Kyushu J7W1 Shinden

gooberliberation · October 31, 2005, 04:42:51 PM

Honestly, I dont care too much for WW2 japanese aircraft, especially IJN fighters. Theyre almost exclusively boring radial engined blobs in green or gray. Naturally, I had to make my sole japanese plane in my collection the least conventional one! No real backstory here, just a J7W in operational service, blackened from being pressed into night fighting.

The kit is a 1/72 hasegawa that i found at the miraculously low price of just under 11USD. The kit went together with minimum trouble, just the usual corner gaps and tight fits. I used this method for chipping the paint. I chose testor's flat black because it dries very quickly.

Kit decals were used, along with some spares for the tail number(dont tell anyone that they came off an RAF phantom. Shhhh

) I chipped those too with a toothpick after melting them with Mr Mark Setter.

No changes to the actual model other than replacing a radio mast after breaking it off a dozen times.

A pretty fun weekend project, and a great excuse to rip off some paint in a satisfying fashion!

Leigh · October 31, 2005, 04:49:19 PM

Dude you need to take better care of your models that ones got all the paint chipped off looks like it's been through a war or something

Awesome

cthulhu77 · October 31, 2005, 05:03:12 PM

Massive amount of hand clapping from Arizona!!! That is GREAT !!!

gooberliberation · October 31, 2005, 05:07:13 PM

QuoteDude you need to take better care of your models that ones got all the paint chipped off looks like it's been through a war or something

Awesome

Once when i was a kid, i found a die cast matchbox corsair buried in a sandbox at school... the paintjob looked just as bad

matrixone · October 31, 2005, 06:27:03 PM

gooberliberation,

Cool looking plane!

I have one of those kits...mine came with the canopy frames pre-painted.
Too bad models of the Ju 188 and He 111 don't come with that feature, I am sure more of them would be built if that was the case.

Matrixone

dragon · October 31, 2005, 07:22:33 PM

I find the Shinden to be one of the best aircraft for Whiffing. Another Whiffer did a set of images in "alternate" markings (Italian for example). Here is a racer I did some time ago.

Another What if?

Allan · October 31, 2005, 07:26:35 PM

Woweeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goober, wonderful modelling!

Love it do death.

Allan in Canberra, still waiting to see a piccie of the Lippisch with the radial engine.

NARSES2 · November 01, 2005, 02:27:41 AM

Terrific mate - great kit, got a couple in the stash

Chris

Radish · November 01, 2005, 03:47:05 AM

Brilliant!!

nev · November 01, 2005, 09:16:38 AM

Fantastic finish!

gooberliberation · November 01, 2005, 06:13:56 PM

Quotegooberliberation,

Cool looking plane!

I have one of those kits...mine came with the canopy frames pre-painted.
Too bad models of the Ju 188 and He 111 don't come with that feature, I am sure more of them would be built if that was the case.

Matrixone

I wouldnt mind at least having more kits come with canopy-masks. I did my canopy framing with strips of painted label-maker tape. Not that realistic but quite the headache saver!