By Eric Freese
Box photographs courtesy of www.Oldmodelkits.com
Virtually anyone I meet at an air show, museum, or the local hobby shop has a list of their favorite planes, ships or cars. Personally, I can’t get enough of the Zero. I put it among my top ten favorite designs because it is pure fighter, perfectly proportioned in line and form.
The ‘classic’ Zero is the
Various issues of the Aurora Zero (click any to enlarge)
I enjoy ‘classic builds’ and restoring older kits, but the Aurora Zero has been conspicuously absent from my collection. Recently I wrangled a deal to buy a pre-built version. There was no box, just the model, but I was thrilled at the prospect of finally getting one!