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10.1 Left Machine Gun
Access Cover
- Nakajima A6M2 s/n 7830,
manufactured March 43
- exterior - FS0277 over red primer
FS0152
- color of primer is consistent
between both Nakajima and Mitsubishi manufactured
parts
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10.2 Left Rear Upper
Tailplane Fairing
- the blue colored aotake present
here, until relatively recently protected from
exposure, could support the argument that aotake
was blue when first applied and then rapidly
changed color to green when exposed to air. Air,
not light, is assumed to be the active agent in
the change of color as numerous interior
components, all protected from light, were found
to be green in color. The change is assumed to
have to have taken place fairly early and then
slowed, as the blue color has not changed since
the part was disassembled several years back
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10.3 D3A Cockpit
Fittings
- this quadrant, 5 5/8" across
and slightly darker than FS4062, was included
with the parts obtained by Blayd. The style of
the metal forming is noticeably different than
that of the Zero components. A linkage rod with
identical paint can be identified from the
drawings in Maru Mechanic 34 on the D3A so
it has been presumed that these parts were from
the D3A2 (s/n 3178) recovered from Ballale Island
by Diemert
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