Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Mitsubishi Zero 1/72 Airfix

This model could be counted in the naval theme too, the Airfix A6M Reisen a.ka Zero (Zeke) in 1/72nd scale. The kit is quite old, cannot be mistaken as any other plane than Zero and as always, suffers badly from a lackluster canopy. I couldn't resist the temptation and augmented the cockpit with a scratchbuilt seat armor plate and a gunsight. Of which only the armor can actually be seen...

Building this thing was frustrating at times, but it was quite surprising to find in the end that sans the canopy it's a snappy little starter set kit model of a Zero after all. This is my first model about the A6M, and now I'd like to build another using a modern kit and perhaps in a bigger scale too.

Revell 371, Xtracolor Voodoo Gray, Airfix acrylics engine cover and propeller blades