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Old 09-10-2007, 08:14 PM   # 1 Quick Link (permalink)
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A6m5 Model 52 Japanese Zero 1:48

This is my first Japanese Zero made by FM and it's not bad looking little fighter.
For the price i got it for ...You can't beat it...Thanks to Pappy.
But i did do some little work on her...Like trim the canopy area so it would fit a little better
and took off the landing gears ..They had screws holding them on..Very easy to take off.
And i will use the 1:48 plastic Zero model kit doors to cover them while it's in flight ..Along with a
Corgi stand....I had to drill a little hole in the bottom for the stand and i can use the extra Carousel1
rubber plug to fill it when i take her off the stand and put the gears back on.So you don't see the hole.
Here are the pictures.
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Nice job on that canopy JP (man you got that fast -- I mailed it Saturday!)...

For the price it ain't a bad model, and it definitely looks better after your mods!
 

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I concur with PappyB....nice job it is! At least FM/Armour was kind enough to provide cockpit details on that bird. JP, you must put a pilot in the cockpit.
 

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I do have a pilot for it..
I used a extra Carousel one..the paint was still drying when i took the pictures
so i didn't put him in the cockpit.
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Kudos to the work you did on it and the fact that you know this bird's beauty angles. Plus it's hard for an A6M5 to look bad...
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