Looks great. However there was a military decree that the Hinomaru should be spotless. Even up to end of hostilities they painted the rising sun almost daily to keep it pure since it was the symbol of the emperor. My grandfather was a Thai mechanic and worked on Japanese aircraft from 1941 to 1943. A few maintainers both thai and Japanese were beaten or withheld food because the Hinomaru was worn and was considered shameful and disrespectful to Hirohito.
there's plenty of historical photos of chipped hinomaru, it's the same old story as the ノルナ on the landing flaps area, people keep saying that no one stepped on it even tho there's evidence of that area having bits of paint chipped off. You could argue that the roundels wouldn't be as heavily damaged as the one in the video, but not that it should be perfectly clean
@Joey_Ramone_96 I'm going by what my grandfather told me. He worked as a mechanic on Japanese aircraft during world War II in Thailand 1940-1942 then on thai aircraft Japan sold them until 1949. He Said crews were beaten or withheld food if the markings were blemished.
@@AreeyaKKC and evidently not everyone cared to enforce it, since some planes were left like that, there's people who take what you said as an absolute truth, like a guy in this comment section that said it's inaccurate to make a chipped roundel, both are accurate representations
Nice work. Built this kit about a year ago and was pleasantly surprised how well it went together and how it turned out for such an old kit. Then again it's Tamiya. Can't go wrong there.
ill be using this video as a reference when i get around building this kit in the future, its so rare to find a kit that offers so much crew and a pilot for so cheap, so ill probably modify the ground grew into pilots as clearly much of my more recently tooled aircraft has a pilot shortage nowadays. great stuff! cheers!
I think people usually mix IJN with IJA chipping level . Navy used red primer and paints are more durable unlike Army without primer . Also at that stage of war most A6M where shutdown before showing extensive chipping . Hinomaru was specially important and airplane crew where fixing any damage to markings and not so much to rest of airplane .
Their recent A6M-5/5a is even better than this one. I have one on the bench, now and it is awesomely well done and a joy to make. (So is their recent A6M-3/3a kit )
Ahoj Michal, krásne Zero , vztlakové klapky - krásna práca to ma bavilo..... na konci videa si povedal že to bola pohodová práca a bavila Ťa, ,... rovnako som si užil ďalšie z tvojich profi model prác :) .. palec hore...
As a late war A6M5, in this case an A6M5c, some details are off, unless reference says different, it used a different armoured pilot seat, provided in the kit, also it used a single machine gun on the cowling, the other has to be removed. Apart of that, I like the process, it inspires me to build the same kit I have in my stash ^^
Areeya has it right - the Hinomaru had to be spotless and undamaged. The ground crew could be and often were punished if they allowed the emblems of the Rising Sun, which was not only the Imperial symbol, but sacred to the Shinto religion. And by punishment, it was by beatings or flogging with rods.... or both. As this a late war Zero, I won't criticise the level of weathering and chipping, but up until 1944 ALL Zeros were primed under the paint, which was a big aid to paint adhesion. (This was for corrosion protection as the Zero was intended for carrier use). After The Marianas Turkey Shoot there were so few carriers left that Zeros were mainly land based and they saved time and cost (and Weight) by not priming the Zero from then on. If you do any Zero pre May of 44, you should moderate the weathering and chipping quite a bit, but not entirely.
Weeren't the flaps covered in fabric (hence no underlying aluminum) ? I know that this is the case for a number of other Jap fighters. Great build though. I grew up on ancient Airfix and Tamiya kits. Great memories.
Docela sis s tím vyhrál.😁 Metal modrá se skoro vždy dávala na vnitřky japončíků.Jinak co již zesnulý kolega na ně měl a to přímo metalickou modrou, trochu má jiný odstín a skutečně měla metalický nádech Tamiya X-13. Jinak když mícháš tu černou s umbrou pálenou,připadá mi výsledek ve spárách vždy moc tmavý, jestli by to nechtělo spíše panzergrau,prostě něco světlejšího,vyzkoušet si to na kusu plastu, aby ta paneláž nebyla tak do očí bijící, či to kombinovat,že u tmavé barvy nechat černou a u světlých barev udělat paneláž světlejší? Nevím jak to dělají jiní profíci co sem na netu koukal, jestli ty spáry nějak "přefouknou". Většina to dělá standartně jako ty "načernit" a pak setřít. Děsně to vypadá hlavně u moderních stíhaček a těch šedých barev, někteří byť jsou dobrými modeláři, to pak mají jak po 5 ofenzívách ve 3. světové🤣🤣
Looks great. However there was a military decree that the Hinomaru should be spotless. Even up to end of hostilities they painted the rising sun almost daily to keep it pure since it was the symbol of the emperor.
My grandfather was a Thai mechanic and worked on Japanese aircraft from 1941 to 1943. A few maintainers both thai and Japanese were beaten or withheld food because the Hinomaru was worn and was considered shameful and disrespectful to Hirohito.
there's plenty of historical photos of chipped hinomaru, it's the same old story as the ノルナ on the landing flaps area, people keep saying that no one stepped on it even tho there's evidence of that area having bits of paint chipped off. You could argue that the roundels wouldn't be as heavily damaged as the one in the video, but not that it should be perfectly clean
@Joey_Ramone_96 I'm going by what my grandfather told me. He worked as a mechanic on Japanese aircraft during world War II in Thailand 1940-1942 then on thai aircraft Japan sold them until 1949. He Said crews were beaten or withheld food if the markings were blemished.
