Out2gtcha Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Looks great so far! Im not sure.................although that IJA brown would probably be a logical choice in a lot of scenarios, even though the pic is B&W, it looks to me maybe more like a worn black? Or would the US guys even bother repainting something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Righto Just about to start some more work plumbing the firewall, but in the meantime I have been tidying up my exterior. Needed to do a little shim and rescribing work around the wing to fuse joint. Pretty happy with it now, just got to scribe a couple of panel lines and final rivet detail. I am hoping you wont know Tamiya didn't originally do this version! Finished fitting the Eduard flap wells ready to glue the ribs in now Also tidied up the trailing edge fillet and CMK fuel cell bay Here you can see my shims in the stbd leading edge....not sure what went wrong there, I am putting it down to mixing the 2 kits together and I suspect this piece to be correct came from the A6M5. Boxed around the CMK wheel wells earlier in prep for brackets and plumbing etc. Starting to look like an A6M3-Model 22 now As always crappy photography courtesy of myself in a rush! Off to look at engine and firewall details on the 'net' and Mals build Thanks for looking in as always Cheers Anthony KiwiZac, Mal_Belford, Sasha As and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Thanks guys, that is all great info! However my machine has dark blades so I was thinking very dk brown(almost black) with yellow stripes? Mal, that looks like a great thread, I am going to go and have a decent look soon...thank you. Thomas, thanks for the compliment, it has been on the shelf of doom for a long time. The Airfix Mosquito was getting intense with riveting the ailerons so I needed a change of scenery. Le Lapin Mal, youe mate you have got great spotting skills! I am rebuilding ex RHKAAF/HKGFS Auster WE552/HKG-4 to fly. She has suffered badly at the hands of vandals, weather and would be restorers over the years but she is now way back on track to being in full airworthy health again. She has been a ground up rebuild to stock military config. Still a long way to go but I am making good steady consistent progress. I would love to get the fuse fabriced next year some time. My bird was regularly flown by Sir Adrian Swire and SQN Ldr Ross Penlington. Adrian gave me his pilots notes and Val (Ross's widow) gave me his pilots notes and several other bits n pieces. Now you can see why it takes me so long to progress on model planes! Cheers guys Anthony Welcome to my world, Anthony! With the restoration of the Luscombe, I am not getting as much bench time as I would like. Well, that and the Luscombe Affair website got hacked and had to be scrapped. I am still playing with the UH-60J, trying to get some decent parts made for it.....Nothing photo worthy yet.... This Zero is looking sweet! Please keep the updates coming....when you can..... THOR Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Excellent work, Anthony! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuky76 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Good job! i looking forward to next progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Good show. Nice exposed detailing. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Hi Ryan I was wondering if you could let me know if one of these land based birds would have still had the hook still fitted (I think not)? So if not would there be a simple plate covering the well or was the well left open....or was it simply not there from factory? I have no idea and would appreciate your help. CheersAnthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A6M Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hello Anthony, Glad to help. From everything I have found the tail hooks were almost never removed from any of the land-based Zeros. All Type 22 Zeros were made by Mitsubishi so the tail hook would have been made by Mitsubishi itself or by Nippon Ketetsu, a Mitsubishi subsidiary located in Tokyo. The Mitsubishi tail hooks tail hooks had the main shaft painted with green aotake whereas the Nippon Ketetsu tail hook shaft was painted the same colour as the aircraft exterior. In both cases the steel attachment mechanism at the front of the shaft and the hook itself were semi-gloss black. The inside of the tail hook well was the same as the underside camo colour of the airplane. Ryan Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) Ryan, you are a legend mate! Thank you very much for this info, I really appreciate it. One final thing, I dont suppose you have a photo of any Zero with the side accessory panel off behind the cowl flaps? I am in particular looking for how the panel was fastened along the top edge. Tamiya kit just gives you a strip of plastic rebated behind the upper cowl piece that the plastic side panel rests on top of. I am not sure I made very good sense explaining that... You can see what I am talking about on the last photo of mine on post 48 above. Cheers and thank you Anthony Edited April 5, 2016 by Anthony in NZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 Big Thank You to Ryan (A6M) and my good friend Damon Edwards in Auckland. Between the 2 of them I have my perplexing questions answered. Firstly the accessory panel behind the engine cowl is a butt join along the top edge Second, this particular airframe still survives at the Auckland War Memorial and Damon went down and photographed her from nose to tail for me and answered some questions. One that was confirmed by what Ryan mentioned was the well for the rear hook was there, but because this was a bitza (in the field made up of 2 airframes for a Kamikaze mission just as the war ended) I could not be entirely sure what was the hook situation. Anyway, here is one of Damons photos Thanks guys, I really appreciate the efforts you went to to help me out!! Onwards and upwards..... Cheers Anthony KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Anthony, Lovely work on a beautiful subject. Geoff Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Thanks Geoff I have been laid up unwell, and my friend Damon and Ryan (A6M) have been sending through some fantastic info which has inspired me to press on. There will be an update fairly soon Cheers Anthony KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Turning A6M5 cowl flaps into A6M3 ones Once I have finished off the other sidw I will prime with Mr Surfacer and restore ant lost rivet detail. I have been going all around the model finishing up a pile of little jobs that weren't quite finished and have started working on the accessory bay behind the engine, there is a lot of work to be done in here, but should be fun! I am only having the port side panel off so that will save me a little work in some areas. As always thanks for looking in... Swan-neck, Sasha As and KiwiZac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Now that this one has been dredged up by Andy's link, how about an update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 LOL....I got a shock to see this again! Ummm, where am I up to with this?? Probably since the last pics I have started plumbing the engine accessory bay and working on the photoetch for the engine. I think it was the photoetch that did my head in lol. This one really is quite close to paint now, I think the scheme scared me to paint and look realistic...but I think I could do it now. Sooo many projects, so little time! I wish I was retired! Vandy 1 VX 4, KiwiZac and Shoggz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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