AeroModeller – June 2018

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Mitsubishi Zero

At many of the smaller competitions

where only carrier and scale are fl own

you can end up with a fare amount

of spare time if you only fl y CL scale.

Therefore to occupy this time I decided

to try my hand at Class 1 Scale carrier.

The model I would use would be the well

feared Mitsubushi A6M5 Zero.

Plans were enlarged for a model of

36 inch wing span from the aircraft

described 3-view Number 124 by D. H.

Cooksey in the July 1963 issue of old

AeroModeller. My local photocopy shop

enlarged the drawing to give me the 36

inch span and I used this as the basis

for my DIY plan. The colour scheme for

the fi nished model came from Profi le

Publications No. 236 Mitsubishi A6

M5 Zero-Sen (Zeke 52) booklet. The

model was constructed from balsa

and lite ply using my usual central keel

(this time vertically) method of fuselage

construction.

Flying power would be supplied from

a HobbyKing electric F1 pylon race

In Scale Circles

Ronnie Tribe prepares for the 2018 season and takes a diversion in to Vintage Speed

Mitsubishi Zero

At many of the smaller competitions

where only carrier and scale are fl own

you can end up with a fare amount

of spare time if you only fl y CL scale.

Therefore to occupy this time I decided Therefore to occupy this time I decided

to try my hand at Class 1 Scale carrier.

The model I would use would be the well

feared Mitsubushi A6M5 Zero.

36 inch wing span from the aircraft

described 3-view Number 124 by D. H.

Cooksey in the July 1963 issue of old

The old AeroModeller Zero drawings enlarged to 36 inch wing span were the basis for my building plans.

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