SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
Hello everyone.
On this occasion, I will restart in the construction of an aircraft on the scale of 1/72, after just over 35 years. (... and in those days of youth, it was the only scale that I assembled in airplanes)
It is a kit that I gave to a nephew and after a while he asked me to assembled it for him. I must mention that this is part of 3 kits that very kindly gave me as a gift a good friend of this forum.
It is my thirteenth model and also the seventh that I include in a thread in this forum.
The Art box:
It's my 2nd Hasegawa model, but the first one in 1/72 (since my return to static modeling in December 2012)
I really like the detail and the quality of the plastic of the kit, which I have advanced and some dry fit tests have shown a good assembly of the pieces.
The version I'm going to make:
First prototype. Kasei 14 engine with two anti-rotating 2-blade propellers.
Kawanishi Naruo plant. 6th May, 1942
Beginning to read a bit about this Float Fighter, I was very struck by the knowledge that it is the only Japanese aircraft that was first created as a hydroplane and then for its performance, making the conversion to a fighter.
This was something that made me very significant and interesting considering the large number of seaplanes that arose from all the countries during WWII ... and all (or at least the vast majority), first were fighter aircraft that were later adapted as seaplanes.
I hope you join me in the process and already know in advance that any suggestion, recommendation, images and information that you consider opportune, will be well received.
It will be another model that I build OOB.
And I´m sure that it will be another pleasant moment to share and continue learning together about static modeling and WWII aviation.
Saludos de gran altura
Luis Carlos
SANCER
On this occasion, I will restart in the construction of an aircraft on the scale of 1/72, after just over 35 years. (... and in those days of youth, it was the only scale that I assembled in airplanes)
It is a kit that I gave to a nephew and after a while he asked me to assembled it for him. I must mention that this is part of 3 kits that very kindly gave me as a gift a good friend of this forum.
It is my thirteenth model and also the seventh that I include in a thread in this forum.
The Art box:
It's my 2nd Hasegawa model, but the first one in 1/72 (since my return to static modeling in December 2012)
I really like the detail and the quality of the plastic of the kit, which I have advanced and some dry fit tests have shown a good assembly of the pieces.
The version I'm going to make:
First prototype. Kasei 14 engine with two anti-rotating 2-blade propellers.
Kawanishi Naruo plant. 6th May, 1942
Beginning to read a bit about this Float Fighter, I was very struck by the knowledge that it is the only Japanese aircraft that was first created as a hydroplane and then for its performance, making the conversion to a fighter.
This was something that made me very significant and interesting considering the large number of seaplanes that arose from all the countries during WWII ... and all (or at least the vast majority), first were fighter aircraft that were later adapted as seaplanes.
I hope you join me in the process and already know in advance that any suggestion, recommendation, images and information that you consider opportune, will be well received.
It will be another model that I build OOB.
And I´m sure that it will be another pleasant moment to share and continue learning together about static modeling and WWII aviation.
Saludos de gran altura
Luis Carlos
SANCER
