Mitsubishi vs. Nakajima Zero
Throughout its production, the Zero was manufactured by two companies – Mitsubishi and Nakajima. Both were in fact bitter rivals. However, the Japanese naval command cared little for such bickering. They needed aircraft in numbers. So Mitsubishi was forced to cooperate with Nakajima. Ironically, Nakajima built more than double the number of Zeros that Mitsubishi ever produced during the war.
BII-124 spent most of its time below a carrier deck (apart from flying), sun-fading would have been very slight. Bear in mind that this plane saw less than six months of operations. It was essentially spanking new when it crash landed in Australia.
Impressive! Your build certainly sets the bar high! I just opened the box on this kit out of my stash a couple days ago. I’m just in the planning stages. Haven’t even broken sprue yet. Anything I should be aware of when building this kit?
the undercaridge is the fiddley bit, there ia also 2 little doors that are held in with a wire spring, dont use this as the undercaridge wont go on, glue the little doors on last .
its the old addage metal and plastic some times dont go together
because you can wind the undercaridge up or down with key, i chose to have this solid as its very flimsmy, so when you build the bay glue the moving parts for a solid undercaridge
Fabulous build Mike! One has to love the precision engineering and details that are included in the large scale Tamiya kits, and understand the manufacturing processes involved to appreciate why these kits are priced as they are.
Fighter “Model 21” Kit