I SPENT ABOUT 12 HOURS PUTTING TOGETHER THIS NIMBLE FIGHTER TO ADD TO MY WARBIRD COLLECTION. MOST OF THE PARTS FIT WELL EXCEPT FOR THE CANOPY. YOU ARE GIVEN THE CHOICE OF USING A CLOSED OR OPEN CANOPY & SINCE MY ZERO WOULD BE IN FLIGHT I CHOSE THE CLOSED VERSION WHICH HAD A SLIGHT DEFECT;IT WAS TOO WIDE! I TRIED HEATING IT TO NO AVAIL SO I JUST HAD TO USE A FILLER WHERE IT ATTACHED TO THE MAIN FRAME BUT THE GAP IS STILL PRESENT UNFORTUNATELY...OTHERWISE THIS KIT IS EASY & FUN TO BUILD !

This is an excellent kit to remind someone that simple can be fun! I have built many complex kits and it helps to remind oneself that an easy kit once and a while can be better. The parts went together well with the help of several small clamps that are used to clip papers together. Painting was done after the main parts were assembled with the wings attached and the fuel tank halves put together and glued to the under body. I used all craft type acrylic paints to airbrush my aircraft models thinned with blue tinted windshield wiper fluid to about 50/50. This combination works wonders and I referred to the box art for the right color grey for the early version. I have two other kits of the Zeke, one already completed and painted the late war green and one of the floatplane version which is still in the box. The three will make a great representation of airpower. I could find nothing significant that was negative about the kit and with about 50 years of experience with models I enjoyed the building of this and the last Zeke. No further information was needed prior to purchase knowing the quality of Tamiya kits.

Pretty good model for the price. I had similar experiences as the previous reviewers. It took a lot of work to get the wings and body matched up with no gap and several pieces had to be finessed in order to get a proper fit. I also found the decals to be overly brittle and easy to damage when positioning, but if you're careful it's no big deal. All of that said, it was still an overall good kit for the money and was enjoyable to build