| Type |
Fighter |
| Maker's item no. |
WTW-72-012-006 |
| Production run |
Unlimited |
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| A6M2
Zero Fighter, Kohnoike Flying Group |
| Sky
Guardians. Typical Witty Zero, with a little more color, and
a repeat of the olive green undersides. It would be nice to know if
Japanese planes were originally painted overall with a version of
this olive color. Most manufacturers have used a tan or light grey
to depict the light overall color seen in black and white photos and
films showing real Japanese aircraft. One of the original Corgi Zeros
used a light overall olive or greenish paint scheme, but used a light
grey-tan color on later non-dark green models. Witty used an ugly
almost medium grey at first, then switched to olive on the undersides
of dark green models. Marushin has always used a version of olive
for the undersides of their Japanese fighters. Interestingly, just
yesterday I was watching a "World War II in Colour" episode
(research, you know) and caught sight of an in-flight, olive colored
Japanese bomber -- IF the frames hadn't been colorized. Wonder if
Witty will produce an all-olive version of an A6M2? |
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