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Greetings. The model was assembled several years ago. Briefly about the construction: of the ready-made additions, I used only a small set of photo-etching from Eduard, which applied almost exclusively to the cockpit, while the canopy was still made in a closed version, since at that time it was not ready to work with “vacuum” products, but “ native” lantern is thick. Well, the barrels were replaced with brass ones from Aber, although the latter are also far from ideal in terms of the fact that the wing-mounted 13 mm machine guns should be in a perforated casing; I couldn’t imitate these casings myself. Otherwise, the same cockpit was subjected to the greatest modifications using available materials. Significantly altered the landing gear struts and flaps - reducing the thickness of the flaps, rods from medical needles, jumpers of the flaps, cut off and made again, because relatives do not reach the landing gear, the brake pipes are made of thin wire. The riveting has been improved in some places, unrealistic sagging of the fabric on mechanized surfaces has been removed, and the rudder contour has been trimmed. The 7.7 mm machine gun port on the fuselage is plugged, as it should be on the 52c modification. I drilled out the exhaust pipes as far as possible and worked on their shape, cut ventilation windows for cooling the oil tank and removed the thickness of the fuselage side in this place. Navigation lights from the CMK set. The shape and details of the air intake have been corrected, as well as some other minor details. In terms of the quality of the kit, I can list several shortcomings - this is the already mentioned undercut of the rudder contour; poor fit between the wing and the fuselage (I removed the shelves above the wing, a gap along the bottom of the fuselage); These also include landing gear flaps. Painted primarily with Tamiya acrylics. I didn’t use Academy decals; they turned out to be very inconvenient to use; they were replaced with decals from AML. *Sorry for the automatic translation

Recreated the Zero type 52 piloted by Kageura from the movie The Eternal Zero. It's a movie about a fictional flight instructor Miyabe who committed a Kamikaze attack against the US Navy carrier during the battle of Okinawa. Kageura was the ace pilot who initially despised Miyabe's cowardness and challenged him in mock battles, but ultimately understood him. I find the idea of a former kamikaze pilot becoming a yakuza boss in the post-war era really cool, so I made the zero flown by him during the last desperate days of the pacific war. Aircraft paint from Nakajima in the late days of the pacific war was notoriously known for having very poor quality. Some of the naval pilots remembered that the paint on the zeros manufactured after late 1944 would simply peel off just by stepping onto it. Therefore I created this heavily-chipped finish for the zero, like the ones in the movie.

1/72 Hasegawa A6M5c Type 52 Hei 1993 tool. 2002 rebox #289 '303 Fighter Squadron' I started this as a WIP but rapidly came to the conclusion my ambitions outran my abilities. So I lowered my sights and consequently here is the RFI. My thoughts: 1. Box and contents shown below. It's a typical 3rd generation Hasegawa with excellent mouldings and surface detail. The cockpit is as basic as Hasegawa does with no sidewall detail and, surprisingly, no gun sight. Instruments are decals. Fit was generally OK but there was a mismatch between the wing and fuselage fillet, the cowling fit was precarious and gives the impression of being v fragile and the undercarriage just doesn't look right. I'm still unsure if that was me or the kit. 2 decal options. No real options in the build itself so, for example, only a closed canopy is provided. 2. The particularities of the -5c seem well catered for including the single cockpit gun, armoured cockpit screen, underwing rocket points (but not the rockets themselves), seat armour plate and new seat design and the individual exhausts. The new wing shape is also there.The arrestor hook cavity has to be filled in (as is made clear in the instructions). The starboard gas port has to be drilled out and the port one filled (which isn't mentioned). 3. OOB save for Eduard seat belts and masks which I had in the man cave already ( I subsequently found the masks were for the Fujimi Zero and so were not precisely matched to my canopy) and Uschi thread. 4. As the late Zeros were made by Nakajima my colour scheme reflects that with Nakajima topside Green, the curved demarcation to the tail, the black turtle deck and the yellow green cockpit interior colour with Aotake for the wheel wells. All paints were Colour Coats. Tamiya Weathering Powders were also used. 5. As I refer to 'Mitsubishi Green' and 'Nakajima Green' I've posed the Raiden next to this kit to, hopefully, show the difference. The Nakajima colour is, to my eyes, a darker, blue-grey tinted green. Note also that, as per the kit instructions, the fuel tank is painted 'Mitsubishi Green' and the contrast between the greens may be easier to see if you just look at the fuel tank Right, after a week of almost daily postings you won't be hearing from me with anything new for a while as the next thing on my workbench is a 4 engined heavy. In the words of Titus Oates 'I may be some time'.

This is the Hasegawa A6M5 1/48 kit with some Eduard etch seat belts with the decals from Rising Decals Dying Sun sets. The kit itself was rescued from the shelf of doom, I can't remember why it was put there as the model itself isn't bad. The decals are also top notch. ATAIU-SEA stands for Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit -South East Asia and a number of Japanese aircraft wore these markings post war while being the subject of evaluation by the RAF. I believe that the centre section of this aircraft is now in the Imperial War Museum and the only section of the ATAIU's aircraft to survive.

