Grumman X-29 in retro WW2 Kyushu J7W Shinden colors, aka the "Shinden II".

[seadude]

I had an odd thought for a future model project last night.
Build a Hasegawa 1/72 scale Grumman X-29 kit and paint it in the Japanese WW2 Kyushu J7W Shinden experimental fighter plane colors and call it the "Shinden II".
Now, I tend to mainly use Vallejo paints. I was thinking of the following:
71.310 IJN Deep Dark Green for upper surfaces of aircraft.
71.312 IJN Medium Gray for underside of aircraft.
71.135 IJA Chrome Yellow for leading edges of wings.

From what research I've tried to do on the Shinden last night and today, the landing gear struts look like they may be black or maybe a metallic black. At least that's what I'm seeing from black and white photos.
I still can't figure out the wheel well paint color. But it doesn't appear to be that Aotake blue color. Some other models I've seen appear to suggest the wheel well color may be white or it may be the same IJN gray color as the rest of the underside of the aircraft.
And does anybody know what the cockpit color was?

[kerick]

By late in the war probably whatever they could get a hold of, or none at all.
Were you thinking of using the forward swept wings in place of the kit wings? Sounds pretty interesting.

[seadude]

By late in the war probably whatever they could get a hold of, or none at all.
Were you thinking of using the forward swept wings in place of the kit wings? Sounds pretty interesting.

I don't have a J7W Shinden kit. All I'm going to do is build the X-29 as normal, but paint it in a retro WW2 scheme same as what the Shinden wore.
In other news.........
I'm also not sure about adding any armament under the wings. I already built a Japanese X-29 with missiles under the wings months ago. So for this Shinden version I'm now planning, I wonder if I should use bombs instead? Thoughts?

[kerick]

By late in the war probably whatever they could get a hold of, or none at all.
Were you thinking of using the forward swept wings in place of the kit wings? Sounds pretty interesting.

I don't have a J7W Shinden kit. All I'm going to do is build the X-29 as normal, but paint it in a retro WW2 scheme same as what the Shinden wore.
In other news.........
I'm also not sure about adding any armament under the wings. I already built a Japanese X-29 with missiles under the wings months ago. So for this Shinden version I'm now planning, I wonder if I should use bombs instead? Thoughts?

That's always a good option.