Sakai Zero Color Mismatch?

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:06 pm

Jason are you talking about the group up in North Dakota?

also VM112 remember they the persons email/phone number I gave you.
are you talking about that guy.

for those of you that don't know what I am talking about,.... the Zero In ND that was rebuilt using new remanufactured parts was heavily researched and the person that I am talking about is an expert in WWII Japanese aviation panting technics...he is also Canadian.....

real cool guy.

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:08 pm

Jason of Admiral Toys wrote:Here are some photos I used as reference for the Admiral Toys' Zero. I too used the referenced websites above and they led me to the group of guys that restored this aircraft. They write many of the articles on the various websites.

Man I wish you guys would make your zero, the folding wing tips are too cool. Plus the proto you showed wasn't over-accented with rivits, great looking example. Ole Rosie the riveter went postal on the Bbi example, only thing I dont like about it.

sicqnus · Post by **sicqnus** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:29 pm

A few other pics. Most of these pics were colorized unfortunately. The only good Reisen type O pics are those taken by American, New-Zealand and Australian forces at the end of the war. It seems the Japanese didn't have color films at this time.

A6M2s from Akagi Carrier, circa 1941.

A6M3:

A6M2 :