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The splendid Mod 22 had its wing cannons replaced with the long barrels Type 99 Mark 2 and became A6M3a of which 560 were built. They can be mistaken for early A6M5 of which they differ by the wing length. They saw a lot of action in the southern front, from Bougainville to Rabaul and here we have a plane of the 582 Ku, active on that front from late 42 to early 43. The plane shown is supposed to be the one of chutaicho Lt-Commander Shindo Saburo.This is the great Tamiya kit in 48th, nearly OTB but with Master cannons,and the whole rivets pattern. I did not weather the plane too much as the only picture shows a quite good condition airplane. Of note, as the A6M3 mod 32, the mod 22 has only been built by Mitsubishi and as such carry no Aotake in the U/C belly or leg covers. I have used a mix of masks and decals. Colors are from Mr Color and AK range. 4CC5A5BD-2EF9-4593-8696-5FBF2D247E3F_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr FEECAE02-8A07-40F4-BF32-6F493C54F937_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 0BCDFECA-2E92-44B2-9D2A-200F92687476_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 8B082DEC-7AA2-4352-94E3-E838D347AA25_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 78A3B7E6-204D-43CE-884F-DE6F091266C1_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 298C256D-12F5-4331-AEC6-5F9CC6DB71BF_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 71BEB953-FA25-4B9E-8121-357BC4671399_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 4D189F30-2DC1-4186-9192-2618197C380C_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr

Superb and awesome!

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Gary where are you?🤣

Grazie mille Roberto!

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Thank you my dear Georges.

Muchas gracias Miguel!

Thanks a lot as I do not own that book, your infos are precious. Cheers. Grazie mille!

Merci Joachim!🥰

Thanks Jan. Do you know which deco you will do?

Tanks a lot friends.😊

I was looking for a relaxing built with no aftermarkets and difficulties. The colourful scheme of this 109 in Hungarian Air Force markings was selected and so I went. Building Ukrainian models is still a challenge but it went OK. After some research I came to the conclusion that RLM colors were all right for this bird, all MRP brand. A lot of masking has to be done for the Hungarian colors on the tail plane. The plane once complete had a little sparrow look! No decals but masks, a little weathering but to a very decent level et voilà. I do not have infos on this plane, Modelvist writes that she was in Varpalota in 43. An enjoyable project in a rare dress! Cheers to you all. 7B4F7D30-D128-437E-BE85-1D964334AA1C_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 88F8A178-EAE0-49D7-B71C-F2A378C0FC55_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 01684E29-6F63-423C-B7EC-FCA482E1D662_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 301E81A0-EC69-4773-8431-CD963877C826_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr B07C7D00-DA42-40BB-95F0-E9ADFB84FBB8_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 82663DD7-60CC-499E-9CE5-270A5609B4BC_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr 0BF3E35E-BE04-4C67-B278-63209B2C1317_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr

Oh! I am glad you like it.

Thanks my friends!

Merci mon Jean-Mi!

Ah my Italian Hero modeller has striked again! Stupendo Giampiero, molto stupendo!

Grazie mille Roberto.

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Thanks Mike!

Merci!

Thanks but that's not the most difficult part of that kit!

Thanks a lot Merci beaucoup!

Comments very much appreciated. Thanks.