1/48 Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M2b Type 21

Gallery Article by Bill Weckel

 

This is my Hasegawa 1/48 scale Mitsubishi A6M2b Type 21 Carrier Fighter.  The paint is a mixture of Testors Model Master IJN Grey and Floquil Railroad Concrete.

 

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The markings are a combination of Hasegawa and Tamiya kit decals and depict a fighter aboard the carrier Akagi during the Hawaiian Operation.

To make the model a little more interesting, I opened the cowl flaps, added landing gear position indicators and openedone of the footpegs on the port side.  Panel lines were drawn with a drafting pencil the chipped paint on the cowl was done with a colored pencil. 

Bill Weckel

      

Photos and text © by Bill Weckel