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Sunday, April 01, 2012 - 11:32 PM UTC
Tamiya website reveals few details and photographs of one of their recent releases in 1:72 scale.
Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Fighter (Zeke)
Item No: 60779
Scale: 1:72

As Tamiya states on the official website the kit features are:
  • Length: 126mm, Wingspan:153mm
  • Cockpit consists of nearly 20 individual parts, but is also engineered for easy assembly.
  • Landing gear wells feature realistic depth.
  • Highly detailed Sakae engine.
  • Parts to depict open and closed canopies included.
  • Also comes with parts for 330-liter drop tank as well as 3 marking options.
  • Model offers a highly accurate outline from nose to tail
  • The elegant lines of the Zero are reproduced in this compact, 126mm long model.
  • Distinctive features of the A6M5, including the refined engine cowling, exhaust system and short wingspan with rounded wingtips, are accurately reproduced.

Tamiya says above there are three painting schemes included in the kit but only two are published and these are:
- 653rd Air Group, Oita Prefecture 1944
- Rabaul Air Group, New Britain Island 1943-1944

Product page on TAMIYA website.

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Comments

Looking at the photos, it looks simply perfect. I have the 48th scale one and the wing gun insert didn't fit at all, my bloody rush made me ruin a good amount of the panels, so I know it will seat in the box unbuild for years. Luckily I bought it in Japan and payed it much less than the price it is offered in Italy (€23 vs. €50). It looks like the cockpit is engineered like the one on the 1/48 version. I might as well get one... hoping that Tamiya includes pre-cut canopy masks!
APR 02, 2012 - 02:46 AM
This is an outstanding model kit on 72 scale. Details are very well done including the engraved panel lines and rivets over all the kit main parts. Cheers Pierre.
APR 12, 2012 - 09:09 PM
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