Igor Zdorovyak Colleagues. The color of the wheel niches I suppose corresponds to the bottom of the fuselage. The blue-green metallic (AOTAKE) was used on Zero manufactured by Nakajima. Everything that stands in museums really does not inspire confidence.

Spanjaard thanks Igor, i agree with you about museums

Sebastian Meyner You are correct concerning the museums! My point is especially with subjects towards the end of the war it's all but certain what colour was actually used. Maybe Nakajima ran out of a certain paint, the workers involved didn't see the point in using a special paint for such a limited erea or the wheel wells were just overpainted during maintenance...and so on. I think that gives the modeller a little "wiggle room" for interpretation, don't you find?

Igor Zdorovyak

I'm building a model, because I like it. In my opinion this is important. Seven Zero almost did not fight and I did not need a touch up. But no source gives information about another color of the chassis niches. Paint in the color of the bottom. I think it's right.

Spanjaard it is right, if the modeller thinks it is right. even if there are pictures with one color, how says that they did not have some color at some point in time? happy modelling!

Clifford Keesler Looking excellent. I love the cockpit.

Igor Zdorovyak Hinomaru, tinted constantly. Even on very worn out machines. Probably because of respect for the flag.

Sebastian Meyner Thx Cliff!