Eric B. Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Hi, This is my Academy A6M5c. Simple and easy kit. I meant to work on Japanese camouflage colours.. Japanese colours (green and greys especially) seem to be less standardized than US or British colours and I needed to improve my understanding of the matter (colours seem to differ according to aircraft type, subversion, manufacturer etc... ) Building was quite straightforward, kit is simple (some additionnal photos of the building details down this page. ) This is the aircraft as flown by WO Takeo Tanimizu, an ace who claimed 32 victories and who survived the war - 303 Hokutai - 203 Kokutai/303e squadron - 203e Air Group) Below a few more informations Kit is Academy. It is still quite a good model though probably not as good as Tamiya's. It lacks a few detail and main gear wells are far too shallow, which I did not mean to correct. Instead I took time to correct and add details to cockpit, using a CMK detail set and some additionnal plastic card. i. Regards Eric B. 57 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck1945 Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Great looking Zero there, really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACALAIN Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Nicely done. Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Stunning Zero. ⚓🙌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Amazing work, that is a stunning Zero, especially for the size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Escudé Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Hi Eric, Very nice Zero indeed !! Great job !! Bravo !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B. Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 Hi all, Thank you dearly to all of you. This probably was the first step to building more Zeros, next models probably will be based on the Tamiya kit instead. Eric B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 One of the best looking Zero kits I've seen in a long time! Very well done indeed. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Just a really great build of the A6M5 Zero. I really enjoyed looking at your work on the cockpit and added detail. It will help me with my build. The finish of the kit is also done just so well. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilneBay Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 That's a fine model that caught the general war weary decrepitude of the camo scheme very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B. Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 Hi, Sorry I have been off a few days. Thank you for your very nice comments. Very happy if it can help in anyone's build. Cheers Eric B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorbertBu Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 The cockpit looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOxley Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Great work…love the weathered finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Amazing work and stunning results! I have built a couple of 1/72 Zekes and they are not even close to the standard displayed here. I salute you for producing an exemplary model! 👏👏👏👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Stickler Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Lovely job. Very nice work on the cockpit. Thanks very much for sharing. Best regards Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Very nice. The faded paint effect is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Very nice. You've got some great detail in that, the cockpit is a real stand out, the rest of it is very smart too. 👍 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 super build. Cockpit looks amazing. Having built their P-47s, 190s and 109s, I can safely say that Academy's 72nd single-seat fighters very rarely look anything like the machines they are supposed to represent. This one certainly does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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