Mitsubishi B8J7-C Bandora

[NARSES2]

Wellcome to the nut house. Stupendous modelling 

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

'Course you realise that you'll have to post some if not all of your Luft '46 stuff here too 

Ian

[Tophe]

Wonderful... I have never seen a floatplane like that (with V-pylons leaving room for the central jet exhaust...). Congratulations to both the modeller and the inventor!

[GTX]

Hope you like it

Like it?  We love it!  The fish are a nice addition too!!!

Regards,

Greg

[ChernayaAkula]

^ Yeah, what Greg said!

[Taiidantomcat]

welcome aboard! As a fan of Japanese WWII stuff, I can't say enough about this 

[John Howling Mouse]

Oh look, the degree of talent on the ol' What If site just went up about a zillion degrees.

As I usually gasp in amazement at your work, Matt, it's equally enjoyable to see that you can apply that same skill level to Whiffery. 

Kudos!

[redstar72]

A nice build and an excellent diorama! The water looks very real.
Only one question: what does this strange index mean, B8J7-C?

[kitbasher]

WOW! 

So let me get this right, the jet floaty thing is real, the fish are invented?

[Swanny]

A nice build and an excellent diorama! The water looks very real.
Only one question: what does this strange index mean, B8J7-C?

B8J7-C
B - Torpedo/Level bomber
8 - 8th type the IJN adopted
J - Designed by, umm... Something that starts with a J
7 - 7th major revision
C - The carrier reconnaissance version of this design

Okay Kitbasher - I'm busted. You caught me!

[redstar72]

B8J7-C
B - Torpedo/Level bomber
8 - 8th type the IJN adopted
J - Designed by, umm... Something that starts with a J
7 - 7th major revision
C - The carrier reconnaissance version of this design

Yes, I know... Therefore I asked about this. "B" category is not only torpedo/level bomber - it's carrier-based torpedo/level bomber. A floatplane can't belong to "B" category, moreover to "C" - it would rather be "M" (like Seiran). And your model doesn't look like a bomber at all - it looks like interceptor fighter.

J - Designed by Nihon Kogata... or maybe by Junkers! (Junkers A50 trainer was tested by IJN as "KXJ1"). But your aircraft looks too much like evolved Rufe, so I think that Mitsubishi is a company who could design something like this. Or maybe Nakajima, who produced the Rufes mostly.

Of cource it's your model, but I propose another designation: N2M2-E.
N - Float fighter
2 - 2nd type IJN adopted (after N1K Kyofu)
M - Designed by Mitsubishi
2 - 2nd revision (I can imagine N2M1 with standard Zero/Rufe framed canopy, folowed by N2M2 with more modern bubble canopy).
E - reconnaisance version (if you want...): recon floatplanes were "E", not "C".

What do you think about this?

[Swanny]

I think that is a very plausible designation. I may have to add that to the build article.
Here, take a look .... http://swannysmodels.com/Bandora.html

[PACOPEPE]

Precious; i like it a lot, congratulations.


Cheers
Fran

[Sisko]

Hot damn that is nice!

Great idea wonderfully executed. A real treat thanks for sharing!

[Weaver]

Wow - that is utterly gorgeous!    Excellent job Matt and welcome aboard! 

I love the fish, and that's a good tip about charm bracelet bits - cheers. That's another thing I'll have to get odd looks for looking at now, after I've finished with the kiddies cheap'n'nasty party toys......


Small backstory point, if I may: the Yak-15 didn't have a Nene, it had an RD-10 (Jumo-004). A Nene is WAY fatter than a Jumo: if you go look at a Yak-23, which had a Derwent (RD-500), you can see what even this smaller engine did to the lines of the aircraft. However, since Jumos were supplies to Japan, simply changing the backstory to that fixes the problem nicely and adds another link to reality.