Nakajima Ki-44 CGI Project

[Shinpachi]

Thanks, Wojtek and Hugh!

These two images are just my attempts for you

 

[CommanderBounds]

Absolutely amazing work Shinpachi! The amount of detail and research you put into this is astonishing. Once this is done do you plan on doing any other aircraft?

 

[Shinpachi]

Hello and Thank you very much for your kind comment and likes for my other posts, CommanderBounds
I am glad if you enjoy.

I have no exact plan at the moment but am always interested in planes which are well known but had been lost in the history like A5M, Ki-21, 48, 49 or other experimental planes. There are so many.
I probably will work on my unfinished ones like A6M8 or N1K2J to complete first. Thanks.

 

[Wurger]

Smashing work...

 

[at6]

As always, great work. Like me you apparently find suits too confining. The freedom of tee shirts and blue jeans can never be underestimated.

 

[GrauGeist]

Phenomenal work, Shinpachi-san!

The project is really coming along!

And I might mention that like you, I enjoy looking into the forgotten types although your research is far more advanced than mine. Speaking of forgotten types: I wonder if you may have come across any data on the AXHei...does this sound familiar to you?

 

[Shinpachi]

Thank you very much for your posts with kind comments, at6 and Dave!

Yes, at6. When I wear a suit, I feel uneasy and find myself trying to find out same suits people in the crowd

I didn't know the AXHei, Dave.
Google tells me it was He-100 and IJN purchased 3 in 1941 for the license production but lost chance as the war began.
Looks a good choice for my future research and here is my quick attempt in CGI. I'd like to complete the appearance in a few days as this plane is cool.
Thank you very much for your information

 

[ontos]

Just amazing work Shinpachi, I am always looking forward to your next post on progress.

 

[GrauGeist]

That would be a great project, Shinpachi and the rendering is excellent, too!

As it happens, all the plans and most of the data of Heinkel's was destroyed when Heinkel's factory was bombed. The He100s that went to Russia and Japan (1 to the Navy and 2 to the Army) are lost to history. However, the Japanese did receive copies of the plans from Heinkel when a delegation visited Germany. Ultimately, the tooling and nessecary equipment for the Japanese to manufacture the He100 in Japan was lost.

So there remains the mystery: where did the 3 planes go and what happened to the plans that the Japanese possessed?

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Merv and Dave for kind posts
What I have found is a page from Aviation Asahi issued in 1941 at the moment.
I think I have ever seen Junkers ( probably Ju-88 ) Manual in Japanese, so yes there could be some copies of the Heinkel too.

 

[syscom3]

Nice work. Keep it up.

 

[Gnomey]

Excellent work so far shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks, sys and Hugh for your kind comments!

Heinkel He 100D-0.
No documents say exactly but "This plane influenced Japanese aircraft later" in Wikipedia.
Now I believe the Ki-61 Hien inherited this design.

 

[GrauGeist]

Shinpachi, you have been very successful in finding hidden treasures in the past, I wouldn't be surprised if you were able to find those missing He100 plans that the delegation brought back with them!

And I suspect that after the KI-44 project is completed, we may be seeing an AXHei project here!

 

[Wayne Little]

Very nice!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Dave and Wayne!
Here are amazingly few records about the He100s imported to Japan.
I will keep researching it.
This plane is cool because of its simplicity for the high performances

 

[CommanderBounds]

Amazing Shots Shinpachi! I had to double check for a second because I thought those were actual pictures of a restored HE 100 in flight. Also those manuals for the JU88 in Japanese were probably what they used when they developed the JU88's "Little Japanese Brother" the Kyushu Q1W. A quite cute aircraft in my mind.

 

[Hiromachi]

I just love your models Shinpachi-san. So many details, such a beauty. It's a pure pleasure seeing all that pictures

 

[Shinpachi]

Thank you very much for your kind comments, CommanderBounds and Hiromachi.
I am glad if you liked my work

I am frankly not sure about the Junkers model number I saw but I have found out a set of formal manual of the Junkers Ju86 Z9 which was imported by Mitsubshi Corp in 1937.

View attachment Junkers_Ju86_Z9-1.pdf
View attachment Junkers_Ju86_Z9-2.pdf
View attachment Junkers_Ju86_Z9-3.pdf

Data source is National Diet Library of Japan.

My research goes on.

 

[ontos]

Great work , nice job on the pictures.