Greetings comrades.

An "old" armour modeller turned aero-modeller. ( Heretic...punishment is at hand!) needs help.
I needed a break from the all the panzers and shermans so i managed to get my hands on a 1: 32 Mitsubischi A6M5c Zero Fighter from Hasegawa which im in the process of , slowly but shurely, putting together.

Im currently assembeling the the cockpit and the pilot so i need some reference pics ( colour preferably) of the cockpit interior of a A6M5c Zero Fighter and that of an IJN Zero fighter pilot during the era 43-44.
Could anyone help out, please?

Have done a couple of searches on the net but all i found was black ´n white photos.

Thanks in advance /

Christian

Hello Christian,

There seems to have been many variations of interior colors for all Japanese aircraft during the war, that makes thing easier for us modelers. Below is a link to a reproduction of a Zero built here in the States.

http://www.j-aircraft.com/walk/dave_pluth/blayd/blayd.htm


The j-aircraft is a great resource and like here is filled with helpful people. Keep us posted on your build, and welcome!

-Derek