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The F6F weighed about 3500 more pounds than the Zero and looked about twice as big.

Here's the models I built of these two war birds they are both the same scale. I know which one I would have prefered to fly.

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sanford12 said:
The F6F weighed about 3500 more pounds than the Zero and looked about twice as big.

Here's the models I built of these two war birds they are both the same scale. I know which one I would have prefered to fly.

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It’s said a gun burst of 30 seconds could take down a zero to where a wild cat 5-10 minutes or more as long as the pilot was not hit !
 
I've seen gun footage of Zeros being hit and some didn't even last the first few rounds. If an incinerary hit a fuel tank it was done. The P38 with 4 50 cal. machine guns and 20 mm canon fixed in the nose Zeros didn't stand a chance, really none of the Japanese planes did until the end of the war but then it was too little too late. They didn't have any veteran pilots left anyway.

They F6F carried 400 rounds for each 50 caliber which would only last 25 seconds. The P38 33 seconds of ammo. A lot of people don't know that there's timing to be set on a 50 caliber. It's called head timing.

In the army I got to fire a 50 caliber mounted on a tripod with a traversing mechanism to swing it back and forth. The clamp came loose and after that it was kicking so hard I couldn't place an accurate shot for nothing. The '50s in fighter planes could fire up to 800 rounds a minute while the ones used on the ground were half that. Most world war II pilots were very conservative with their ammo and only fired bursts of a couple seconds. 800 rounds a minute. If you laid on the trigger until the ammo was gone you probably needed new barrels on the 50 cal.
 
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gberchin said:
My father was a navigator in a B-29. He told me that they once downed a Zero with three rounds. Dad's not around any more, so I have no way to verify the claim.
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I think it's entirely believable. Zeros were very lightweight fighters. No armor no self sealing gas tanks. I've watched a lot of world war II videos, TV shows, documentaries. When you see the footage from the gun cameras, I don't know if I recall ever seeing a Japanese plane being shot down that wasn't on fire.
 
Thanks,The molds would be very big and expensive and the kits would be way over a hundred dollars so yes not likely.That is why decided to make one!
 
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