Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
Daren I got hundreds of kits here already and may not live long enough to build them all. It's crazy.
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
I think we're all a bit like that!
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
Yes, I think we are. The number of times that I've looked at the stack of unbuilt kits in my stash looking accusingly at me and then what do I do? go and buy another to add to the collection of course
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
I can say, hand on heart, that this past month I've bought literally NOTHING but Zeros....
....and a couple of Harvards. To turn into Zeros...!
....and a couple of Harvards. To turn into Zeros...!
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
Repainted Zero:
Sakai's plane from the film:
Sakai's plane from the film:
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
Hinomarus are now on:
Not much left to do on it now, except the detail markings.
Not much left to do on it now, except the detail markings.
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
Nice one Daren, that has polished up rather nicely. That looks to be some very low flying over the sea in the film clip - full-size a/c or a model?
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
Large-scale static model filmed against a blue screen, I imagine.
The DVD has a great making-of documentary on it (even though it's all in Japanese!), and the smaller scale models of the aircraft were around 1/24th scale. The largest (not including the non-flying mock-ups) were as big as 1/3rd!!
If I remember rightly, the effects work was done by the team behind Godzilla.
The DVD has a great making-of documentary on it (even though it's all in Japanese!), and the smaller scale models of the aircraft were around 1/24th scale. The largest (not including the non-flying mock-ups) were as big as 1/3rd!!
If I remember rightly, the effects work was done by the team behind Godzilla.
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
Interesting stuff. A 1/3rd scale Zero is going to be pretty big and not far off big enough to climb in and fly I would imagine!DazDaMan wrote:Large-scale static model filmed against a blue screen, I imagine.
The DVD has a great making-of documentary on it (even though it's all in Japanese!), and the smaller scale models of the aircraft were around 1/24th scale. The largest (not including the non-flying mock-ups) were as big as 1/3rd!!
If I remember rightly, the effects work was done by the team behind Godzilla.
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
Daz,
You appear to enjoy Zeros. If you are ever in the mood for the Spinal Tap of aviation films, check out "The Defender." Your original subject aircraft appears in the story starting at about 22:48.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvbQMqd0kEY;
Jim
You appear to enjoy Zeros. If you are ever in the mood for the Spinal Tap of aviation films, check out "The Defender." Your original subject aircraft appears in the story starting at about 22:48.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvbQMqd0kEY;
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
I think I've seen that one before, Jim, but I'll definitely have a look again!
Daren
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
And she is.... DONE!
Actually, the Starfix Zero turned out much better than it has any right to, given its pedigree. Yes, it's not massively accurate, but its outline is pretty close. The undercarriage is the most suspect part, but it doesn't detract massively from the finished article. The canopy is actually very clear and crisply moulded - I almost wish I'd spent some time in making up a cockpit for it!
So yeah, there it is.
Actually, the Starfix Zero turned out much better than it has any right to, given its pedigree. Yes, it's not massively accurate, but its outline is pretty close. The undercarriage is the most suspect part, but it doesn't detract massively from the finished article. The canopy is actually very clear and crisply moulded - I almost wish I'd spent some time in making up a cockpit for it!
So yeah, there it is.
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Re: Starfix Mitsubishi A6M-5 Zero
Accurate or not it is a fine build
Besting 60 years of mediocre building of average kits in the stand off scale