BlackSheep214 wrote:I did that kit. A note for you to be aware of.... Center belly tank is too big and visually, it doesn’t give the nose gear door enough room to properly open and close visually. Look at my thread in the Jets Group Build section...
Oooh i see what you mean.
I wonder is it too big or mounted too far forward on the pylon?
You can learn all the math in the 'Verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
Well, today I got in a good airbrush session and got the base colors applied. Tamiya XF-11 JN Green and XF-12 JN Gray thinned with Mr Levelling Thinner. And then I used Testors Enamel square bottle black on the cowling.
I’m gonna let it dry overnite, then I’ll mask off the wings to do the yellow leading edge ID stripe
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
Thank you Bruce. This is coming along nice and quick.
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
So that's only the second issue of the 1/48 Hasegawa A6M5 from about 1983, Carlos, as I am sure you already knew. I sometimes forget how late Hasegawa started making airplanes in that scale. The oldest Hasegawa 1/48 A6M5 I have is from 1989, the fourth issue. It is in U S and British markings for the TAIC and the ATAIU intelligence units.
Yes I saw the family tree on Scalemates. I have another boxing of the same kit in my stash, before I knew that they were the same kit. Plus I have a later retooled Hasegawa A6M5 that offers a wing armament change option, the drum or belt fed wing cannons. Both kits have different marking options than this one.
It’s interesting that Hasegawa didn’t get into the 1/48 kit market until the early 80’s or so. Tamiya was there in the early 70’s after switching over from 1/50. And of course you also have Fujimi, Nichimo, and Otaki/Arii for other Japanese model companies that pre dated Hasegawa in 1/48 aircraft kits.
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."