A Tale of Two Zeros

1/72 Hasegawa Zero & Academy Zero

by Brian Pruitt

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Here's 1/72 scale models of the Mitsubishi A6M5 type 52.   The Hasegawa model is the one with the closed canopy and the open canopy model is from Academy.   Both offer good detail, but the Hasegawa kit has more decal options.   I used Tamiya’s IJN green and IJN grey and weathering was accomplished with silver pencil and grey water color pencil.

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I mounted them in a shadow box and included Hasegawa pilot figures.

Brian

Photos and text © by Brian Pruitt