Yokosuka P2Y Tenousei High Speed Medium Bomber
From the same inspiration as Old Wombats NA B27-A High Speed Medium Bomber.
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I am coming at it from the other side - A Yokosuka project for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Built in the one true scale.
I am starting with an Airfix Do 217 I have robbed a lot of parts from for other projects.
Nose glazing is a spare from an Italeri B-25G and I will polish it smooth before creating Japanese style framing with masking tape.
Cowlings are probably from a Supermodel Savoia Marchetti SM 81 sitting on the backing ring from the Italeri B-15G.
Engine fronts from an Academy Catalina and props from the Dornier.
Fuselage has been cut down and closed up at the front to match the cross section of the glazing.
Its going to be a trike so i've started scratching a nose gear bay. I will (hopefully remember to) put in some weight behind the pilots bulkhead.
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Uh, the Japanese origin of this one sounds intriguing! :thumbsup:
I'm hoping that I came up with a IJN designation which works and which wasn't assigned.
P=Land Based Bomber.
2=2nd aircraft of the type (1st was also by Yokosuka - the P1Y Ginga)
Y=Yokosuka
I may paint it in the standard Japanese prototype orange scheme. Although by late war they were painting them in operational colours.
Theres a lot of PSR to get through before that happens though.
That looks NOTHING like a Do-217. :o
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 03, 2020, 04:34:31 AM
That looks NOTHING like a Do-217. :o
agree, much more of a twin-engined Republic XF-12 Rainbow feel to it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-12_Rainbow)
Quote from: zenrat on February 03, 2020, 02:23:11 AM
I may paint it in the standard Japanese prototype orange scheme. Although by late war they were painting them in operational colours.
Theres a lot of PSR to get through before that happens though.
Imperial Navy Green uppers with orange lower surfaces ? Or perhaps one of the pale blue/greys they were using pre and early War ? Could say it got a coat of whatever was in the hangar at that point ?
AH-HAH! The Enemy! :wacko:
Way cool! :thumbsup:
Quote from: kitbasher on February 03, 2020, 05:24:22 AM
agree, much more of a twin-engined Republic XF-12 Rainbow feel to it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-12_Rainbow)
Oooooh, the Rainbow! :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:
Not much done today other than glue all my remaining fishing weights into the area above the nose gear bay.
I'm hoping that, and shifting the main gear legs to the back of the nacelles, will prevent tail sitting.
Very interesting idea, and nice re-use of left over parts. ;D
Nice start - very elegant.
Mice work so far. It's all fitting together rather well as well....I mean also.
:thumbsup:
In nine balls (watching India vs Australia 20/20 womens cricket on the idiots lantern) I shall go to the shed and glue some more plastic into the holes where Dornier had the cockpit.
Then when that has dried the PSR shall begin.
Thing about the Do.217 is once you remove the distinctive bulbous cockpit area you are left with a twin tailed, twin engined aircraft with no particularly distinctive features. It could be anything. Especially if you change the engines and vertical tails.
Ideal for the basis of a whiff.
PSR on the fuselage.
I had some big holes to fill so i used stinky yellow (Tamiya Polyester Putty) for the first round. Its sanded and primed and awaiting PPP for round two.
I also sanded all Italeri's frame lines off of the nose glazing, polished it and dipped it in floor polishy stuff.
I think I can call PSR done on the fuselage. Last action was to drill three holes. Two for windows for the "inside" crew and one for a dome on the roof (I know there is a proper name for these but it escapes me right now).
Now, onto the wings and tails and engines and undercarriage. It strikes me that I could have been working on these while PSRing the fuselage...
Generally, "blister" or, sometimes, "bubble" because it is more hemispherical than most "blisters", which tend to be ovoid or tear-drop in shape.
On older aircraft, when navigation was still done by sextant and star-sights, it was called an "astrodome" and it was mostly used by the navigator.
Quote from: Scotaidh on February 25, 2020, 06:36:42 AM
On older aircraft, when navigation was still done by sextant and star-sights, it was called an "astrodome" and it was mostly used by the navigator.
Ah, yes, forgot about that one.
