gray bottom and slopped on green top. This was before the orders came out to paint top surfaces dark green to match the jungle foliage. I have after market decals for this scheme.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far!

 

[Wurger]