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Tamiya's 1/48 Mitsubishi A6M5/5a Zero Type 52 kit... pretty much built out of the box, but added Eduard seat harness and a wired up the engine ignition and pipe lines in the cockpit area. Finish as Lt. Tetsuzo Iwamoto, Rabaul Fighter Group, Rabual, New Britain 1943-44.    
Dave Johnson Wellington, New Zealand
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Beautiful finish and detail . I'm a fan of dirtying up a.c. and your weathering looks correct in all of the right places .
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great work !!
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Fantastic finish my Friend...Cheers Mark
If I was you wife, I'd poison your tea If i was your husband I'd drink it. Winston Churchill Hobby link Australian Connection Home of the big Donut    Benchtime......... 1-350 HMS Hood 1-700 HIJMS Akagi
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 WOW, looks great and the fact that its 1/48 makes it even better. Finish is first class! Thanks for shareing.....Harv 
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Very nice work Dave...well done. 
On the bench: 1/350 Hobby Boss U-IXC 1/700 Tamiya Shinano + PE 1/48 Italeri ACH-47A + lots of PE 1/72 Airfix Lancaster BI/III
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Good job on the zero!
On the bench: Hobby World 1/48 Huey Academy 1/72 P-51B Mustang Monogram 1/542 USS Saratoga
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Excellent job - i really like the weathering vs chipping Good work!
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He's a madman, I tell ya!
Excellent work David-san.
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Excellent work!
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Great looking bird Dave!
-Will Test fit master 
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Cheers Everyone,
I have a couple more Zero's that I will try to post up later today..
Dave Johnson
Wellington, New Zealand
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I have one of those in the stash...One day I am gonna get to it!
Hopefully, it will come out HALF as beautiful as your bird!
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