A6M5c Zero Update sets, Wheels & Masks - For Hasegawa Kit 1:32 Eduard The Hasegawa kit is a good one, however Eduard are along as always offering their update sets for the kit. Here we have 3 sets; Update, flaps and seatbelts. Also Brassin wheels are available Update Set This is one brass fret and one nickel one. The coloured parts on the nickel fret are mainly for the cockpit including the main instrument panel, side panels and controls. Other pars in the set include the rear decking behind the pilot, machine gun parts, rudder pedals, new landing gear doors, canopy handles, ribs for the landing gear wells, and wiring for the engine. Flaps This is one large brass fret which provides flaps for the kit. Unlike some sets where they twist round this one has individual ribs which must be added to the flap well. Seatbelts This small fret provides a full set of coloured seatbelts for the aircraft. These are the new Steel belts from Eduard. They are etched from 0.1mm sheet, which looks like stainless steel because it doesn't rust, these new belts combine the best of both worlds. The resulting etch is thin at around 0.06mm, and the paint that has been applied after etching is included in that thickness. The paint itself seems to be more flexible too, and the designs have added details such as shadows printed near buckles and joints to give an added depth to the design. They appear less susceptible to fatigue and will stand up to repeated movements, and can be posed much more realistically due to the ease of bending of the surface. The paint is also a lot less likely to flake off at a sharp bend, which is a worry for standard PE belts. Wheels The wheels are one area of a kit which really do benefit from resin replacement when they are this good. The wheels are individual units with the hubs as separate parts. The solid tail wheel is also included. Masks Supplied on a sheet of yellow kabuki tape, these pre-cut masks supply you with a full set of masks for the canopy, with compound curved handled by using frame hugging masks, while the highly curved gaps are in-filled with either liquid mask or offcuts from the background tape. Conclusion Whether you use one or all of these sets, they will enhance your Zero model. Recommended. Review samples courtesy of

Hello from Germany since many days my friend and I preparing some new models for our "NIGTH FIGTHER" projekt. Currently I built this interesting a/c. At first we hope to show these all on a exebition in end of August 2016 in Berlin/ Gatow modelling show. We have built more than 16 nigth figthers of WWII from all countries. One of my last models is this A6M5(S) with "Schrägwaffe" behind the cockpit seat. I' locking for realistic markings. This is in the moment my only problem. Can everyone help me with a good photo copy or a idea to find in professional literature. I have a good hand-book colletion from ModelArt and soon. I have used an older kit from Hasegawa in scale 1:48 #09428. Some litte changes must be for a prototypically model: a new canon behind cockpit seat change of stuff wing arnament I will added a anttena wire All other ist OOB. Well here I open now my picture collection: (the colored area of the rear cockpits glases I have changed a little bit later) some corrections for a good wing plament first upper area ist colored pre-shaded under area with underside color second upper area ist colored and with some wear surfaces (silver eyeshadow pencil - ask your wifes or/ and girl friends ) the color of engine cowling is not blach or blackgrey! It is a very dark nigth-bleu!!) Weiil this is the last stand from yesterday. I hope now of one-two-three foto copies of A6M5 with "Schrägwaffe" of 302 NAG (only example!) And last but not least - has everyone know a other picture copy from a Zero with 30° "Schrägwaffe" in fuselage - also to from 302th NAG?

Hi, Let me share with one of my recent Japanese model, still made more than five years ago. This is rather late variant of fameous "Zero" (Type-0) fighter - A6M5 Model 52 c (or "Hei"), which was equipped with mixed gun/cannon set in wings. Model is made mostly OOB from Hasegawa kit, only decals are from drawer. This machine served in 203rd Kokutai, Rengo Kantai in Omura, Kyushu in summer 1945. Comments welcomed Regards Jerzy-Wojtek

Greetings all, this is my first WIP thread so please bear with me! I've got here the Tamiya A6M5c in 1/48, picked this up on eBay and I can't wait to get started on it. I haven't decided what scheme I'll be doing yet, there are decals for 6 different planes so I'll be spoiled for choice! Mandatory sprue photos: Also, a nice little guide on adding a bit of scratch building to the flaps and engine The kit doesn't have too many parts as you can see for a 1/48, I believe this is a kit from the 80's/90's but it'll be great for me as I'm new to building larger scale models. The guy I bought it from also threw in an Eduard masking kit which is always nice to have. As I'm still rather inexperienced with modelling, I would love useful tips from you guys so please give me constructive criticism! Thanks for looking Ben

Hi All, This is my first post on here after lurking for a long time. Here is my most recent kit i finished. This is the Tamiya A6M5 in 1/72. The kits is completely OTB. Painted with Alclad II and Vallejo Model Air paints. Used the kit decals for 652 Kokutai from the Junyo carrier. Hopefully I have done the kit justice as its just a well layed out kit. Enjoy Jason