I really enjoyed this Hasegawa kit of my favorite type 22 Zero- a Rabaul army fighter, OOB except for foil belts. Kit assembled well with the usual miserable Hasegawa fuselage to wing fit (a trademark). Finish is Tamiya acrylic JA Grey, JA Green and Cockpit green. Testors metalizer (aluminum) on the prop.
All comments welcome…thanks for taking a peek…
Steve
wow i’m shocked that nbody has replied to this good and marvelous post/pics
nice!
Very good built, i love the camo paint,great work
Pedro
looks great nice job on the paint job!!
Nice job on the antenna connection, it appears true to life.
Nice job on the paint job as well. The only critisism I would offer would be on the paint. Japaneese aircraft are not painted fresh in the field, they are allowed to discolor and show small chips of missing paint. This is a nit picky point and please take it as such.
But it is still a nice, nice kit, good job.
cool lookin’ build crockett!![tup]
Vance,
I’m not sure what resource gave you the information that you have passed on. There were numerous Zeros at Rabaul in early '43 that were camo painted with limited paint stocks to make them less visible on the ground due to allied low and high level bombing raids. This is a documented aircraft, I will e-mail the information to you if you like.
Great job on the Zeke, Steve. Excellent job on the camo. Nicely done !! Vance’s comment is incorrect BTW. While it may be true that some isolated units couldn’t perform needed maintenance, it certainly wasn’t true for all units within the IJAAF.
Regards, Rick
Great job on the Zero-Sen. I especially like the way that you did the camouflage . There is one thing that I have learned that is particularly true about Japanese WW-II aircraft. Whatever rule you come up with concerning painting or any other habits, there are ALWAYS exceptions. Never say never.
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
Nice! Great job!
beuatiful finish to it Crockett
Nice job, crockett !
You are correct about the field-applied paint. These were carrier-based birds, and they were camouflaged by the ground crews for the jungle. They were hap-hazardly painted, sometimes using brooms or smearing it on with rags !
I’ve built half a dozen or more of Hasegawa’s Zeke series, and never had a problem with the wingroots.
Well done !
Thanks to all,
Pix I guess I should have been a litle more descriptive…same here no problem with the wing roots, I attached the uppers to the fuse first and when the lowers came together there was a slight offset, nothing to get exited about.
Steve
I like what you’ve done, especially the camo. Thanks for sharing
Wow, that is one awesome camo job…congratulations on a very, very nice build.
You did fine job on camo. Looks excellent
Looks good, Steve.
I think the point that Vance was trying to make was that we so often see WWll era Japanese aircraft with badly chipped paint - probably to the point where a “factory fresh” painted aircraft just doesn’t look right, even if it is.
I think your A6M3 looks great!
LeeTree,
I think that the point is valid in that we see Japanese aircraft modeled too often in shabby condition. Most of the available photos are post action allied prints or late war aircraft. Most of this “chipped green paint” thing is over done. History and reaearch of it says otherwise.
Steve
Great job. Thanks so much for sharing the pictures!
John
Beautiful bird. I especially like the camo scheme!