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To reiterate what I posted on their page earlier today... "Love it!" 8)

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Nice to see different schemes from the norm. First the FW190 with the field camo and now a Zero with the same treatment! Awesome!

Cheers! FHC! :drink3:
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Man that would have looked great tucked in with the other three at Chino last weekend!
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Jesse C. wrote:
Nice to see different schemes from the norm. First the FW190 with the field camo and now a Zero with the same treatment! Awesome!

Cheers! FHC! :drink3:

I'll second that emotion...simply marvelous! :D

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The canopy seems longer or extended compared to others. Is that a field mod as well?

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Mark Allen M wrote:
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The canopy seems longer or extended compared to others. Is that a field mod as well?

Two-seater

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This aircraft looks quite strange with its camo (never seen a WWII photo of it) and its longer canopy.
Is it an original field mod (1) arrangment (Zero twin-seaters looked quite different) or a post-war civil modification ?


(1) some A6M2 were converted to twin-seaters at Rabaul.
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IIRC only model 21s were converted. There is a nice two seater recovered from the sea back in the 70s on display in Japan.

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So, is this the first and only Zero that's been modified to look like a T-6? :lol:

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It looks great! Would love to fly it, or even just see it fly would be neat. Okay, is this one of the russian rebuilds, with an R-1830 engine? If so, would this be an aircraft the museum would consider flying a bit more, maybe even outside of it's zip code?
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Ironically, the two seat Zero displayed in Japan was recovered from Rabaul Harbor in the 70s...salt water immersion and all ( though it was only down there for 30 years)
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