On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 00:31:38 +0900, Gernot Hassenpflug
wrote:

Maybe the protectice coating was abandoned
early-war?

Evidently so. Aero Detail says that camo came in in spring 1943, when
dark green paint was applied A6M3.

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