61027 Tamiya - 1/48 Mitsubishi A6M5C Type 52  [61027]

Total production of kind 52 series consisted of 10,449 aircraft which Nakajima produced 6,570. It first joined up with combat in August 1943 in addition whenever Japanese forces had been withdrawing from formerly held islands in Southern Pacific. The type 52c was the last related to A6M5 show, plus the most effective against Allied aircraft because armament configuration three of 13mm device guns and two 20mm cannons. An overall total of 93 Type 52 and 52b zeros were industry modified to "c" tools setup. The 7.7mm unit tools, housed into the cowling of this Zero since its first introduction, turned out to be less effective during the second stages of the conflict, as a result of thicker armor protection of allied aircraft, and their self sealing fuel tanks. The 13mm weapon have been greatly definitely better; but because of its increased weight, only 1 of those could be housed in cowling and one in each wing. The 7.7 device tools was in fact removed from the cowling plus one 13mm weapon ended up being connected to the right hand component. This installation also made necessary the enlarging connected with right hand projectile exit and cowling pipeline input, with this cowling, offering it an unbalanced appearance whenever viewed from the top.

Code known as "Zeke" by the Allies, the kind 52c had been powered by a 14 cylinder twin line NK1F Sakae 21 engine of 1,130hp, that subsequent variations was in fact liquor injected. In addition to the machine weapons and cannons, the 52c may also carry four atmosphere to atmosphere rockets or four 30kg atmosphere to atmosphere bombs or two 60kg environment to ground antique bombs. The atmosphere to environment systems had been initiated so that they can disrupt B-29 operations by firing the rockets or dropping the tiny bombs regarding the formations. The bombs had been timed to air-burst a particular number of moments after launch through fighters.