From: "Submissions for ARC" To: "David & Natasja Johnson" References: <4C024736.8090005@xtra.co.nz> Subject: =?Windows-1252?Q?Re:_HLJ_-_Hasegawa_Mitsubishi_A6M2b_Zero_Fighter_Type_21?= =?Windows-1252?Q?_=91Super_Ace=92_with_Figure?= Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:16:11 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0066_01CB0BBB.6353FE70" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3664 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0066_01CB0BBB.6353FE70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks = again for sending it in. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David & Natasja Johnson=20 To: submissions@arcair.com=20 Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 4:08 AM Subject: HLJ - Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero Fighter Type 21 =91Super = Ace=92 with Figure Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero Fighter Type 21 =91Super Ace=92 with Figure 1/48 Limited Release Product #09904 (http://www.hlj.com/product/HSG09904) from HobbyLink = Japan (www.hlj.com) Product Article by Dave Johnson on the May 2010 One of Hasegawa=92s March 2010 releases was the Limited reboxing of = the 1/48 A6M2b Type 21 Zero. This A6M2b =93Super Ace=94 boxing includes = 3 aircraft markings for an resin figure of Tetsuzio Iwamoto. He was one = of the top scoring aces among Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force (IJNAF) = fighter pilots during World War 2. Tetsuzio Iwamoto was born 15th June 1916 and entered into the Imperial = Navy during 1934 and he completed his flight training in 1936. His first = combat experience occurred in the early months of 1938 in China. = Tetsuzio became the top scoring Naval Ace during the Chinese Campaign = with 14 aerial kills. Then he was posted to the aircraft carrier Zuikaku = in late 1941 to May 1942. During this time on the Zuikaku he flew in the = Pearl Harbor Attack and the Battle of the Coral Sea. =20 In 1943, Iwamoto=92s Air Group was sent to Rabaul, New Britain and = experienced the hardest air combat for the Imperial Japanese Air Force = against the advancing Allied air units. Other assignments during his = career were Truk Atoll and the Philippines. After the Japanese = evacuation of the Philippines, Iwamoto served in home defense and = trained kamikaze pilots. After the war, Iwamoto was reported to have fallen into depression = after the war. He was summoned twice to MacArthur's Allied GHQ office in = Tokyo. Though he avoided being declared a war criminal, he was = blacklisted for public sector employment. Summer 1953, he got a = stomachache. A surgeon examined him and diagnosed him with an inflamed = small intestine. It was found later to be Appendicitis. After a series = of operations, he complained of a backache. They decided to operate on = him again. With cause unknown, they removed three or four ribs without = anesthesia. This led to blood poisoning, Iwamoto died on 20 May 1955. = His wartime diary was found after his death, with claims of 202 Allied = aircraft destroyed. The A6M2b kit has been released a few times already from by Hasegawa = over the last couple of years. It=92s a fairly typical Hasegawa kit that = most of us have come to known with fine recessed panel and crisp rivet = detail. The kit is molded in 69 medium gray and clear parts and bagged = in a single bag.=20 The 13 piece cockpit has been nicely tooled with some excellent detail = in this scale. The seat will require the lighten holes drilled out and = an aftermarket seat harness of your choose will be require to make that = cockpit to pop!=20 Also included is an excellent 5 piece 940hp Nakajima Sakae 12 engine. = The cooling fin=92s are crisply molded along with the spark plugs. There = are two different crank casings offered on the sprues but only one is = required for this boxing version of the A6M2b=20 The dry fit of the parts shows an excellent fit and hopefully the = modeler will not require any filler during the build. A couple of the = parts have a very small amount of flash. This is mainly on the trailing = edges of the elevators. There is a nicely cast resin figure of Tetsuzio Iwamoto. It comes with = two optional heads, one wearing a flying cap and the other without. The = sculpting of the figure is outstanding and the facial features resemble = Iwamoto. The figure is a nice addition to the kit and will look = excellent painted. The kit Markings and decals are for 3 of Iwamoto=92s aircraft during = 1941-1943.=20 1- I-102, 201st Naval Flying Group, November 1943 Rabaul, New = Britain. 2- EII-102, Aircraft Carrier Zuikaku, 2nd Section 1st Aircraft, = 7th December 1941, Pearl Harbor. 3- OHI-101, Oppama Naval Flying Group, February 1943. The print and colour registry on the decal sheet is very crisp. The = printed white has been an issue on past Hasegawa releases as being to = dark and appearing as a cream colour. This sheet is better, and appears = to be an off white or weathered white instead of the cream colour. Overall, the simple construction process and offers plenty of detail = even for the most experienced modeler. This offering of the A6M2b Zero = from Hasegawa is worth having for any WW2 or Japanese collection. I would like to thank the team at HobbyLink Japan(www.hlj.com) for = provide this review sample.=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- ------=_NextPart_000_0066_01CB0BBB.6353FE70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC = today. =20 Thanks again for sending it in.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been=20 hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's=20 watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on=20 Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 David = & Natasja=20 Johnson
To: submissions@arcair.com =
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 4:08 = AM
Subject: HLJ - Hasegawa = Mitsubishi A6M2b=20 Zero Fighter Type 21 =91Super Ace=92 with Figure

