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Title: Bare Metal A6M5
Post by: aerosaber on March 07, 2007, 08:54:16 AM

I wont give up...lol. How about a bare metal A6M5.

Thanks

Title: Bare Metal A6M5
Post by: rogerdee on March 07, 2007, 10:07:56 AM

if you find a repersentive aircraft with all the information needed
eg pictures  books websites  then i am sure some one would do it for u.

if u have all the info of the real aircraft then some one will fullfill your request,but you will have to do all the leg work.

Title: Here she is A6M5
Post by: aerosaber on March 07, 2007, 10:57:11 AM

(http://tampapi.com/zeke.jpg)

Title: Bare Metal A6M5
Post by: macleod01 on March 07, 2007, 11:19:47 AM

No offence, but are you sure its bare metal? It could just be white, AFAIK, lots of Japanese aircraft were white. Im not sure about bare metal, but I may be wrong. Feel free to correct me, anybody.

Title: Bare Metal A6M5
Post by: Krusty on March 07, 2007, 11:20:47 AM

I don't know what that is. I don't think it's an A6M5. It's got clipped wings and no cannon barrels and looks white rather than bare metal.

Didn't the A6M3 have clipped wings? If I recall not many were made.

Title: Bare Metal A6M5
Post by: aerosaber on March 07, 2007, 11:48:55 AM

Sure you guys are correct. I'm just deperate to find a zeke that aint GREEN.

Title: Bare Metal A6M5
Post by: Krusty on March 07, 2007, 12:35:32 PM

I hate to say it, but by the time the A6m5 came out most of the colors were green (for camouflage purposes). The majority had some variation of this scheme.

I don't know how accurate this is, because it's from a mass-produced line of "toys", but here's a not-entirely-green one:

http://www.motionmodels.com/custom/mmc-187t.jpg

Going to Wings Palette website, we have some interesting ones.

Brown/green (2 views):
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/1039/65/9/88
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/1039/65/9/88_a1

But there were no white A6m5s. Not that I've ever seen. It would be like seeing the bright yellow-winged USN scheme from F4F-3s on F6F's in 1945. By that time the camouflage had totally changed and no longer used.

Title: Camo Zero
Post by: aerosaber on March 07, 2007, 04:04:16 PM

WoW that camo one is nice....I would fly it

Title: Bare Metal A6M5
Post by: Widewing on March 07, 2007, 04:20:20 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Krusty
I don't know what that is. I don't think it's an A6M5. It's got clipped wings and no cannon barrels and looks white rather than bare metal.

Didn't the A6M3 have clipped wings? If I recall not many were made.

Yeah, that's a A6M3 Hamp....

You can read an AAF test report here. (http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/japan/hamp-eb201.html)

My regards,

Widewing

Title: Blue Grey Zeke
Post by: aerosaber on March 12, 2007, 01:24:32 PM

I have found out that a number of A6M5s were painted blue grey at the end of the war, Japan was out of paint and it was all that was available in quantity. I am now searching for a picture of one of these aircraft.