fubar57
General
Beauty. I seem to run into glue spots almost every build
**** DONE: GB-63 1/72 Kyūshū J7W Shinden - Stormy Weather
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Nice progress.
Good work so far!
T Bolt
Colonel
Nice! I have a 1/48th scale one on the shelf of doom I need to finish
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PlasticHero
Senior Airman
Time to start painting and I have to face the conflicting photographic evidence I have. Wiki says there were two prototypes and only one flew. Then one of them was scraped and the other is in National Air & Space. Trying to put the five good photos in order is full of guesswork and assumption. The first image is from a youtube film that can be seen on
Shinpachi
thread on page 15. It shows this marking while taxing and i think then flying for the first time. I don't see the little wheels on the tails and the ground crew are then seen looking at the prop because it over rotated and hit the ground. It ends with wheels installed and a successful flight. You can't tell if the marking is still there or not.
I want to use this marking and if it means taking the little wheels off, so I won't have to paint them, so be it. The 3 flights were August 3, 6 and 9. The next one is for sure just after capture. There is no yellow marking and the prop has a yellow stripe "in the front" on the prop. You can see a wheel on the right tail.
I think this is about the same time and the same plane. No marking, stripe just visible on lowest prop and wheels; the paint looks pretty decent.
This one seems to be years later. There don't seem to be stripes on the back of the prop, where you also need them, and some panels are missing paint.
This is the example we have today. At first I thought this panel was missing paint, but I saw another photo so this is sunlight.
After much internal debate, I want to model the second flight version with the wheels. I may watch the film a few more times to convince myself that I can see the marking. The wiki page says NASM claims this is the first one, but other sources claim it is the second.
Shinpachi
thread on page 15. It shows this marking while taxing and i think then flying for the first time. I don't see the little wheels on the tails and the ground crew are then seen looking at the prop because it over rotated and hit the ground. It ends with wheels installed and a successful flight. You can't tell if the marking is still there or not.I want to use this marking and if it means taking the little wheels off, so I won't have to paint them, so be it. The 3 flights were August 3, 6 and 9. The next one is for sure just after capture. There is no yellow marking and the prop has a yellow stripe "in the front" on the prop. You can see a wheel on the right tail.
I think this is about the same time and the same plane. No marking, stripe just visible on lowest prop and wheels; the paint looks pretty decent.
This one seems to be years later. There don't seem to be stripes on the back of the prop, where you also need them, and some panels are missing paint.
This is the example we have today. At first I thought this panel was missing paint, but I saw another photo so this is sunlight.
After much internal debate, I want to model the second flight version with the wheels. I may watch the film a few more times to convince myself that I can see the marking. The wiki page says NASM claims this is the first one, but other sources claim it is the second.
fubar57
General
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- #27
PlasticHero
Senior Airman
I 
getting an "INCOMING!"
getting an "INCOMING!"
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I think we all do!
N4521U
Colonel
That thing is a MONster!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Need to start motoring Alan. 10 days left in this GB.
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PlasticHero
Senior Airman
All that's left is the landing gear, the prop and the antenna, if I can avoid the turkey stupor, it should be done this weekend.
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Nice looking aircraft!
Good stuff...I gotta get back to my 1/32 bird....
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- #34
PlasticHero
Senior Airman
Done!! This is the appearance of the Shinden as it appears in the grainy youtube video. I now think the pictures of the captured aircraft are the other prototype because of the missing 71 marking. But who knows for sure. I got some things right and some not so much. I must have not done a good cleaning before I sprayed some clear lacquer because there is a slight green haze on the underside. I also tried to rig a fine stretched sprue between the two masts, but after breaking the front one off 3 times, it is not going on. This is a BIG, TALL aircraft and the photos didn't convey its size to me.
nice
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Like it. 
Crimea_River
Marshal
Well done! Attended to by a ghost crew I see.
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- #39
PlasticHero
Senior Airman
Crimea_River
I had been looking for that crew but lost them in a box of other stuff. Found them today and put them in to show the real scale of the aircraft.
Nice work!
