1/32 Zero pics

[noble]

This is 21 century toys 1/32 zero fighter, This is Hiroyoshi Nishizawas fighter his personel claim was 87 victories over allied fighters though some put it at around 100. Nishizawa was japans highest scoring ace he was killed as a passenger abourd a nakajima KI-49 Donryu which was attacked by hellcats of VF-14 from uss wasp and died as a passenger. the person credited with the kill was Lt j.g. harold p newell. Upon learning of nishizawas death Admiral Soemu Toyoda with amention in all- units bulletin and posthumously awarded a rank of lieutenant junior grade. hope you like it and as usual all comments most welcome good or bad.

scott

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[spanner570]

Nice to see a Japanese aircraft not chipped and weathered to hell and back!

I'm sure there must have been some in WW2 as tidy as yours Scott.....At least to start with anyway.

Always nice to have a bit of history about it's pilot too.

Very nice job.

Cheers,

Ron

 

[mobear]

i love the colours of this,the camo is awesome,fantastic story to

mobear

 

[yak face]

Fantastic looking zero scott , its always nice to have a bit of background too , cheers tony

 

[stona]

Cripes,zeros are like buses,and this is the second to come along.

Very nice Scott,it looks very convincing. As you know I know nothing about Japanese aircraft or airmen and I'm a sucker for a good backstory,so not only a beautiful model but a great story too!

Cheers

Steve

 

[homechild]

Love the camo on this one, Scott. Good to see something other than the "green" or "off-white" colours.

 

[noble]

Thanks gents much appreciated.

scott

 

[mossiepilot]

A nice bit of history, brought to life Scott. I always like to hear the story behind a build.

Great Zero, and superb paint job.

Top work, and 5 stars.

Tony.

 

[BarryW]

I too like to read the history. very nice Scott, I like the camo, better than a plain green jobbie as I did.....

 

[papa 695]

A great build Scott the colouring is very good i like it a lot 5 stars from me

 

[phalinmegob]

very nice job scott, told you they were fun kits didn't i.., i have all four too now. easy to build with the screws arn't they.

 

[flyjoe180]

Great work Scott, the Zero looks very good with the subtle weathering.

 

[noble]

very nice job scott, told you they were fun kits didn't i.., i have all four too now. easy to build with the screws arn't they.

They are indeed.

 

[Vaughan]

A very nice build Scott and has been said an interesting story. I especially like the camo some good variations in shading and a really crisp canopy, well done.

Vaughan

 

[Kressy13]

Great looking zero mate. Love the paint and the build looks good. Congrats mate.

Cheers

Kresten

 

[AJay]

Scott, the A6M series is one of my fav aircraft and you've done a great paint job with that subtle camo.

Hope you don't mind, but here's a drawing I did of Nishizawa.

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[colin m]

Great work, like the paint lots.

 

[noble]

thank Colin and to everyone much appreciated.

Scott