Des weiteren wahr der Mittelteil des Fanghakens wohl doch nicht in blankem Aotake, sondern das war nur die Grundierung die dann mit der Farbe der Unterseite übermalt wurde.
Ryan schreibt folgendes dazu:
"I reread my tail hook notes and think the shaft of the tail hook should be painted the same colour as the rest of the underside of the plane. As far as I understand it Nakajima obtained their tail hooks from the company of Nippon Kentetsu. The Nakajima Zero with a Nippon Kentetsu hook described in TAIC Report #28 "Metallurgical Examination of Japanese Aircraft Landing Hooks" states that this hook was painted with “blue lacquer sprayed with gray paint”. I would interpret this as aotake over-sprayed with exterior gray paint. The steel parts of the hook, however, would still be painted black as you have already done."
Ich habe auch das am Modell noch geändert.