Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: William NIchols' Tamiya 1/48th A6M3 Type 22

Wednesday, 2 November 2011

William NIchols' Tamiya 1/48th A6M3 Type 22

It is a great pleasure to be able to share this image of William Nichols' excellent model of an A6M3 Type 22 Zero built from the recent Tamiya kit in 1/48th scale. William used Tamiya paints mixed to Greg Springer's formula and painted both the Hinomaru markings and the yellow leading edge strips rather than using decals. The model depicts an aircraft of the Iwakuni Kokutai with the attractive but infrequently modelled combination of the overall "amber grey' colour scheme displaying the yellow leading edge IFF strips. Beautifully accomplished.

3 comments:

Ken Glass said...: Hello William,

Great job with your Tamiya Zero build.

Regards,
Ken Glass; 2 November 2011 at 12:12
Anonymous said...: Beautiful A6M3. To me this scheme is much more attractive than the dark green upper surface.; 2 November 2011 at 12:39
YATTARAN said...: very good!!!; 2 November 2011 at 14:45

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