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Catalog #: 01_00085694
Title: Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero
Corporation Name: Mitsubishi
Official Nickname: Zero
Additional Information: Japan
Designation: A6M
Tags: Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
finally taken decent pics of this kit buided in 1993
Complete gallery at s405.photobucket.com/albums/pp139/bsyamato/modellismo/a6m zero 1-72/
Patient Zero is a heavily modded custom Frankie Stein... who has seemed to come down with a frightful infection!
She will be available for sale on etsy and my store February 2015.
Ayano Harumaki as Krystal at Furry Fiesta 2017. Third batch of photos from Vulpine Media. Uploaded with permission.
When building the Zero Suit, I wanted to make sure I matched the dimensions of the original model almost exactly. Her shoulders may seem a bit wide, but remember that Samus isn't some petite model (no matter what the more recent advertising will have you believe).
Train ride from Circular Quay to Central railway station. About 15 minutes exposure, mostly in tunnels with perhaps 5 mins daylight at the end. Zero Image 6x6 pinhole camera. I find this quite comical, not at all what I would have expected it to look like. Portra 160 neg scan
Zero did many designs for the London Transport and it was customary to hang two posters side by side 1935.
Spotted a togger using this Zero Image pinhole camera at the Edinburgh Fringe today so just had to get a shot of it in action. Seemed a shame not to focus on the beautiful girl who's appearing in a musical called 'Facehunters' - but the camera was definitely the star in my mind!
This one's for Spencer!
Here is the second part of the roster of the 41 F-Zero pilots.
Row 5:
#21 Mrs. Arrow - Pilot of the Queen Meteor, A super heroine in red spandex who has stronger muscles.
#22 Gomar & Shioh - Pilot of the Twin Noritta, Two strange funny-looking brown aliens who both wear blue suits and red scarves which they have a good friendship to each other.
#23 Silver Neelsen - Pilot of the Night Thunder - A 90-year-old man (who was almost 100 years old) with a long white beard and white mustache and wear a brown jacket and pants who never dies during races.
#24 Michael Chain - Pilot of the Wild Boar, A mean brown man with sunglasses who wears a white tank top with a picture of a dragon.
#25 Blood Falcon - Pilot of the Blood Hawk (a.k.a. Hell Hawk in Japan), A evil clone and twin of Captain Falcon who wears a red suit and a purple helmet with a skull emblem.
Row 6:
#26 John Tanaka [w/ his robotic assisting friend J-Love-I] - Pilot of the Wonder Wasp, A man in a blue and white suit who has a tiny flying robot buddy who is a mechanic of his own machine.
#27 Draq - Pilot of the Mighty Typhoon, A heavy pink alien monster who weighs more than 500 pounds who became a big fan of F-Zero.
#28 Roger Buster - Pilot of the Mighty Hurricane, A bald man with three red marks on his forehead who became a delivery man.
#29 Dr. Clash - Pilot of the Crazy Bear, A fat man in a yellow suit and red gloves who has a robotic support device with two robotic arms who became an engineer.
#30 Black Shadow - Pilot of the Black Bull, A black man in black suit who is dressed up as a bull.
#00 Deathborn - Pilot of the Dark Schneider - An evil emperor with a metallic red armored suit and a long red cape who destroys the Grand Prix and the entire world.
Row 7:
#31 Don Genie - Pilot of the Fat Shark, A really chubby man in a blue striped suit with gems and wears on a monocle on his other eye who works with other villains.
#32 Terry "Digi-Boy" Getter - Pilot of the Cosmic Dolphin, A schoolboy with a blue, yellow, and white school outfit and roller-skates on his feet who has a computer on his belt and studies all the information about F-Zero history.
#33 Dai San Gen - Pilot of the Pink Spider, Three space baby-like midgets in a Japanese heritage which they have different colors and Japanese symbols on their clothes.
#34 Spade - Pilot of the Magic Seagull, An alien in a spade-shaped head who became a circus magician and ringmaster.
#35 Dai Goroh, Pilot of the Silver Rat, A younger version of Samurai Goroh who has a different design of this helmet, clothes and footwear that was different from his dad's clothes.
Row 8:
#36 Princia Ramode - Pilot of the Spark Moon, A princess from a magical desert planet who has nice wavy hair and wears a red outfit and goggles with hearts and a yellow scarf on her neck.
#37 Lily Flyer - Pilot of the Bunny Flash, A brave young girl in light blue and pink winter clothes who has a yellow rectangle with a black mark for war on one of her coat's sleeves who became a solider in the intergalactic military.
#38 PJ - Pilot of the Groovy Taxi, A happy yellow alien in a fancy taxi uniform who became a racing taxi driver.
#39 QQQ - Pilot of the Rolling Turtle, A robot with a big blue eye and large claws who analyzed data for all the pilots' design and style and the results for the Grand Prix records.
