User Name : Wayne Little
First Name : Wayne
Category : Judge - Non Competing
Manufacturer/ Model : Eduard Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero
Scale : 1/48
Extras : Not really Extras…Some Eduard Etch & Seatbelts and canopy masks in the Kit…!
When I started this Zombie Build I had in fact 8 Zeroes in various stages of completion and saw this GB as a way to get some completed.
Starting with the Primary Subject Build from the new Eduard series of Zero releases.
The subject aircraft coded 2187 an A6M2 Zero flown by Warrant Officer Kanichi Kashimura
582 Kokutai based at Buin Airfield Bouganville in March 1943.
On the 6th March 1943 in a fighter escort mission Kashimura was shot down and Killed, his aircraft coming down in the shallow waters off Pavuvu Island in the Russell Islands group.
I kept this as the Primary build and tackled 3 other A6M2 as secondary builds rather than additional group Builds in the likely event they didn't get finished, however each was completed in good time along with one additional A6M3 before then completing the Primary build.
SO…Here are the final images of the primary Build.
This aircraft was estimated built in August 1942 so may have been in active service for some months before being shot down in early March 1943, therefore being a Land based Zero and likely subject to the elements of the South Pacific theatre for a period of time the Finish has been 'dulled down' to a Satin/matte finish from it's original Glossy application.
…and the secondary completed Builds in following posts……5 out of 8 is not a bad result….
First Name : Wayne
Category : Judge - Non Competing
Manufacturer/ Model : Eduard Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero
Scale : 1/48
Extras : Not really Extras…Some Eduard Etch & Seatbelts and canopy masks in the Kit…!
When I started this Zombie Build I had in fact 8 Zeroes in various stages of completion and saw this GB as a way to get some completed.
Starting with the Primary Subject Build from the new Eduard series of Zero releases.
The subject aircraft coded 2187 an A6M2 Zero flown by Warrant Officer Kanichi Kashimura
582 Kokutai based at Buin Airfield Bouganville in March 1943.
On the 6th March 1943 in a fighter escort mission Kashimura was shot down and Killed, his aircraft coming down in the shallow waters off Pavuvu Island in the Russell Islands group.
I kept this as the Primary build and tackled 3 other A6M2 as secondary builds rather than additional group Builds in the likely event they didn't get finished, however each was completed in good time along with one additional A6M3 before then completing the Primary build.
SO…Here are the final images of the primary Build.
This aircraft was estimated built in August 1942 so may have been in active service for some months before being shot down in early March 1943, therefore being a Land based Zero and likely subject to the elements of the South Pacific theatre for a period of time the Finish has been 'dulled down' to a Satin/matte finish from it's original Glossy application.
…and the secondary completed Builds in following posts……5 out of 8 is not a bad result….