The Coolest Tora Tora Zero
Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:39 pm
This puts all the other replicas to shame.
Any guesses who this is??
Any guesses who this is??
Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:08 pm
Bob Diemert? 
Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:10 pm
Oh, dear...
You're gonna need a Defender for making a crack like that.
You're gonna need a Defender for making a crack like that.
Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:15 pm
Very spiffy! I like the ones that have the smooth fairing on the inboard leading edge.
SN
SN
Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:11 pm
Toshiro Mifune? Mike Kawato shooting down Pappy Boyington? How many guesses am I allowed?
Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:42 pm
I think Pappy Boyington claimed that one as a kill too!
Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:28 am
Randal MacFarlane in Australia?
Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:44 am
The Chris Amon-esque pose makes me think of Steve Hinton.
I'm wrong, aren't I?
greg v.
I'm wrong, aren't I?
greg v.
Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:49 am
....now owned/flown by FAC MOH nominee, Garry Cooper, and is based @ Caboolture near Brisbane. It is quite immaculate and lots of little things to make here as close to the real thing as possible. Thanks Jack for posting.. 
Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:22 am
Steve Nelson wrote:Very spiffy! I like the ones that have the smooth fairing on the inboard leading edge.
SN
Just a note, all the Tora T-6 mods on both the Kates and the Zeroes had the leading edges added.
Great shot and the was the Zero that was Dick Foote's old bird in the 1980's before it was sold to some one in the UK and then found it's way to AUS.
It use to have a 250lb bomb underneath.
Jerry
Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:30 am
Vital Spark wrote:Bob Diemert?
Speaking of the mechanical Mastermind, What ever happened to the the Zero and Val he used to have? I know he tore the crap out of the Zero, and he had other components of another or couple of Zero's.
Also is this Mechanical Mastermind....................... still alive?
Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:37 am
...still has the 'bomb' on it...
was operated by OFMC [Ray and Mark H.] in UK before moving to Tim Wallis's Alpine Fighter Collection, then to me and on to Garry. We flew it across the Tasman Sea from NZ to Australia!
was operated by OFMC [Ray and Mark H.] in UK before moving to Tim Wallis's Alpine Fighter Collection, then to me and on to Garry. We flew it across the Tasman Sea from NZ to Australia!
Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:03 am
gary1954 wrote:Vital Spark wrote:Bob Diemert?
Speaking of the mechanical Mastermind, What ever happened to the the Zero and Val he used to have? I know he tore the crap out of the Zero, and he had other components of another or couple of Zero's.
Also is this Mechanical Mastermind....................... still alive?
The Val is with the Planes of Fame in Chino, it has been undergoing a very long term restoration.
Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:17 pm
That's "wreckstoration." Once the P-59 flies it may move to the front of the queue.Matt Gunsch wrote:The Val is with the Planes of Fame in Chino, it has been undergoing a very long term restoration.
Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:04 pm
It certainly looks the part, but what is it that makes this Tora Zero so special?