Tamiya 1:32 Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero Fighter

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December 19, 2019
Wings Extended
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May 12, 2019
Painting inside of fuselage. The throttle was photo etch and was fiddly to work with.
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May 12, 2019
Painting inside of fuselage
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May 12, 2019
Painting inside of fuselage
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September 14, 2019
Engine painting
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September 14, 2019
Fit wings to fuselage. It was a good fit.
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September 14, 2019
The cockpit went together very well
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September 14, 2019
Another photo of the cockpit
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September 14, 2019
The under-carriage was painted separately. It was a good fit.
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September 14, 2019
I painted the cowlings while still on the sprue to make it easier to hold them.
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November 17, 2019
Painted the entire plane with the Japanese sky and it looked fantastic.
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November 17, 2019
The stencils were put on which was fiddly.
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November 17, 2019
Another photo of the plane with stencils being put on.
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November 17, 2019
All the main markings are on and matt varnished the entire aircraft
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November 17, 2019
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November 17, 2019
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November 17, 2019
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November 17, 2019
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November 17, 2019
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November 17, 2019
Photo showing off the engine. It was very fiddly to do.
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November 17, 2019
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November 22, 2019
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November 22, 2019
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November 22, 2019
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November 22, 2019
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November 22, 2019
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November 22, 2019
The aircraft is 95% finished with just more matt varnishing to do on the propeller and landing gear.
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November 22, 2019
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November 22, 2019
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November 22, 2019
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November 22, 2019
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November 22, 2019
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December 19, 2019
Wings Folded
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December 19, 2019
Wings Extended
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December 19, 2019
Wings Folded
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December 19, 2019
Wings Folded

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4 12 May 2019, 08:24

Derek Huggett
Jonathan - Nice Aotake interior finish with the Mitsubishi cockpit green. 👍

12 May 2019, 08:42

Jonathan Atkinson
Thanks Derek, the photoetch for this kit from Eduard is so small and trying to fit it all together is a challenge but only doing my best. I do really like the Blue and green colours for the Zero. Also I do wish that Tamiya did more World War 2 1/32 aircraft such as the Me 262, Spitfire Mk1, Bf109, Hurricane and plenty more.

13 May 2019, 16:57

Tim Heimer
Looking good!

17 November 2019, 13:47

Derek Huggett
I agree - looking really smart! 👍

17 November 2019, 16:24

Murad ÖZER
agreed, if they upscaled all their recent 48ths that'd be da bomb, but looks like they are no longer interested in 32nd anymore...

great looking cockpit and paint btw, watching 👍

17 November 2019, 16:32

Jonathan Atkinson
Thanks everyone, more photos to come on Friday and hopefully the Zero will be finished by then.

19 November 2019, 21:32

Tim Heimer
Looking Good!! I forgot the tail making code to what ship that was on in the attack on pearl harbor.

19 November 2019, 23:24

Jonathan Atkinson
The aircraft carrier that this Zero was on is called "Soryu".

11 December 2019, 17:46

Tim Heimer
Thank you mate, I used to know all the tail codes. It's been a while. Great history on that attack!

11 December 2019, 23:51

Jim J
Impressive detail and finish!

12 December 2019, 05:34

Jonathan Atkinson
I am thinking of building a P-40B Kittyhawk which fought the Zero at Pearl Harbour, but unsure what is the best kit for the P-40B in 1:32 scale. Any ideas let me know.

12 December 2019, 18:41

Jonathan Atkinson
Thanks Jim, I thinking of building the P-51D Mustang after I have built my BT-7 tank. I am looking forward to it!

12 December 2019, 18:42

Stephan Ryll
Very nice progress on that bird 👍

12 December 2019, 19:12

Chaz Gordon
Very Nice, Gotta love the quality of tamiya Kits.

10 May 2020, 10:33

James C
That's a beautifully built and painted Zero 👍

24 August 2020, 21:36

Project info

Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero Fighter

36 afbeeldingen

1:32

Voltooid

1:32 Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero Fighter Model 21 (Zeke) (Tamiya 60317)

1:32 A6M2 Zero type 21 interior (Eduard 32585)

Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero Model 21

日本帝國海軍航空隊 (Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service 1912-1945)
Carrier Div. 2, Air Superiority Force, 2 Strike Unit, Carrier Soryu BI-151 (Fusata Iida)
December 1941 World War 2»Attack on Pearl Harbor - Hawaii

IJN grey Green

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