Quote from: Old Wombat on February 25, 2020, 04:42:02 PM
Quote from: Scotaidh on February 25, 2020, 06:36:42 AM
On older aircraft, when navigation was still done by sextant and star-sights, it was called an "astrodome" and it was mostly used by the navigator.
Ah, yes, forgot about that one.
I have read Saint-Exupéry's accounts of his flights - that's how he rolled. ;)
Yes, Astrodome. That's it. Thanks.
Just don't try playing baseball or football in it
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It now has one wing.
Quote from: zenrat on February 27, 2020, 02:50:45 AM
It now has one wing.
I hope it's a long one........... ;D
Quote from: zenrat on February 27, 2020, 02:50:45 AM
It now has one wing.
Does it have a prayer, though? :wacko:
Quote from: scooter on February 27, 2020, 06:03:35 AM
Quote from: zenrat on February 27, 2020, 02:50:45 AM
It now has one wing.
Does it have a prayer, though? :wacko:
That's definitely gone down in the "tut - tut" book ;)
Quote from: scooter on February 27, 2020, 06:03:35 AM
Quote from: zenrat on February 27, 2020, 02:50:45 AM
It now has one wing.
Does it have a prayer, though? :wacko:
As it turned out, no.
Examination of the underside join revealed too much of a step up from the wing to the root fairing so it once again has no wings.
I have split the inner join of both wings and put in some evergreen sheet packing to increase the depth of the wings to remove the step.
Wing attachment should recommence tomorrow.
Wings!
...and tails!
No control surfaces yet. But tails!
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Coming along brilliantly, Fred! :thumbsup:
Thanks Womby.
Time to bite the bullet next and scratch build a cockpit into that glazed nose cone.
Looking good Fred :thumbsup:
Chris
Hmmm. The offspring of Arado 234 fornication with a B-25 ???
The vertical tails are unmodified Mitchell. I left them that way as a nod to the original concept.
Quote from: loupgarou on March 01, 2020, 01:14:20 PM
Hmmm. The offspring of Arado 234 fornication with a B-25 ???
Beat me to it, my thoughts exactly ;)
Quote from: zenrat on March 01, 2020, 02:04:05 AM
Time to bite the bullet next and scratch build a cockpit into that glazed nose cone.
You could go down the prone pilot route ? Might make the task a little simpler ?
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 02, 2020, 06:07:38 AM
Quote from: loupgarou on March 01, 2020, 01:14:20 PM
Hmmm. The offspring of Arado 234 fornication with a B-25 ???
Beat me to it, my thoughts exactly ;)
Quote from: zenrat on March 01, 2020, 02:04:05 AM
Time to bite the bullet next and scratch build a cockpit into that glazed nose cone.
You could go down the prone pilot route ? Might make the task a little simpler ?
I'm hoping to fit in a seated pilot and a prone bombardier. Doesn't matter if they are a bit cramped. I don't think crew comfort was too high up the list of IJN design requirements.
Started work on the cockpit today. I have managed to fit a seated pilot with space alongside him for a prone bombardier. But it is tight.
PSR is almost complete on the rest of the airframe. I have sanded off all the raised detail.
Tests have shown that, despite relocating the main UC legs to the back of the nacelles, more nose weight is needed.
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You feeling o.k. Fred ? You tested it, before sealing it ? ;)
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 15, 2020, 07:10:08 AM
You feeling o.k. Fred ? You tested it, before sealing it ? ;)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 15, 2020, 07:10:08 AM
You feeling o.k. Fred ? You tested it, before sealing it ? ;)
Don't be daft. I sealed it up first and then put fishing weights coated with PVA in through the hole where that stick is (access way from cockpit to rest of plane). I couldn't test it until I got the wings on and didn't poke enough in through the hole.
Quote from: zenrat on March 16, 2020, 01:50:11 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 15, 2020, 07:10:08 AM
You feeling o.k. Fred ? You tested it, before sealing it ? ;)
Don't be daft. I sealed it up first and then put fishing weights coated with PVA in through the hole where that stick is (access way from cockpit to rest of plane). I couldn't test it until I got the wings on and didn't poke enough in through the hole.
;D ;D
Quote from: zenrat on March 16, 2020, 01:50:11 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 15, 2020, 07:10:08 AM
You feeling o.k. Fred ? You tested it, before sealing it ? ;)
Don't be daft. I sealed it up first and then put fishing weights coated with PVA in through the hole where that stick is (access way from cockpit to rest of plane). I couldn't test it until I got the wings on and didn't poke enough in through the hole.
Phewww, thank the appropriate deity for that :angel:, I thought you were sick or something ;D
I finished building the cockpit today.
Into a Mitchell glazed nose I have fitted a pilot, seat, controls, control panel, bomb aimers pad and bombsight. It's a tight fit and the bombardier will either have to be a child, leg amputee or lay with his legs inside the rest of the aircraft.
No room for a co-pilot.
But by this stage of the war the IJN was running short of qualified aircrew.
I would have taken a picture but I left my phone in the house.
Having sanded the airframe smooth I have to remember to scribe a crew access door and bomb doors.
I also have to decide on paint. Overall orange is tempting but towards the end of the war they stopped painting protoypes that way and just gave them operational schemes.
Quote from: zenrat on March 17, 2020, 04:26:59 AM
Overall orange is tempting but towards the end of the war they stopped painting protoypes that way and just gave them operational schemes.
And, if I recall correctly, "operational" schemes had become green splotches on bare metal (though I can't remember if it was to reduce weight & improve performance, or because they were running out of paint, or both).
I've seen some latter War prototypes with green uppers (not sure if IJN or IJA) and orange lower surfaces.
This may be a wooden airframe. I haven't decided. Maybe metal framed with wooden skin?
I took pictures of the cockpit.
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He's certainly Japanese with that padded/quilted top :thumbsup: Was it part of the life jacket ? Often wondered, without looking it up for some reason :unsure:
Pilot is from a Hasegawa IJN crew set. Which basically contains two sets of the crew sprues (or crue sprews) from the Hasegawa Kawanishi H8K2.
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I've been researching colour schemes.
It seems there are more than a few areas of contention when it comes to WW2 Japanese paint jobs.
Mauve paint and Hinomaru with a square yellow background to name but two.
But I might save them for more subtle whiffs* and just make something up for this one.
*I have quite a few Hasegawa Japanese aircraft in the stash so it might be good to try and paint each one in a different contentious scheme.
Quote from: zenrat on March 21, 2020, 05:50:23 AM
I've been researching colour schemes.
It seems there are more than a few areas of contention when it comes to WW2 Japanese paint jobs.
Mauve paint and Hinomaru with a square yellow background to name but two.
But I might save them for more subtle whiffs* and just make something up for this one.
*I have quite a few Hasegawa Japanese aircraft in the stash so it might be good to try and paint each one in a different contentious scheme.
Plus as the ultimate heresy there were examples of naval aircraft being painted in Air Force colours ;) I stirred up the most wonderful, unintentional argument at a show with that one, and then just wandered off :angel: :angel:
I have some sheets of transfers meant to do the fancy camo patterns on IJA fighters. They might go well on IJN planes then if it causes upset...
I attached the ailerons and elevators today and put more weight on the nose. Time for paint. I have decided to use paint I bought a while ago and then only ever used on a car (Mitsubishi Evo Pearl Harbour commemorative edition) (https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=45883.msg826003#msg826003). IJN Green over IJN Grey/Green with a brightly coloured tail.
Quote from: zenrat on March 23, 2020, 03:23:56 AM
I have some sheets of transfers meant to do the fancy camo patterns on IJA fighters.
I've got some of those and some Italian "sand and spinach" desert ones. I've only used the Italian ones and they work really well :thumbsup:
So, on Tuesday, having sprayed this with an overall coat of IJN undersides grey green I was admiring the finish when I realised I hadn't scribed the bomb bay doors or crew hatches.
D'oh! :banghead: :angry:
I scribed them yesterday and them made good the mess I had made with PPP. Today saw some sanding, light scribing and cleaning out of scribed lines and I could put on a light coat of primer over the affected area.
I'm now back to where I was on Tuesday morning.
Although I have made a lot of progress painting the pilot so I may install him and the cockpit and attach the nose cone and mask the windows before redoing the paint.
I usually like to paint before attaching canopies but it may be better not to in this case.
Quote from: zenrat on March 26, 2020, 04:55:32 AM
I usually like to paint before attaching canopies but it may be better not to in this case.
Must admit that's my preferred way, but occasionally I find it best to fit the canopy. Especially where in the case of the current Phantom it's a vacform.
Canopy/nose attached. The darker mottling is preshading to give the top coat a patchy appearance.
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Crew access hatch is on the underside between the nose gear bay and the bomb bay. Emergency egress hatch is on the upper side surrounding the astrodome.
Unless I write jettisonable canopy glazing into the back story then it is going to be very hard for the pilot to bale out in an emergency.
Although from what I have read that would not be unusual in a WW2 Japanese design as they did not apparently worry too much about crew comfort and such.
Looking good mate, but I can't shake the idea out of my head that somewhere along the line either an ex Arado or Dornier engineer was involved ?
The cockpit does look very Arado 234-ish, doesn't it?
Love the pilot, this is looking good indeed! :thumbsup:
Quote from: zenrat on March 29, 2020, 01:06:27 AM
Crew access hatch is on the underside between the nose gear bay and the bomb bay. Emergency egress hatch is on the upper side surrounding the astrodome.
Unless I write jettisonable canopy glazing into the back story then it is going to be very hard for the pilot to bale out in an emergency.
Although from what I have read that would not be unusual in a WW2 Japanese design as they did not apparently worry too much about crew comfort and such.
if as suggested by NARSES2 the Germans were involved (obviously plans/engineers smuggled to Japan in Submarines)
then the whole perspex nose would be blown off in emergancy and the pilot ejected by some basic ejector seat/cannon thingy :o
Regards
Keith
Which the Japanese wouldn't have installed to save weight, improve performance & simplify construction.
Looking excellent, Fred! :thumbsup:
Thanks folks.
That's looking so good. :thumbsup: Like the missing link between the Ju 88 and Ar 234?
Back on track.
Having masked the nose, primed it, realised more PSR was needed and carried it out I today painted it all over IJN undersides grey/green (or is it green/grey?) again.
Upper surfaces are pleasingly patchy due to preshading.
In the beginning I did not pay attention to this model, but now it is going to be a winner. I love it. :thumbsup: :wub: :wub:
Quote from: zenrat on March 29, 2020, 01:06:27 AM
Canopy/nose attached. The darker mottling is preshading to give the top coat a patchy appearance.
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My 1st impression is: very Arado Blitz (sans jets and with twin tails). Looking good :thumbsup:
In a change to my usual order of doing things I have cleared this and put on the transfers before completing the paint job.
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This is because the upper surface is getting a "crazy paving" pattern and I need to know where the hinomarus are when painting it. This way seemed easier than marking their position with a pencil and stencil.
Ni-ice! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Old Wombat on April 10, 2020, 03:24:35 AM
Ni-ice! :thumbsup:
Indeed. Brings it all together :thumbsup:
Thanks. During my brief time in the shed today I masked and painted the yellow leading edge sections (well, first coat anyway).
Took most of my time in the shed today to do this. I hope to finish the first coat of paint tomorrow.
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Big work, nicely done! :thumbsup:
Oooooh, crazy paving on an aeroplane! :thumbsup:
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Not my first. I'd forgotten how long it takes. Having gloss cleared the underlying surface I can adjust the design by scratching the green off with a toothpick. I will do this and also add more paint to adjust gaps when I do the second coat as my design has got less rounded and more straight edge as I have progressed from the tail onto the wings.
Ooooh, I'd forgotten that wonder machine of yours! ;D
I LOVED the mid-upper gun position on that, complete with its own engine and pilot! ;D :thumbsup:
Fascinating scheme
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Looking absolutely Bob on that Fred, very nice.
:thumbsup:
Looking good. The camo goes great.
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 13, 2020, 06:22:55 AM
Ooooh, I'd forgotten that wonder machine of yours! ;D
I LOVED the mid-upper gun position on that, complete with its own engine and pilot! ;D :thumbsup:
That was the flying bridge.
Finished first pass of the P2Ys paving today. It needs another pass with thinned paint to smooth out the variations in coverage and then i'll hit it with a grey/green (or is it green/grey?) filter to tone it all down a touch.
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That paint job is amazing... :bow: :bow: :bow:
It seems a shame to tone it down. It's beautiful so sharp and contrasted.
Showing my ignorance but I've never seen that style of camouflage before. Signs of patience.
Thanks folks.
Filter shouldn't tone it down too much. Just tie it all together.
Ive had another idea - Mondrian camo...
This one would be good for the upper camo of city-based AFV's (eg: Berlin Brigade type thing)
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Quote from: Old Wombat on April 15, 2020, 08:30:55 AM
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It'd work a treat in Belgium!
Oh my stars and garters. That double-decker aircraft, on floats, with a literal flying bridge. I do declare I have the vapors! :wub: :o
Looking forward to the new project. :thumbsup:
I decided against the filter.
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Working on the undercarriage and the props.
Main colour looks more "greenish" in these shots for some reason ?
Looking good
Quote from: NARSES2 on April 19, 2020, 06:40:33 AM
Main colour looks more "greenish" in these shots for some reason ?
Looking good
Could be the clear. I has a yellowish tinge if put on too heavily. Don't ask me how I know this.
Props glossed. Painting on undercarriage begun. I should really have started on the UC doors but I had to make a start on the list of chores if I wanted to remain married and undamaged.
So, towel rails removed, holes filled, garden ornament chickens moved to shed for repair, pruned branches removed from neighbour's yard, hook for bathroom purchased...
Good boy ;)
Bathroom walls sanded and painted today and both chickens repaired. One, which is made from recycled oil drums, had rusted badly and required its complete lower section replacing with an aluminium plate riveted in place. It is now a robochook. Or maybe a cyborooster.
Anyway, more importantly today I painted the main undercarriage legs, constructed the nose leg and started painting the main UC doors.
But where do you hang the towels now there's no rail for them? :-\
In the guest bathroom of course.
But when i've put another coat or two of paint on then I shall erect a new towel rail. A floor standing, leaning on the wall, looks a bit like a ladder type one which won't keep working loose.
Much safer, and stronger, yes. :thumbsup:
Safety wasn't really an issue. Except for the ever present hazard of me tearing a wobbly rack off the wall and beating the other two to death with it.
Towel rails and toilet roll holders. The bane of my life. They shouldn't let interior designers design the fixing parts as they never hold fast and straight for more than 5 minutes.
I thought I had these ones fixed securely as I made sure I thoroughly nogged out the wall behind them with four by two (that's 90x45 for any young people reading) so I could screw them into timber rather than just plasterboard.
Nope, didn't work as the designer insisted on using a stupid hidden screw system which came loose as the chrome plated cast brass fixtures bent when tightened.
I know it's s first world problem, but still...
Quote from: zenrat on April 21, 2020, 04:45:57 AM
Bathroom walls sanded and painted today and both chickens repaired. One, which is made from recycled oil drums, had rusted badly and required its complete lower section replacing with an aluminium plate riveted in place. It is now a robochook. Or maybe a cyborooster.
Anyway, more importantly today I painted the main undercarriage legs, constructed the nose leg and started painting the main UC doors.
I hope your bathroom is a whif one, amd am very curious about chickens made from oil drums :o. What's their use?
Quote from: zenrat on April 21, 2020, 04:45:57 AM
and both chickens repaired.
That is going to throw so many people who just "scan read" ;) ;D
Quote from: NARSES2 on April 21, 2020, 06:20:40 AM
Quote from: zenrat on April 21, 2020, 04:45:57 AM
and both chickens repaired.
That is going to throw so many people who just "scan read" ;) ;D
:thumbsup:
Quote from: loupgarou on April 21, 2020, 05:34:15 AM
Quote from: zenrat on April 21, 2020, 04:45:57 AM
Bathroom walls sanded and painted today and both chickens repaired. One, which is made from recycled oil drums, had rusted badly and required its complete lower section replacing with an aluminium plate riveted in place. It is now a robochook. Or maybe a cyborooster.
