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J7W2 Shinden Kai

Started by Swanny, March 28, 2010, 06:56:15 AM

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March 28, 2010, 06:56:15 AM Last Edit: March 28, 2010, 12:01:35 PM by Swanny
Okay, one more Whif for the Japanese plane fans. This is one I did back in '04 and dusted off for your enjoyment.

What if .... the US never dropped the atom bomb on Japan and the war carried on for a few more years? What if the Japanese were able to develop the J7W1 into the jet powered aircraft it was intended to be? What if that aircraft was actually fitted with an improved Ne-130A Turbojet engine with a rudimentary after-burning? What if those initial 65 airframes that were built to utilize a pusher power-plant were hurriedly changed over to this new jet engine for posting along the Korean Peninsula to combat early US F-84s operating in the area?

My J7W2 (based off the Hasegawa 1/48 J7W1) features new enlarged smash formed intakes to let that after-burning engine breath along with a custom nozzle. The piston engine oil coolers were removed and slipper tanks were added to the wings. The camouflage pattern is designed to help the aircraft blend into the Korean jungle during the winter months as marauding B-25s were a constant problem for these jet outposts.






Maybe this summer I can do the J7W3 I always wanted to complete the airframe development 'history'.

The Rat

#1
March 28, 2010, 07:04:31 AM
Swanny, since you're relatively new here allow me to introduce you to a phrase we use for occasions like this - WHIFFGASM!  :thumbsup: :bow:
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Hedley Lamarr, Blazing Saddles

Life is too short to worry about perfection

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Swanny

#2
March 28, 2010, 08:10:23 AM
 ;D

kitbasher

#3
March 28, 2010, 08:39:51 AM
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Tophe

#4
March 28, 2010, 08:45:42 AM
Great model :thumbsup:
Thanks Swanny, your different Shinden made me dream of the twin-Shinden... (posted at http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20326.360.html )
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Ian the Kiwi Herder

#5
March 28, 2010, 08:53:51 AM
Nice, very nice. I'm guessing a good hour-or-so for the masking, Matt ?

Ian
"When the Carpet Monster tells you it's full....
....it's time to tidy the workbench"

Confuscious (maybe)

NARSES2

#6
March 28, 2010, 09:31:43 AM
I'm just gobsmacked at the thought of that masking...how the heck do you and some others get it so clean ? I never get any where within a parsec of a finish like that
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Ed S

#7
March 28, 2010, 09:33:26 AM
Superb.  Excellent Shinden. 

Ed
We don't just embrace insanity here.  We feel it up, french kiss it and then buy it a drink.

Swanny

#8
March 28, 2010, 10:10:29 AM
Tophe, you are a bad influence - I have enough projects already!

When I masked that it took about an entire day. I layered six pieces of masking tape then cut about eight or nine different shapes into the tape. Next I carefully pealed the layers apart and applied them to a white painted model. The green was shot and the masks were removed.

CAO 700

#9
March 28, 2010, 11:36:39 AM
Magnificent! -_-
Beautiful planes are french! (Amiot 143, for example...ugh!)

Taiidantomcat

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March 28, 2010, 11:39:21 AM Last Edit: March 28, 2010, 11:40:52 AM by Taiidantomcat
Huge fan of your website! Its great to have you here, wonderful Shinden. I really like the darkened area near the exhaust and the enlarged intakes  :wub:
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

PACOPEPE

#11
March 28, 2010, 01:10:05 PM
Fantastic, lovely!.

Your model was the one who inspired me to make the "J7W4". I hope to finish it someday.


Cheers
Fran

Swanny

#12
March 28, 2010, 01:22:40 PM
J7W4, now that I would like to see.

nev

#13
March 28, 2010, 10:49:31 PM
Quote from: The Rat on March 28, 2010, 07:04:31 AM
Swanny, since you're relatively new here allow me to introduce you to a phrase we use for occasions like this - WHIFFGASM!  :thumbsup: :bow:

see also: BAZTASTIC!
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

PACOPEPE

#14
March 29, 2010, 09:18:31 AM
Quote from: Swanny on March 28, 2010, 01:22:40 PM
J7W4, now that I would like to see.
Of course Swanny. Here are some pics (in-progress still) about "my J7W4"; i hope you like them.

I called it so, because the search of a name for a Shinden whiffie, i found some "J7W3"; and i already knew your fabulous J7W2.

Regards
Fran

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