{"id":5264,"date":"2014-07-22T08:13:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T13:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=5264"},"modified":"2014-07-22T08:18:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T13:18:35","slug":"japanese-zero-a6m5-1-48-scale-revell-model-kit-85-5267-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=5264","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Zero A6M5 1-48 Scale Revell Model Kit #85-5267 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Right On Replicas, LLC SnapShot Review 20140722*
\nJapanese Zero A6M5 1-48 Scale Revell Model Kit #85-5267 Review
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Review and Photo by Kevin Lawton \"Kevin<\/a><\/p>\n

The Revell A6M5 Zero (kit # 85-5267) is best described as simplistic with folding landing gear.\u00c2\u00a0 As such it is aimed squarely at the novice builder.\u00c2\u00a0 The kit is a reissue of the 1962 mold and as such shows it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s age in a number of places.\u00c2\u00a0 The interior (such as it is) comprises a pilot figure w\/seat (I call them \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpilot on a stick\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c since the pilot has a stick molded into one side that is inserted into a fuselage half) and an instrument panel.\u00c2\u00a0 There is no cockpit floor, sidewalls, stick, rudder pedals etc.\u00c2\u00a0 The wheel wells are completely devoid of any detail and the landing gear itself is simplified to allow it to fold. The kit consists of 25 parts molded in grey plastic with one clear piece (a closed canopy).\u00c2\u00a0 Despite its age there was very little flash and the parts fit together surprisingly well.<\/p>\n

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The first stage in construction is to paint the pilot figure since the pilot and seat must be installed before the fuselage halves are closed up.\u00c2\u00a0 The same goes for the instrument panel and the radio antennae.\u00c2\u00a0 The instrument panel presented the first \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcissue\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 with this kit in that there is no decal included for the panel, however there are two decals provided for radio boxes or side consoles (neither of which appear in the kit).\u00c2\u00a0 So I simply used a punch set to punch out some gages from the decals and applied them to the instrument panel.\u00c2\u00a0 Once the pilot, instrument panel and antennae are installed the fuselage was closed up.\u00c2\u00a0 I need just a little bit of filler to clear up the upper & lower seams.\u00c2\u00a0 Next came the wings.\u00c2\u00a0 Here the landing gear, guns, and pitot tube must be installed before the wing halves are joined together.\u00c2\u00a0 So I painted the inside of the wings Tamiya metallic blue, the landing gear struts Model Master steel, and the tires Floquil weathered black.\u00c2\u00a0 In looking at the wing I also decided it would be much easier to paint the lower wing half now rather than try to mask it later with all the parts installed.\u00c2\u00a0 So the lower wing received a coat of Tamiya IJN grey.<\/p>\n

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The landing gear doors must also be painted and installed at this time so the interiors were painted metallic blue and the exterior IJN grey.\u00c2\u00a0 Then the parts were installed in the wings (I glued the landing gear in permanently since I had no interest in the folding option).\u00c2\u00a0 I also cut about 1\/8\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from the top of the landing gear struts since they prevented a close fit along the wing leading edge seam).\u00c2\u00a0 From now on extreme care must be taken in handling wing as it is very easy to break off one of the guns or the pitot tube (surprisingly I did not break any parts during construction & painting).\u00c2\u00a0 Once the wing was assembled I glued the wing to the fuselage and was surprised at the lack of filler required at the wing root.<\/p>\n

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Once the fuselage and wing were together I masked the canopy, glued it in place and proceeded to paint the lower half of the fuselage IJN grey.\u00c2\u00a0 While this was drying I painted the cowl inside metallic blue, picked out cylinder details with steel, and then sprayed the outside of the cowl using White Ensign models paint called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mitsubishi Cowling Blue\/Black\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (a very impressive paint I might add!).\u00c2\u00a0 A also sprayed the propeller\/spinner combination using a new (for me) paint Mr. Hobby \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Propeller Color\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (C131).\u00c2\u00a0 Finally, I masked the lower fuselage and along the bottom to the wing leading edge and sprayed Tamiya IJN green.<\/p>\n

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Once all the paint had dried, the cowling was attached followed by the propeller and then the whole airframe was given a couple of coats of Future before the decals were added.\u00c2\u00a0 There are very few decals and then went on with no problems at all.\u00c2\u00a0 Once the decals had dried I sprayed another coat of Future followed by Model Master semi gloss clear.\u00c2\u00a0 The final step was to add the antennae wire using AeroClub elastic thread colored black using a Sharpie.\u00c2\u00a0 I like using the AeroClub elastic thread for antennae wire (and rigging bi-planes) because it is very flexible and will not break like stretched sprue.<\/p>\n

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In conclusion<\/strong>: this is a very simple kit aimed squarely at the young model builder who might be interested in the folding landing gear option.\u00c2\u00a0 It is also very suitable for someone moving from the snap together style kits into a kit that can be assembled with glue and paint.\u00c2\u00a0 The detail is extremely simplified and construction can be completed in just a few hours.<\/p>\n

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