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These are the colors I came up with for the cockpits. RLM79 Sandy Brown for the Tony and MM Forrest green for the Mitsubishi Zero. The small bottles came from the Dollar 50 Store. Gary S.

Work on the Zero has progressed quit a bit. The wings and fuselage are assembled but not attached together. Along with the cockpit, they are just dry fitted together. So far the fit is pretty good for 1962 molds. Also the tail hook was just a small protrusion sticking out the bottom. I made one...

Also started on the Tony cockpit. The fuselage is just taped together just to see how parts fit. Gary S.

Great job!! Gary S.

The Zero kit only came with a seated pilot that looked too much like a gringo. I had some left over parts from the A-36 kit which kinda works. It's 0% accurate and will be a closed cockpit which hides a lot of detail, but at least it' better than nothing. Gary S.

Go man go!! Gary S.

I decided to just do these two kits and to combine them into one thread to maeby simplify space. The Zero is a Mitsubishi built airframe and in not sure as to the color difference of the Nakajima ones as far as the cockpit and camo. On the Tony, the instructions say to paint it overall IJA Lt...

I'm going to hold the RS Tony in reserve for now. I would even be willing to offer up for a trade.Gary S.

Any offers before I decide to build it? Thanks. I think I fixed the warpage by gentle bending. This morning I looked over the parts and there's a lot of detail. Photo etch and white metal parts along with injected parts. I'm thinking of starting the Zero and only the Hasagawa Tony and leaving...

I don't think there was any absolute color for any of their cockpits. We are just going to have to SWAG it. So how many $ would that be? Gary S.

Getting an eBay account is too much of a hassle for just one kit. For now, I think I'll just hang on to it. According to the article, the early versions were a dark blue/gray or gunship gray. Gary S.

I can't decide which Japanese aircraft to build for my next project. There are three to choose from. All are in 1/48th scale. They are Revell's very basic A6M5 Zero, Hasagawa's excellent Ki-61 Tony and a very rare Tony by Right Staff. It is a resin kit with a lot of multi media. The wing has a...

That's the fun of modeling.

Me too!

And the Corsair is done too so it's time to crank that mother up!! Gary S.