Mitsubishi A6M8 CGI Project

[Wayne Little]

Brilliant!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Aaron, GG and vB.
This is a long way again. I appreciate your patience in advance

 

[al49]

Great, impressive job!
Just as matter of curiosity, which software are you using? Looks similar to Autocad.
Cheers
Alberto

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Wayne for your kind comment and Alberto for your good question.

My 3D CGI tool is 'SHADE ver.6' a local software of ten years ago.
For CAD, it is 'JWW CAD' a free local software.

I have ever tried the Autocad but gave up.
That was too sophisticated for me to handle promptly

Thanks.

 

[Shinpachi]

Working on the front half of fuselage.
One-piece wing is to be fixed with the 2nd and 4th fuselage frames.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

It's taking shape!!

 

[Gnomey]

Looking good Shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Aaron and Gnomey!
I'm tracing a drawing for the next part - 4th frame.
Recently, everything around me looks moving quicker.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I know the feeling. At the moment we a doing the body work on a 1955 Chevy and this part along with the priming and block sanding takes an eternity.

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice work my friend!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Aaron and Wayne for your kind comments.
Yes, I'm in the feeling of eternity now.
I am tracing back what Jiro Horikoshi - Zero disginer did.

 

[GrauGeist]

I am tracing back what Jiro Horikoshi - Zero disginer did.

Just imagine designing an aircraft using the methods from the 1930's!

Your work is coming along nicely, Shinpachi!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Just watching your work is a complete pleasure.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks for your kind comments GG and vB

BTW, this morning I was unable to view this site with an error warning on my PC monitor.
Same was about not a few other overseas sites. That looked as if a sort of censorship.

I did no know what happened but, input the IP address instead of the domain name, I could reach here directly.
I was frankly embarrased but am glad to see you all again anyway

 

[Shinpachi]

My internet connection recovered normal this afternoon but I guess something may be going behind the scene.
Something like a filtering of contents.

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I have grasped the 4th frame dimensions of A6Ms well. This is a good news for me.
Thanks!

 

[evangilder]

Nice work, Shinpachi-san!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Eric for your kind attention with patience to my restrained thread like this

4th and 2nd frames are to have tight linkage with the spars.
No one should have cut the spar when he recovered Zero from South Pacific islands.
He only had to remove the bolts.

Attached image shows connection of the inner and the outer spars.

 

[evangilder]

Indeed, the spar should never have been cut. A little knowledge on the part of the recovery team could have gone a long way to keeping it flyable. The frightening part is that it was welded back together by the restorers and flown for a number of years before it was discovered, and grounded for good. If we are talking about the same aircraft, Shinpachi-san, that is the one that sat in the hangar in Camarillo for years before being sold to the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island. At least it is back in one piece and displayed nicely. It sat in 2 pieces for years in Camarillo.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

What a shame.

 

[Shinpachi]

Sorry Eric but I meant the Zero in our Hamamatsu JASDF Airbase
Yes, Aaron, it's nothing but a shame


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