TwoHands Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 What is the best book on the A6m for modelers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Difficult question! As far as I know, there are not many "modeller" books written in English about the Zero and this is even worse for other Japanese planes. Here's what is jumping to my mind: 1.The most Modelling-oriented book in English has been published by AJ Press (volume 6). 2. the Aero detail is still an excellent reference for walkaround and plans. 3. Mushroom published a smaller but comparable book that also had color profiles. Out of that short list, you either have books published in English but with historical content (such as Robert Mikesh books) or fantastic books for the modeller BUT published in Japanese such as the Model Art or Green Arrow books. Hth Thierry nmayhew and Trak-Tor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 There is a lot of information on the A6M on the Aviation of Japan website which is run by Nick Millman an expert on all things Japanese. On the same website you can get a PDF on Painting the early Zero Sen, Nick has also published a guide to colour and markings for Combat Colours (Scale Aircraft Modelling). There is also an MMP book by Artur Juszczak, and as mentioned above the Aero Detail book, which is a great resource but is out of print and can be expensive and hard to find. Cheers Dennis nmayhew and Trak-Tor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 By the way, just to clarify, Mushroom is MMP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Model Art published two volumes, which are worth considering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 (edited) A6M Zero In Action - Squadron Signal In Action No.59 Zero: Combat & Development History of Japan’s Legendary Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter - Robert C. Mikesh Combat Colours No.9 - The Mitsubishi Zero Type 0 Carrier Fighter (A6M) ‘Zeke’ in World War Two - Scale Aircraft Modelling / Guideline Publications Zero Fighter - Akira Yoshimura Eagles of Mitsubishi - The Story of the Zero Fighter - Jiro Horikoshi Mitsubishi A6M Zero: Monografie Lotnicze No.7 - AJ Press Mitsubishi A6M Zero part 1 - Profile No.12 - Model Art No.847 Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter Part 2 - Profile No.13 - Model Art No.857 Aero Detail No.7 - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter Modelmania No.6 - Mitsubishi A6M Zero (revised 2nd ed) - AJ Press Mitsubishi A6M Zero - Mushroom Yellow Series Mitsubishi Zero Fighter Technical Manual - Kaigun Kouku Gijutsu Maru Mechanic 1977 / 3 No.3 - Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero-Sen Maru Mechanic 1977 / 5 No.4 - Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero Carrier Fighter A6M2 / A6M5 Zero Fighter - Gakken Publishing Edited September 7, 2019 by richdlc Trak-Tor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: The Aero Detail books are excellent sources of walk around photos, but NEVER for plans. Every set of plans in that entire series are uniformly awful. They're the reason Revell's 1/72 B-17G kit was so horrible. The plans are "pretty" but are utter fiction. The F4F plans are some of the worst, and the Zero plans are almost as bad. It depends on what you want to do with plans. They are quite useful to show versions evolution and differences. Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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