#40 Phoenix - Pilot of the Rainbow Phoenix, A white superhero in a black and white suit with a long white and red cape who travels from the Time Portal to became a racer.
Catalog #: 01_00085678
Title: Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero
Corporation Name: Mitsubishi
Official Nickname: Zero
Additional Information: Japan
Designation: A6M
Tags: Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Catalog #: 01_00085509
Title: Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero
Corporation Name: Mitsubishi
Official Nickname: Zero
Additional Information: Japan
Designation: A6M
Tags: Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
The cliff lift at Saltburn on Sea is just magical. Given that we were there on a Sunday, and it was a dull day, we had the lift to ourselves. For some reason A decided she wanted to sit at the opposite end to me! You can find more information on the cliff lift here.
Zero Image 2000 loaded with Fuji Reala 100, exposed for the time taken to descend from top to bottom.
Catalog #: 01_00085560
Title: Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero
Corporation Name: Mitsubishi
Official Nickname: Zero
Additional Information: Japan
Designation: A6M
Tags: Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Aircraft Carrier Zuiho, Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 1943
The Allies' main opponent in the Pacific air war, the Zero is the most famous symbol of Japanese air power during World War II. The fighter first flew in April 1939, and Mitsubishi, Nakajima, Hitachi and the Japanese navy produced 10,815 Zeros from 1940-1945. Zeros were produced in greater number than any other aircraft. Its distinctive design and historical impact make the Zero an important machine in air power history.
The Zero got its name from its official designation, Navy Type Zero Carrier-Based Fighter (or Reisen), though the Allies code-named it "Zeke." The Zero was the successor to the A5M Type 96 "Claude." Mitsubishi designed the A6M from Navy requirements set out in 1937 for a fighter that was fast, maneuverable and had great range. Designed as a carrier-borne fighter, it was exceptionally light compared to its opponents. This requirement was not only necessary to provide maneuverability but also was caused by the Zero's low-powered engine. Lack of interservice cooperation in engine development limited the horsepower available to Japanese designers. Other consequences included omitting armor protection for the pilot, not using self-sealing fuel tanks, and building lightweight wings as an integral part of the fuselage.
The A6M first saw combat in China in the late summer of 1940, and it quickly helped Japan dominate the air in Asia. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, 125 Zeros from six aircraft carriers participated. In the early part of the war, Allied aircraft such as the Curtiss P-40 and Seversky P-35 were at a disadvantage in a dogfight with a Zero flown by a skilled pilot, and the A6M became a well-known and dangerous opponent.
The Japanese advantage, however, began to disappear as American tactics evolved. American pilots gained experience fighting the Zero in China with the American Volunteer Group, known as the Flying Tigers, and at the Battle of Midway. The key to fighting the Zero was to stay out of dogfights, and instead use superior armament and hit-and-run diving attacks against the relatively fragile A6M. American fighters introduced in 1943 were more powerful (2,000-hp engines), faster, and had much more firepower than the Zero. As Allied pilots used their heavily-armed aircraft to advantage, the Zero's dominance ended. At the same time, the number of American aircraft and pilots increased, and the number of experienced Japanese aircrew shrank.
While development of the Zero continued by adding self-sealing tanks, armor plate and increasing horsepower to 1,150 hp, the later Zero was much heavier and thus less nimble. Weight increased 28 percent, but horsepower increased only 16 percent, degrading overall combat performance.
Beginning around October 1944 during the battle for the Philippines, Zeros were used in kamikaze attacks. Kamikazes used A6Ms more than any other aircraft for these suicide missions.
This Nakajima-built A6M2 was placed on display in 2004. It was found in Papua New Guinea, near the city of Kavieng on New Ireland, and was probably one of the aircraft delivered to Rabaul and operated at Kavieng by the 6th Kokutai (Squadron) and later by the 253rd Kokutai. It is painted to represent a section leader's aircraft from the aircraft carrier Zuiho during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, March 1943, in which Allied air power won a major victory over Japanese sea power. American and Australian aircraft sank four Japanese destroyers and 15 troop ships, and shot down more than 50 Zeros, preventing Japanese reinforcements from reaching New Guinea.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Armament: Two 20mm cannon, two 7.7mm machine guns
Engine: Sakae 12 of 940 hp
Maximum speed: 316 mph
Range: 1,930 miles
(August 2, 1967) Zero-g payload building at the Space Experiments Laboratory at the Lewis Research Center, now known as John H. Glenn Research Center on August 2, 1967.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: C1967-2700
Date: August 2, 1967
Catalog #: 01_00085681
Title: Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero
Corporation Name: Mitsubishi
Official Nickname: Zero
Additional Information: Japan
Designation: A6M
Tags: Mitsubishi, A6M, Zero
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive