Thanks for the comments & yes there are a lot of Zero's out there in that scale, but it is amazing just how real some of these look when the muffler or cylinder head are concealed. That Zero had an in flight problem on it's second flight & did something no one had seen before. While flying the sound of the engine really changed, and we thought the muffler was loosening off so the owner thought it wise to land. While setting up the approach we all saw something fall from it but due to distance we weren't sure if it was the muffler. The plane landed perfectly, but the moment the engine stopped the prop & hardware that's supposed to retain it all fell off. Turned out the spinner had come loose, cut deeply into the prop before falling off, & some bolts sheared while others backed out of their holes but while the engine kept spinning good luck retained them.
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same shot but just the prop area.
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