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Two Mitsubishi A6M Zeros fly over their mother ship, the IJN carrier Akagi.
It's amazing that the Japanese got such a reputation for shoddy craftsmanship in the 1960's despite their fantastic achievements in engineering and construction during the war. The A6M "Zero" is just a small insight. In 1942, a fully intact Zero was ditched in Alaska. The US Navy recovered it and was able to delve into all its secrets. It was built simply to be a fighter, but beautifully built. Their observation was that it was built like a fine watch. Flush rivets, flush mounted guns, what at first looked like a crack in the fuselage would reveal itself to be an arresting hook access door...truly fine craftsmanship and a nearly unobstructed airflow. At the expense of armor and self sealing fuel tanks, the Zero was almost half the weight of US fighter aircraft and had tremendous range as well. A lot of elements, engine, instruments, and other items were claimed to be copied from American designs, but this has since been discredited as only a superficial resemblance. Their American opponents managed to best them and make them obsolete by 1943 with a combination of refined tactics, more powerful engines, and more heavily armored aircraft. What wasn't bested were the incredible inventiveness and craftsmanship, but in the end, they didn't stand up to the American "Big Stick".
A6M "Zeros", types 21 and 32 by motokamishii here on Rendo...truly amazing models...incredible detail.
IJN Akagai: RP Publishing (by BeyondVR) here on Rendo with liberal texture refinements.
Carrier aircraft also by RP and BeyondVR part of Akagai
CinemaC4dXL+6CE, Poser7, Vue 6 Infinite, PS Cs3
Comments (14)
Cyve
Fabtastic image / composition !
UVDan
A superb job!
ronmolina
Excellent set-up and pic!
T.Rex
Good work on this one. The smoke coming out rom the sideways stacks is well done. The sideways stacks and no flight deck island gave the pilots an unobstructed view of the flight deck, which was another plus the Japanese had. Thanks for the reminder of Japanese quality work. Much like the Germans quality tanks and very advanced aircraft, but too few to make much of a difference in the outcome of that war. And, also good work with the water and lighting. Keep it up! :-)
neiwil
Brilliant render, great info / insight.....and I've learned something!! I had never noticed before that the Japanese put the superstructure on the 'wrong' side, although the pilots didn't seem to have a problem with it. I guess the Japanese were of the opinion everybody else had got it wrong.....stirling work sir!!
AliceFromLake
Great picture. Yes, the Japanese had some remarkable achievements. They made some interesting achievements in aircraft carrier details. So they had a light system for landing, what we got in the 50ies with the landing mirror system. Only two ships had their island on the left. It was a test, a step in aircraft carrier development. During the war, Japan was simply the enemy. But with the distance today it is very interesting.
London224
Great picture Bill... I think between the comments and your write up..I'm enjoying learning a lot here. Be good my friend.
Renderholic
Excellent image and comments. I like the extra touch of the hint of wake at the top edge of the image suggesting other ships in the convoy.
fly028
Amazing image!! Superb quality and excellent composition!!
Scrib
Great image and informations. Thanks.
VERITY29
Great work!
debbielove
Super work.. Very true words.. Even the much fabled Spitfire could not dogfight the Zero.. Even at the end of the War, a skilled pilot could outfight the most modern Allied aircraft.. Excellent.. Rob
Trouble
I like the perspective on this image.
Briney
everything looks fabulous... wake smoke and zeroes...