Anyway, more importantly today I painted the main undercarriage legs, constructed the nose leg and started painting the main UC doors.
I hope your bathroom is a whif one, amd am very curious about chickens made from oil drums :o. What's their use?
Well the bathroom does have a vanity (sink unit) I scratchbuilt from recycled hardwood floorboards. Does that count?
The chickens are garden ornaments.
Undercarriage is attached now. All that remains to do is to paint the main undercarriage doors and make the nose doors.
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OK so Arado 234 met a B.25 one boozy night in Hamburg at the end of the War ? ;)
This gets better and better :thumbsup:
Nice model with inventive silhouette :thumbsup:
Looking pretty! :thumbsup:
That's really looking good. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Sleek! And I cannot help it: it somewhat looks like an aircraft from a Hayao Miyazaki anime? :blink:
Thanks folks.
Should be finished by Monday.
OK, Tuesday.
Yokosuka P2Y Tenousei
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49828853293_fc68c14cef_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iVcU5e)Yokosuka P2Y Tenousei - 22 (https://flic.kr/p/2iVcU5e) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
When the RAAF started operating the De Havilland Mosquito over Papua New Guinea and Burma, the hierarchy of the Imperial Japanese Navy took an interest in them, issuing orders that intact examples be obtained using whatever means necessary.
As aircraft were obtained (forced landings in paddy fields proved to provide relatively undamaged, albeit unairworthy airframes) they were shipped to Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal for study.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49829696212_dfbb5edfae_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iVhdDj)Yokosuka P2Y Tenousei - 10 (https://flic.kr/p/2iVhdDj) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
By 1943 the IJN, decided they had looked at enough muddy Mosquitoes and issued specification 18 Shi for an unarmed high speed bomber.
Miki Tadanao drew up the P2Y for the Naval Air Technical Arsenal taking the aircrafts streamlining a stage further than his earlier P1Y Ginga. In order to conserve strategically scarce metals he took guidance from the damp De Havillands he had observed, making the wings of wooden construction. The fuselage consisted of a steel frame skinned with plywood. All panel gaps were puttied and smoothed to reduce drag as much as possible. Power was provided by two Nakajima Ha 303 Chujitsu 27 cylinder three row radials. These were still under development but Nakajima promised 3000hp. A crew of three was carried with the pilot sitting in the extreme nose behind streamlined glazing. Navigator and Radio Operator/Bomb Aimer sat in an enclosed cabin behind the pilot with the Bomb Aimer moving to a prone position alongside the pilot when required. Accommodations were very cramped with space and comfort sacrificed in order to achieve as low a fuselage cross section as possible. Pilots egress in particular was extremely awkward requiring him to leave his seat and move through a hatch into the cabin before exiting the aircraft through a floor hatch. Something he would be unlikely to manage when baling out.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49829696407_36103a496e_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iVhdGF)Yokosuka P2Y Tenousei - 5 (https://flic.kr/p/2iVhdGF) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49829384566_842dfcf7c7_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iVfC17)Yokosuka P2Y Tenousei - 19 (https://flic.kr/p/2iVfC17) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
Named Tenousei (Uranus), the prototype flew in late 1944 achieving 475 mph before the engines caught fire. The second prototype showed that provided two thirds throttle wasn't exceeded, the aircraft could cruise at 420mph carrying a one ton load without the engines overheating too badly. IJN high command demanded Nakajima build aircraft for a development squadron which would work to solve the engines issues whilst operating against the enroaching allied forces. This wasn't to happen. Just a single aircraft had been built at war's end but it had not been signed off as being fit for operational use and was seized when Victorian troops occupied the Yokosuka area. Shipped back to the People's Democratic Republic of Victoria it has been a long term exhibit at the Dadswell Bridge Museum of Flight. Initially kept in flying condition (with strict throttle opening limits applied) it was grounded and placed on static display in 1953 when it was discovered the glue laminating the plywood skin was de-bonding.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49829695582_373e8bc1fb_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iVhdss)Yokosuka P2Y Tenousei - 24 (https://flic.kr/p/2iVhdss) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
In 1990 the museum's managing committee took it off display with the aim of restoring it to flying condition for the 50th anniversary of VJ day in 1996. The complete aircraft was thoroughly overhauled before being reskinned with modern plywood. It was finished in a "what-if" hypothetical in-service paint scheme and took part in the PDRV's victory commemorations over the Shrine of Remembrance in Batmania on the VJ day holiday in 1996, completing the flypast on one engine after the starboard unit overheated badly and had to be shut down.
