I duck the one in the living room always! Bob

Gorgeous! I need to build a Zero. Such a SEXY aircraft. Nice job!

Thanks guys...

Bob, ceiling fans as well...there's a reason there isn't one in my room anymore!

Cool all the way around!

P-400, heard that one also!

"Final Countdown", lot of good actors in that. Ending was frustrating though.

We tall fellows gotta watch out fer low flyin' aircraft! Bob

Fantastic, he's even leading him.....although at that range...

Thanks guys

Nice clean build.  Always fun to see them hanging from the ceiling too.

Lol, love those! Esp the forced perspective shots!

Well here is the final product of the dogfight, I thought it'd be appropriate to post it in here rather than just starting a new thread.

Here's the Corsair, completed for the Pacific Carrier Aviation GB...if you wanna see more pics of the corsair they are in there, in addition there are many phenomenal builds going on so it's worth a looksy anyways.

Overall dogfight picture.

And now some shots I thought were kinda cool.

Any and all comments or critiques are welcome.

ah yes the final countdown. that was a good movie.

Alright, I had to get out my old A6M5c Tamiya kit and start in.  Took me about 2 hours just sanding on the cowl.  Hmmm...maybe I'm too picky....

You are correct about them clipping the wings to make it easier on the elevators. Apparently the engineers discouraged clipping the wings, but they were overruled. The 5 went back to the original wing design. The book is a fascinating look at the Japanese mentality during the war. The pilots interviewed who participated in Pearl Harbor felt the country was dishonored because it was a sneak attack. They were all under the impression that war would be declared before they attacked. They were ashamed that it wasn't the case.

Thanks a lot guys. LOL at the F-14 behind it...that'd be too funny. Unfortunately I don't think there's enough room, the Zero is pretty close to the ceiling since I'm so tall, I Don't think a Tomcat would fit.

Darren....that sounds like an interesting book...how did you like it? I think they clipped the wings to make it easier to get down the elevators on a carrier faster but I can't remember if that's correct....didn't the 5's have clipped wings too, or are my mistaken there too?

Great looking build! I just finished up a book called "The Last Zero Pilot". The author is an American who speaks fluent Japanese. He went to Japan and interviewed a number of surviving Japanese pilots. One the pilots talked about getting 3 model and absolutely hating it. Apparently it was a very unforgiving airframe with the clipped wings. He was happy to go back to the 2's.

Wow, two days and looks so good too!

Yes, nice clean, QUICK build!

P-400?  lol.

You know, it wouldn't be too out of place to have a Tomcat sneakin' up on his six, ala "Final Countdown"?

Nice looking build, and in such short time. Look forward to some more.

Looks good, nice clean looking finish.  That must be the old Tamiya A6M3 with not so many parts.  I'm a Zero fan, I don't want to seem un-American, but you could put a P-400 in front of the Zero, then a F4F on it's tail.  After all, we've all heard that a P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero on its tail...

Thanks a lot guys, much appreciated...I will definitely be sure to put a picture up once the Corsair or Hellcat is up.

Yeah, nice work there! I think it's too easy to get overly caught up in superdetailing, heavy weathering, etc - a nice simple clean build like this looks great!

Two days??

Only to mask the canopy, take about three days ... ha ha ha

Great Job ....

I think it looks great!  2 days!  You the man!  I like the head turned and the way you hung it.  Putting someone on his six will make the scene complete.  Be sure to post a pic of that!  

Eagle90

In two days? How did you get the paint to dry that fast? The end result looks good!

Nice weekend build there! Yes, an F4U is needed there in his 6 O'clock low

Thanks for dropping in Bob....I'm going to either put a F4U or a F6F behind it...6 .50's will be plenty of AA power ;)

It looks pretty good. Do you have the Anti Aircraft guns ready yet? Maybe you can mount those on the back of your chair !! Thanks for taking the time to post it and keep up the good work.     Bob

Thanks for checking in Glenn and Greg glad you liked it.

I got some money for coaching at a lacrosse camp last week so I went out and told myself I buy and airplane that caught my interest that was under $20. So I found this and was hoping I could finish it up in the week and it turned out to be two days. A lot of that has to do with the simplicity of this kit. Other contributions is that I knew it was going to be a ceiling model so I didn't want to waste time putting in details I knew wouldnt be seen.

Thanks again guys!

That was my question as well, you did this in two days???

I know everything is bigger in Texas, but faster too?

Nice looking aircraft, regardless of how long you spent on it. :)