@@AreeyaKKC and evidently not everyone cared to enforce it, since some planes were left like that, there's people who take what you said as an absolute truth, like a guy in this comment section that said it's inaccurate to make a chipped roundel, both are accurate representations
Amazing build! I've got a lot to learn from your videos
Very nice job on an old standby kit. Even Tamiya kits from the 70s are good. Better than some brands of recent make.
Nice work. Built this kit about a year ago and was pleasantly surprised how well it went together and how it turned out for such an old kit. Then again it's Tamiya. Can't go wrong there.
ill be using this video as a reference when i get around building this kit in the future, its so rare to find a kit that offers so much crew and a pilot for so cheap, so ill probably modify the ground grew into pilots as clearly much of my more recently tooled aircraft has a pilot shortage nowadays. great stuff! cheers!
I think people usually mix IJN with IJA chipping level . Navy used red primer and paints are more durable unlike Army without primer . Also at that stage of war most A6M where shutdown before showing extensive chipping . Hinomaru was specially important and airplane crew where fixing any damage to markings and not so much to rest of airplane .
Great job on an old Tamiya warbird
Thank you 🙂
I may have to pick this kit up when I'm in my local shop!
I did not realise that this old kit is this good. Got to get meself one. Great result. I really like these heavy weathered Zeroes.
Their recent A6M-5/5a is even better than this one. I have one on the bench, now and it is awesomely well done and a joy to make. (So is their recent A6M-3/3a kit )
@@brettpeacock9116 Indeed the newer a6m's are amazing but also much more expensive.
Ahoj Michal, krásne Zero , vztlakové klapky - krásna práca to ma bavilo..... na konci videa si povedal že to bola pohodová práca a bavila Ťa, ,... rovnako som si užil ďalšie z tvojich profi model prác :) .. palec hore...
Ďakujem 🙂.
Looks great! I like the heavy chipping on it!
As a late war A6M5, in this case an A6M5c, some details are off, unless reference says different, it used a different armoured pilot seat, provided in the kit, also it used a single machine gun on the cowling, the other has to be removed. Apart of that, I like the process, it inspires me to build the same kit I have in my stash ^^
Привет Михал! 🤝
Модель выглядит великолепно!
Отличный результат! 👍
Спасибо. :)
Amazing rendition broham! Once I'm done with this Academy 1/72 F-15E nightmare! This should be a pleasant relaxing build. Keep up the good fight.👍
Lovely result 👍
Nice work my friend!
Areeya has it right - the Hinomaru had to be spotless and undamaged. The ground crew could be and often were punished if they allowed the emblems of the Rising Sun, which was not only the Imperial symbol, but sacred to the Shinto religion. And by punishment, it was by beatings or flogging with rods.... or both.
As this a late war Zero, I won't criticise the level of weathering and chipping, but up until 1944 ALL Zeros were primed under the paint, which was a big aid to paint adhesion. (This was for corrosion protection as the Zero was intended for carrier use). After The Marianas Turkey Shoot there were so few carriers left that Zeros were mainly land based and they saved time and cost (and Weight) by not priming the Zero from then on. If you do any Zero pre May of 44, you should moderate the weathering and chipping quite a bit, but not entirely.
Tank your for your comment. I took inspiration from other modelers and pictures. Maybe its not 100% accurate, but Im happy with it.
Great work! Keep it up!
Niiiiiice! 👍👍👍
Priatelia máš úžasnú prácu. Škoda len že všetko máš po anglicky. Chápem ale že je to hlavne kôli sledovanosti :) Fandím Ti a ďakujem za videá.
Ahoj. Áno anglicky je to kôli vyššej sledovanosti. Ďakujem za podporu 🙂
Weeren't the flaps covered in fabric (hence no underlying aluminum) ? I know that this is the case for a number of other Jap fighters. Great build though. I grew up on ancient Airfix and Tamiya kits. Great memories.
Never heard of fabric-covered flaps, but certainly the ailerons were covered in fabric.
YEs you're correct - I meant ailerons and (and elevators if I'm not mistaken) of course.@@silver082
Docela sis s tím vyhrál.😁 Metal modrá se skoro vždy dávala na vnitřky japončíků.Jinak co již zesnulý kolega na ně měl a to přímo metalickou modrou, trochu má jiný odstín a skutečně měla metalický nádech Tamiya X-13. Jinak když mícháš tu černou s umbrou pálenou,připadá mi výsledek ve spárách vždy moc tmavý, jestli by to nechtělo spíše panzergrau,prostě něco světlejšího,vyzkoušet si to na kusu plastu, aby ta paneláž nebyla tak do očí bijící,
či to kombinovat,že u tmavé barvy nechat černou a u světlých barev udělat paneláž světlejší? Nevím jak to dělají jiní profíci
co sem na netu koukal, jestli ty spáry nějak "přefouknou". Většina to dělá standartně jako ty "načernit" a pak setřít.
Děsně to vypadá hlavně u moderních stíhaček a těch šedých barev, někteří byť jsou dobrými modeláři, to pak mají jak po 5 ofenzívách ve 3. světové🤣🤣
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Cool one
Great job! Very enjoyable video!