It remains in the museums collection where it is regularly flown.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49828854178_c163aa4f42_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iVcUku)Yokosuka P2Y Tenousei - 3 (https://flic.kr/p/2iVcUku) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
The Model
Inspired by a pic cross posted from BTS, and Old Wombats flat-top high speed Mitchell.
Airfix Dornier Do 217.
Italeri B-25 nose glazing and vertical tails.
Parts box cowlings (possibly Supermodel Savoia Marchetti SM81).
Scratchbuilt nose gear.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49829384261_86f046ca3b_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iVfBUR)Yokosuka P2Y Tenousei - 25 (https://flic.kr/p/2iVfBUR) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
Absolutely the BUSINESS Fred. :thumbsup:
And the backstory is terrific, specially the later bits about it ending up in Victoria. ;D
Very nice! I've never seen that camo pattern before - I like it. :)
As I was looking at your beauty pics, I suddenly flashed on a similar treatment for a Ju-88 as a high-speed nightfighter. :)
That's come out really well Fred, particularly like the back story :thumbsup:
Great design! :thumbsup: Cool camo! :thumbsup:
Nice! :thumbsup:
Thanks folks.
Appreciate it.
Superb.
I keep looking at this and admiring it Fred? It looks absolutely bob on. The back story is brilliant if only for the zenrat grade dry humour :thumbsup:
Chris
Stunning :wub:
Awesome, Fred! Absolutely stunning! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
beautiful pattern !
Nice!! :thumbsup:
Thank you very much everyone.
The camo scheme became more an artwork than a paintjob and in the end I couldn't bring myself to weather it so I had to make the back story reflect the relatively pristine finish.
I wish I have found room to include the phrases "boggy bomber" and "moist merlins". ;D
Quote from: zenrat on April 30, 2020, 03:43:45 AM
The camo scheme became more an artwork than a paintjob
aha, I thought so ;)
it makes me think of a giraffe pattern (like the one you used for one of your pirate seaplanes?)
and it could have featured a few colors (like, three, for example :rolleyes:)
Thanks Eric.
Technically it does have three colours; The underside grey/green, the upper green "paving", and the blue/grey on the fins and three odd "pavers".
Quote from: zenrat on May 01, 2020, 05:24:07 AM
Thanks Eric.
Technically it does have three colours; The underside grey/green, the upper green "paving", and the blue/grey on the fins and three odd "pavers".
I've been wondering about those three odd "pavers" (like the word :thumbsup:). Any reason for them ? Or just that they look good ?
I did the same on the Sky Pirate Kawanishi, they are just there to add a point of difference. To make sure everyone is paying attention. 🤓
Thanks Brad F.
Congratulations for the finished result! :thumbsup:
Thanks Tophe.
Quote from: zenrat on May 02, 2020, 06:27:36 AM
I did the same on the Sky Pirate Kawanishi, they are just there to add a point of difference. To make sure everyone is paying attention. 🤓
Well at least I was ;)
Not sure how I missed the ongoing progress, but it's done - and a very nice job on that too, Fred. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Like the Crazy Paving scheme, I might have to give it a go myself.
Thanks Rick.
I think there is more in the High Speed Bomber concept, and have a few more kits in the stash that could get the flat-top look.
She sure looks good, love that camo. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Lovely job but a bit modern for my tastes. ;)
Thanks folks.
Nice. :thumbsup:
Perhaps someone convinced them the Boeing-Stearman X-100/XA-21 was going to go into production? :wacko:
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Cracking good job on that! :thumbsup:
Thanks Ratty.