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Corgi item no.AA33103
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A6M2-21 Zero, Tainan NAC, IJNAF, Saburo Sakai

Aviation Archive collection. I'm a sucker for a Zero, and will purchase just about any 1/72 version available. This is a very good model and highly recommended. As with most of my Corgi models, the landing gear doors don't quite fit in the wing wells.



A6M3-22 Zero, CPO Takeo Okumura

Legends collection. A good model, and worth getting if you are a Zero fan. I like the stance it has on its extended gear. Still, the worn green over silver isn't the most attractive of color schemes.



A6M2-21 Zero, Kasumigaura Flying Group, Japan, 1943

Aviation Archive collection. This version of the Zero points out more than any other that Corgi has to update their design. The canopy is too heavy-handed, the gear doors don't fit, and the tailwheel doesn't have a retracted option. For an example of a Zero with a good canopy paint job, click here.

The orange color on the belly of this training version of the Zero is almost identical to the color used by the British for its test and training aircraft. However, the yellow seems too bright, and the green is too light (see AA33102 and HC33106 above for the more normal green color).



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