eBay: Japanese airplanes and other hardware.

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Good choice, Snautzer01.

In fact, you could see a lot of such fake or decommissioned Japanese airplanes as decoy provided for the Allies air raids in YouTube.
Most of active planes were hidden in the shelters for the last stage of war.
 
#57: N1K1-J Model 11 George Manufacture Number 7102 Tail 341-S23: Built by Kawanishi at Himeji sometime between August 13 to October 16, 1944. Propeller installed on September 15, 1944. Assigned to the 341st Kokutai, Fighter Flying Unit 402, with tail code 341-S23. Captured at Clark Field on January 30, 1945. Allied intelligence TAIC-SWPA repaired this George and applied US markings and tail stripes. Assigned tail code S9. Flying from Clark Field during April 1945, it was tested with the underwing and fusealge mounted guns removed, to resemble the N1K2-J configuration.Afterwards (or postwar) this aircraft was scrapped or otherwise disappeared.
 

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