Brad

@kapam and @PatG I do confess to cheating here and using a mask set as I just couldn't get the curve right freehanding the mask cuts as I usually do. I realise they are far too rounded at the edges, but oh well.

That's the one, Amber Grey AK11892 J3 SP, but I also used their blue-black Q1 and Aotake for the wheel wells and interior gear doors. The Aotake is translucent and works well with a base of natural metal.

This is the newer Airfix kit that mum actually bought for me when at Aldi. It's a pretty good model, but I find their blue plastic to be very soft, causing smaller parts to break when clipping from the sprue. I also had some issue with smaller parts being very poorly molded, the pitot and actuators for the control surfaces. I thus did not use them. Decals are excellent. I also refrained from weathering as these aircraft were probably very well looked after. From the limited information about Saburo Shindo available, he fought the entire war, was reportedly the man to say "Tora Tora Tora" indicating surprise had been achieved on the morning of December 7th and would engage in several large battles through the Pacific War and surviving, hence why I was surprised there was so little around about the man. He worked for Mazda post war and passed away in 2000. I decided to try the AK Interactive Gen 3 paints as I didn't have anything in the paint stash that looked close to the hemp colour of the aircraft. The paints spray a little spotty, they probably need a touch of flow enhancer, but I have to say they dry beautifully flat and the colour looks great. You can even brush paint them for touch ups which you will need to do because they are rather delicate and easy to rub off or scratch.

Thanks mate. 5 more to go for the bunfight.

23 now, surely just a few more. Brad - Host 2996 Victor vppelt68 Bobby No Mac hakkikt Beardybloke marklo Wings unlevel Rob G Corsairfoxfouruncle Richard Humm Pattthecat Toryu Morantbay Mark Danbouy rafalbert Thom216 Ernie RC Boater Bill onefiftynine theplasticsurgeon LorenSharp @Illusive are you in?

I appreciate your suggestion Anatol, but I think it dilutes down both ideas a little too much, for me anyway. I do like Corsairs group build and upon mine not getting up and his doing so, I might join in there with a Beaufort or Whitley.

Interesting that he was in combat so long but not an ace himself, that's unusual. I was also wondering if he took park in the attacks on Northern Australian during February 1942, he might have been considering we were attacked by the same air groups that attacked Pearl, but it seems there is no info regarding him there. Thanks for helping.

Building the Airfix kit at the moment and decided to do a little investigation, but there appears to be very little in the way of information available about the man. From what I read, he was a Squadron Leader during the Pearl Habor attack, fought in the Solomans and survived the Battle of Midway too, ultimately surviving the war and passing away in 2000. For a Pearl Habor pilot to survive the war, there is surprisingly little information available on him. Can anyone shed some more light on the man?

Being a fan of the movie I had to get this. I also picked up a frame from the local shop for the A2 sized theatrical poster included.

Well we have 7, anymore interest in this? Come on it's a huge and interesting subject. Brad (Host) Corsairfoxfouruncle Marklo 2996 Victor Graham Boak Mig Eater ModellingEdmontonian

21 signed up, just a few more to go. Surely there's a few more torpedo nuts out there. Brad 2996 Victor vppelt68 Bobby No Mac hakkikt Beardybloke marklo Wings unlevel Rob G Corsairfoxfouruncle Richard Humm Pattthecat Toryu Morantbay Mark Danbouy rafalbert Thom216 Ernie RC Boater Bill onefiftynine

A nice, easy OOB build here from Tamiya. The only decal I didn't use was the white fuselage band, which was masked and painted. Camouflage is gunze paints, RLM 80 green, RLM 78 blue and RLM 79 sandy yellow, all done freehand.

It's now past July 2nd, the middle of the year, so 2050 is closer to us than the year 2000.

A couple of mine; Airfix 1/76 Bloodhound missile. Bronco 1/350 Type IX U boat.

This is a timeless cracker from Above and Beyond.