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Scale Model Aircraft 3
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These two fighter aircraft models are
built
from injected styrene kits and are
of WWII Japanese aircraft. Again, both
feature custom-made markings and extra
scratchbuilt
details.
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MITSUBISHI A6M2b "ZERO"
Japanese
naval fighter, 1941
Hasegawa injected kit
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This aircraft was a carrier-based
fighter,
necessitating the construction of a suitable
display base. It was made from Evergreen styrene,
the planking
and tie-down details being added.
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These markings are common for
naval
fighters just prior to the
attack on Pearl Harbor. The pilot's
first initial is chalked within the
Hinomaru on the
fuselage sides,
making visual identification easier.
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KI-61 "HIEN"
Japanese army fighter,
1945
Dragon injected kit
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Though a nicely detailed kit
to
begin with, more detail was
added, including a vac-formed
canopy, allowing the fully detailed
interior to be seen.
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The sheme of dark green 'sguiggle'
camouflage was applied by airbrush.
This was done to protect the pilot
from marauding allied fighters. This
particular
pilot died in a ramming
attack on a B-29 over Japan in 1945.
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