A bit of a lead into this build.
A fair time ago, whilst I was having a 'chat' via p.m.'s with a fellow member, he wrote he had a 1/48 Japanese Zero he considered "Not good enough." and was going to bin it. Would I be interested in having it? "Yes please" sez I. Then I confessed to him I would probable want to wreck it. He replied that it was going in the bin anyway!
It duly arrived, along with another aircraft! In my opinion both models were excellent and far too good to be 'Altered' by me.
It took me up until a couple of weeks ago to finally pluck up enough courage to set about the Zero. Some folks might remember, that earlier this year, I did a more detailed approach to this sort of work, when I modelled a Dornier being rammed by a Hurricane, so I though it would be acceptable to just take a couple of construction shots of this build.
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The war in the Pacific is going from bad to worse for the Japanese. The allied forces are re-taking Island after Island on their march towards the Japanese Mainland.
The last island that needed to be taken before an assault on Japan itself, was Okinawa.
The Americans had assembled a vast invasion fleet. In response, all the Japanese could muster were a few ships (Including the Battleship Yamato) and 700 dedicated pilots in mostly obsolete aircraft determined to smash the Americans.
The Japenese Scratch Fleet was quickly crippled, including Yamato, sunk by U.S. aircraft. On April 7th, the Kamikaze swarms attacked the Americans. Many of the Japanese aircraft were shot down, but many also managed to get through the picket line of American Fighters.
At the end of the sea battle 32 American ships had been sunk, 368 damaged and 10,000 American servicemen killed or wounded.
With a bit of help from an American Transport rescued for my loft. Here is my attempt at a tiny part of this battle.......(For Murfie)
No superimposed photoshop nonsense used throughout this production!
Taken from a destroyer desperately trying to defend the troop transport.
The following shots were taken from the camera guns of a couple of U.S. Corsair fighters, chasing the Zero.
Taken from the deck of an American destroyer......Luckily the aircraft just skimmed over the stern of the ship.
Here's the only photos of the construction.
I've tried to model the aircraft a second or two after an explosion in the cockpit and the wing parting company.
I used a mixture of kitchen foil, cushion stuffing, pliers, wire cutters, the hot tip of a screwdriver and acrylic paints. - And a whole pile of luck!
Thanks for looking. (A sometimes over vivid imagination can get one carried away, but I hope you good people approve!)
Ron
A fair time ago, whilst I was having a 'chat' via p.m.'s with a fellow member, he wrote he had a 1/48 Japanese Zero he considered "Not good enough." and was going to bin it. Would I be interested in having it? "Yes please" sez I. Then I confessed to him I would probable want to wreck it. He replied that it was going in the bin anyway!
It duly arrived, along with another aircraft! In my opinion both models were excellent and far too good to be 'Altered' by me.
It took me up until a couple of weeks ago to finally pluck up enough courage to set about the Zero. Some folks might remember, that earlier this year, I did a more detailed approach to this sort of work, when I modelled a Dornier being rammed by a Hurricane, so I though it would be acceptable to just take a couple of construction shots of this build.
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The war in the Pacific is going from bad to worse for the Japanese. The allied forces are re-taking Island after Island on their march towards the Japanese Mainland.
The last island that needed to be taken before an assault on Japan itself, was Okinawa.
The Americans had assembled a vast invasion fleet. In response, all the Japanese could muster were a few ships (Including the Battleship Yamato) and 700 dedicated pilots in mostly obsolete aircraft determined to smash the Americans.
The Japenese Scratch Fleet was quickly crippled, including Yamato, sunk by U.S. aircraft. On April 7th, the Kamikaze swarms attacked the Americans. Many of the Japanese aircraft were shot down, but many also managed to get through the picket line of American Fighters.
At the end of the sea battle 32 American ships had been sunk, 368 damaged and 10,000 American servicemen killed or wounded.
With a bit of help from an American Transport rescued for my loft. Here is my attempt at a tiny part of this battle.......(For Murfie)
No superimposed photoshop nonsense used throughout this production!
Taken from a destroyer desperately trying to defend the troop transport.
The following shots were taken from the camera guns of a couple of U.S. Corsair fighters, chasing the Zero.
Taken from the deck of an American destroyer......Luckily the aircraft just skimmed over the stern of the ship.
Here's the only photos of the construction.
I've tried to model the aircraft a second or two after an explosion in the cockpit and the wing parting company.
I used a mixture of kitchen foil, cushion stuffing, pliers, wire cutters, the hot tip of a screwdriver and acrylic paints. - And a whole pile of luck!
Thanks for looking. (A sometimes over vivid imagination can get one carried away, but I hope you good people approve!)
Ron
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