Hasegawa

Mitsubishi A6M2b=20 Zero Fighter Type 21 =91Super Ace=92 with Figure

1/48 = Limited=20 Release

Product = #09904 (http://www.hlj.com/product/HSG09904) = from=20 HobbyLink Japan (www.hlj.com)

Product = Article by=20 Dave Johnson on the May 2010

One of = Hasegawa=92s=20 March 2010 releases was the Limited reboxing of the 1/48 A6M2b Type 21 = Zero.=20 This A6M2b =93Super Ace=94 boxing includes 3 aircraft markings for an = resin figure=20 of Tetsuzio Iwamoto. He was one of the top scoring aces among Imperial = Japanese Navy Air Force (IJNAF) fighter pilots during World War = 2.

Tetsuzio = Iwamoto=20 was born 15th June 1916 and entered into the Imperial Navy = during=20 1934 and he completed his flight training in 1936. His first combat = experience=20 occurred in the=20 early = months of=20 1938 in China. Tetsuzio became the top scoring Naval Ace during the = Chinese=20 Campaign with 14 aerial kills. Then he was posted to the aircraft = carrier=20 Zuikaku in late 1941 to May 1942. During this time on the Zuikaku he = flew in=20 the Pearl Harbor Attack and the Battle of the Coral Sea.  =

In 1943, = Iwamoto=92s=20 Air Group was sent to Rabaul, New Britain and experienced the hardest = air=20 combat for the Imperial Japanese Air Force against the advancing = Allied air=20 units. Other assignments during his career were Truk Atoll and the=20 Philippines.  After the Japanese evacuation of the Philippines, = Iwamoto=20 served in home defense and trained kamikaze pilots.

After the = war,=20 Iwamoto was reported to have fallen into depression after the war. He = was=20 summoned twice to MacArthur's Allied GHQ office in Tokyo. Though he = avoided=20 being declared a war criminal, he was blacklisted for public sector=20 employment. Summer 1953, he got a stomachache. A surgeon examined him = and=20 diagnosed him with an inflamed small intestine. It was found later to = be=20 Appendicitis. After a series of operations, he complained of a = backache. They=20 decided to operate on him again. With cause unknown, they removed = three or=20 four ribs without anesthesia. This led to blood poisoning, Iwamoto = died on 20=20 May 1955. His wartime diary was found after his death, with claims of = 202=20 Allied aircraft destroyed.

The A6M2b = kit has=20 been released a few times already from by Hasegawa over the last = couple of=20 years. It=92s a fairly typical Hasegawa kit that most of us have come = to known=20 with fine recessed panel and crisp rivet detail. The kit is molded in = 69=20 medium gray and clear parts and bagged in a single bag.

The 13 = piece=20 cockpit has been nicely tooled with some excellent detail in this = scale. The=20 seat will require the lighten holes drilled out and an aftermarket = seat=20 harness of your choose will be require to make that cockpit to pop!=20

Also = included is an=20 excellent 5 piece 940hp Nakajima Sakae 12 engine. The cooling fin=92s = are=20 crisply molded along with the spark plugs. There are two different = crank=20 casings offered on the sprues but only one is required for this boxing = version=20 of the A6M2b 

The dry = fit of the=20 parts shows an excellent fit and hopefully the modeler will not = require any=20 filler during the build. A couple of the parts have a very small = amount of=20 flash. This is mainly on the trailing edges of the = elevators.

There is = a nicely=20 cast resin figure of Tetsuzio Iwamoto. It comes with two optional = heads, one=20 wearing a flying cap and the other without. The sculpting of the = figure is=20 outstanding and the facial features resemble Iwamoto. The figure is a = nice=20 addition to the kit and will look excellent painted.

The kit = Markings=20 and decals are for 3 of Iwamoto=92s aircraft during 1941-1943. =

1-      =20 I-102,=20 201st Naval Flying Group, November 1943 Rabaul, New=20 Britain.

2-      =20 EII-102, = Aircraft=20 Carrier Zuikaku, 2nd Section 1st Aircraft, 7th = December=20 1941, Pearl Harbor.

3-      =20 OHI-101, = Oppama=20 Naval Flying Group, February 1943.

The print = and=20 colour registry on the decal sheet is very crisp. The printed white = has been=20 an issue on past Hasegawa releases as being to dark and appearing as a = cream=20 colour. This sheet is better, and appears to be an off white or = weathered=20 white instead of the cream colour.

Overall, = the simple=20 construction process and offers plenty of detail even for the most = experienced=20 modeler. This offering of the A6M2b Zero from Hasegawa is worth having = for any=20 WW2 or Japanese collection.

I would like to thank the team at HobbyLink = Japan(www.hlj.com) for=20 provide this review sample.=20
 

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