Hi my friends. Operation I-Go sakusen which took place in April 43 in the Southern Solomons islands was certainly Adm Yamamoto last gamble to gain air superiority in this theater of operations. Rabaul land based IJN planes were involved as were the carrier groups from IJN Hyio and Junyo. Operating from the ground those carrier planes received a random green camouflage of many forms and effects. Some were sprayed, some were hand painted or using rags and brooms. I have represented one of this plane coded 2-2-103 from the carrier Hiyo when operating from Buin in Bougainville. The previous A , in the tail code, has disappeared, the first 2 means the second carrier, the second 2 means the second carrier division.
Eduard model is very nice and offers a great rendition of the famous plane. Everything is in the box so no after market here, only home made masks for the markings. The weathering is kept to a minimum, life on a carrier is pretty clean. Some parts of the build are tricky, undercarriage to name it and remains very fragile. For the cockpit you'd better follow the instructions or you'll have trouble! Guess how I know. Now to the pics, bye for now.
25D41FD6-B172-49FA-900A-E4FF490601F5_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr
1C3CFF23-49C8-4604-A26D-DC3934665B6E_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr
E149CDA9-FBFB-453F-919F-B3C78C5F660D_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr
39C09E60-CBC8-4037-B0BB-AACDFBDD0025_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr
5CFE6688-714A-4728-A271-8EEEC111A449_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr
8B123A95-E796-436E-9AAD-71100E5F42EF_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr
45A81C04-5881-4501-98CF-F14A1C7CB975_1_201_a by jean Barby, sur Flickr