Reini78 Posted October 29, 2023 Posted October 29, 2023 #23/2023 And my dad´s naval aviation theme continues. Fine Molds kit oob, only added Eduard PE seatbelts, EZ Line for the antenna wire and plastic rods for the upper wing landing gear indicators. Painted with AK Real Color IJN D1 Deep Green and AK Xtreme Metal White Aluminium. Did some postshading with clear smoke on the underside and tested the sponge method for chippin effects. Buid thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235130538-too-late148-mitsubishi-a7m2-type-11-reppu-sam-ijn/ In 1940/41 the development of a more potent Zero successor started but was delayed several times. In the end the maiden flight of the Reppu was in 1944. Only few A7M1 and the more powerful M2 have been built. DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0018 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0019 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0022 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr In comparison with the Zero, the Reppu was a huge beast. DSC_0023 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0024 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0025 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr 37
RupertTheBear Posted October 29, 2023 Posted October 29, 2023 That looks lovely, especially the wear and tear! The comparison with the Zero is also very interesting - you see many similarities between the two but also enough differences, so the Reppu isn't simply a scaled up Zero. Very cool! 1
François Escudé Posted October 29, 2023 Posted October 29, 2023 very nice Reppu , love the chipping and weathering ! great job ,congrats ! 1
Reini78 Posted October 30, 2023 Author Posted October 30, 2023 On 10/29/2023 at 10:03 AM, RupertTheBear said: That looks lovely, especially the wear and tear! The comparison with the Zero is also very interesting - you see many similarities between the two but also enough differences, so the Reppu isn't simply a scaled up Zero. Very cool! 20 hours ago, François Escudé said: very nice Reppu , love the chipping and weathering ! great job ,congrats ! 19 hours ago, Roberto said: Beautiful works! I like them. Thanks a lot for your comments!
georgeusa Posted October 30, 2023 Posted October 30, 2023 The Reppu is one of your Dad's typically well built and equally well finished aircraft. Using the Zero as a comparison aircraft was very enlightening as to the differences and similarities. To me, it looks like some of the features of a Hellcat tossed together with some Corsair genes were mixed with a Zero to create this aircraft. And, as always, your pictures are just so good at conveying how well your father builds kits. Thanks for sharing. 1
kapam Posted October 31, 2023 Posted October 31, 2023 Looks fantastic! 👏👏👏 It's a brute compared to the Zero. I confess I did not know of the type before now. 1
Reini78 Posted November 2, 2023 Author Posted November 2, 2023 On 10/30/2023 at 7:13 PM, georgeusa said: The Reppu is one of your Dad's typically well built and equally well finished aircraft. Using the Zero as a comparison aircraft was very enlightening as to the differences and similarities. To me, it looks like some of the features of a Hellcat tossed together with some Corsair genes were mixed with a Zero to create this aircraft. And, as always, your pictures are just so good at conveying how well your father builds kits. Thanks for sharing. On 10/31/2023 at 6:28 AM, Dave Klaatu said: Well done, it looks great! On 10/31/2023 at 8:27 AM, kapam said: Looks fantastic! 👏👏👏 It's a brute compared to the Zero. I confess I did not know of the type before now. Thank you, appreciated!
woody37 Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 Lovely build. I didn't realise how big it was compared to the zero, which looks great too 1
Reini78 Posted November 3, 2023 Author Posted November 3, 2023 23 hours ago, mick said: great work 21 hours ago, woody37 said: Lovely build. I didn't realise how big it was compared to the zero, which looks great too 13 hours ago, Bertie McBoatface said: Nice work. Well done. Thanks for your comments! 1
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