This is a model that I built a couple of years ago. The kit is Hasegawa's quarter scale version of the type 21 derivative of the Zero. I remember that it was a fun build and one of the first where I attempted to modify the kit to add details such as thinning the seat and adding lightening holes. I also repositioned the rudder. Overall, I remember this being a fun build... there was a nasty seem that I encountered in the landing gear bay that I read about later on while reading reviews of the kit on the Internet. 

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The other construction points were fairly straight forward. I do seem to remember a gap between the fuselage and the wing roots that needed filling, but nothing major. 

All of the paint is acrylic with the decals applied over future. Future was used to seal the decals and then a coat of flat varnish to dull the finish. Speaking of decals, the sheet provided in the kit allows the modeler to replicate if not all, then the majority of Zeros that raided Pearl Harbor on the 7th of Dec. 1941. There are some subtle pastel exhaust stains and I minimized other weathering since this is a model of a relatively new (Pearl Harbor) aircraft. 

For those interested, I'm currently adding some build pics that I have to a forum thread at the following link. Check there often as I'm building the post as I have time. http://www.aircraftmodeling.net/index.php/forum/11-wwii/40-148-scale-japanese-zero

Joe Marranca

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