1/72 Kawanishi N1K1/2 'Breaking Wind' Done! (Endpics page 3)

[Sticky Fingers]

Huh? But in picture no.2 you just closed the cockpit with some sheet styrene??












Yeah, I know.

[Captain Canada]

Neat stuff.  I liked it better by itdelf tho, sure looked slick !

[NARSES2]

Interesting idea. I bought that boxed set as well - must have been after I left the pub, no idea what I'll do with them 

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice!

[Sticky Fingers]

Thanks guys

Working on the beachingtrolleys. Basepaint is on, now for some detailing and weathering:



Far from done, I positioned some miscellaneous stuff on the trolley just for the pic. The rope is made of solder, the chest is from a Preisser "german pilots at rest" set and the blue toolbox is modelled after my own

Interesting idea. I bought that boxed set as well - must have been after I left the pub, no idea what I'll do with them 

Sell for beer money?

[NARSES2]

Interesting idea. I bought that boxed set as well - must have been after I left the pub, no idea what I'll do with them 

Sell for beer money?

See your PM's

[Sticky Fingers]

See your PM's

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[Tophe]

Wonderful! Go on!

[Sticky Fingers]

Wonderful! Go on!

Mais bien sûr, mon cher connaisseur de asymétrique!


(Pardon my French )

[Captain Canada]

Wow...the beaching trolley looks awesome ! Love the wheel in the middle too.

[NARSES2]

Wow...the beaching trolley looks awesome ! Love the wheel in the middle too.

Can't but agree with that statement 

[pyro-manic]

Looks really good, but..... "Breaking Wind"?

[Sticky Fingers]

^Ah, yes, finally!

The original name for the original plane is Kyofu. Translated, the meaning of that is "strong wind", as since 1943 seaplane fighters were given "wind" names.
Now, my contraption is very unbalanced, and therefore nervous, what with a standard three bladed prop on one side, and souped up engine with two counter-rotating two bladed props on the other. So one fart (there's the Breaking Wind-bit) by the pilot and he'd have to adjust his whole flying position.
In other words: it would fly like a pig. Or a Portia. (Girls name. From the Latin Porcia, a feminine form of Porcius, an old Roman family name probably derived from porcus: a pig, a hog. Source: any what-to-name-your-baby site.)

[Rheged]

^Ah, yes, finally!

The original name for the original plane is Kyofu. Translated, the meaning of that is "strong wind", as since 1943 seaplane fighters were given "wind" names.
Now, my contraption is very unbalanced, and therefore nervous, what with a standard three bladed prop on one side, and souped up engine with two counter-rotating two bladed props on the other. So one fart (there's the Breaking Wind-bit) by the pilot and he'd have to adjust his whole flying position.

Given that  the U.S. used the code name "Operation Frequent Wind" for the evacuation by helicopter of American civilians  and at-risk Vietnamese from Saigon,   what's wrong with "Breaking Wind"?

[Tophe]

what with a standard three bladed prop on one side, and souped up engine with two counter-rotating two bladed props on the other

I love this asymmetry project!