how were the tora tora tora planes constructed?

[groundpounder]

happy superbowl sunday!!!!!!! does anyone out there know of a web site or have semi detailed info showing how these planes were constructed? i think i heard that they were harvards or something like that to start with. what is the general concensus of their accuracy as far as cosmetic duplicates? any comparison as far as performance goes or is that just being silly? pretty cool looking planes if you ask me , it would be neat to see how they were constructed though. thanks, sim.

[Jerry O'Neill]

I beilieve there were 30 built in the US. The number varies, but that's the one I've heard the most.
Nine Vals, Nine Kates and 12 Zeroes.

Now be aware that there were upwards of 25 T-6's quoted as being used in Japan for the Japanese sequences. Many were only painted like Japanese warbirds and used as background, but there were several Zeroes and Kates constructed in the same manner as their American cousins. the Zeroes were painted silver, however. Both of these constructions flew in Japan.
No Vals were known to have been constructed in Japan.
this is quite noticeable in the carrier take-off scenes filmed in Japan. No Vals are seen and the zeroes are in the front row wit h regular, unmodified T-6 standing in for Kates in the background.
It is unknown if any of the Japanese built replicas exist today.
Jerry