[email protected] +++ 1:72 Kyushu J7W3 ‘Shinden-Kai’, 343th Kokutai/301st Hikotai, IJN, 1946

[NARSES2]

Looking good Dizzy 

Hope things improve for you soon 

[su27rules]

Fantastic idea!!  Great work!!          

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you all. And good news: photo session completed, editing next.

[Dizzyfugu]

Pic selection and first rough editing done. Progress, despite a local heat wave! 

[RAFF-35]

That looks absolutely fantastic! It seems so plausible,  yet utterly futuristic at the same time.

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you. Unfortunately, due to the local heat wave, picture editing work stalled, but I made progress on the background story. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Against the usual order, overview pics of the finished model:


1:72 Kyushu J7W3 'Shinden-Kai'; aircraft "(A-343-)15", 343th Kokutai/301st Hikotai, Imperial Japanese Navy, piloted by CPO Yishida Masaoka; Matsuyama AB (Shikoku/Takanawa peninsula, Japan), early 1946 (Whif/modified Hasegawa kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Kyushu J7W3 'Shinden-Kai'; aircraft "(A-343-)15", 343th Kokutai/301st Hikotai, Imperial Japanese Navy, piloted by CPO Yishida Masaoka; Matsuyama AB (Shikoku/Takanawa peninsula, Japan), early 1946 (Whif/modified Hasegawa kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Kyushu J7W3 'Shinden-Kai'; aircraft "(A-343-)15", 343th Kokutai/301st Hikotai, Imperial Japanese Navy, piloted by CPO Yishida Masaoka; Matsuyama AB (Shikoku/Takanawa peninsula, Japan), early 1946 (Whif/modified Hasegawa kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Kyushu J7W3 'Shinden-Kai'; aircraft "(A-343-)15", 343th Kokutai/301st Hikotai, Imperial Japanese Navy, piloted by CPO Yishida Masaoka; Matsuyama AB (Shikoku/Takanawa peninsula, Japan), early 1946 (Whif/modified Hasegawa kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

More coming soon...

[PR19_Kit]

 Oh yeah, that twin exhaust works a TREAT there Thomas.     

[zenrat]

 

[Dizzyfugu]

Yeah, it looks really good - and thanks to the low/new Hawk air intakes the whole affair even looks quite organic! The pen nib fairing on the tail is IMHO also good, better than just two "blunt" openings side-by-side. Makes the Shinden-Kai even look a bit racy? 

[Dizzyfugu]

...and here's a bit more to see/show, live footage from early 1946  :


1:72 Kyushu J7W3 'Shinden-Kai'; aircraft "(A-343-)15", 343th Kokutai/301st Hikotai, Imperial Japanese Navy, piloted by CPO Yishida Masaoka; Matsuyama AB (Shikoku/Takanawa peninsula, Japan), early 1946 (Whif/modified Hasegawa kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Kyushu J7W3 'Shinden-Kai'; aircraft "(A-343-)15", 343th Kokutai/301st Hikotai, Imperial Japanese Navy, piloted by CPO Yishida Masaoka; Matsuyama AB (Shikoku/Takanawa peninsula, Japan), early 1946 (Whif/modified Hasegawa kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Kyushu J7W3 'Shinden-Kai'; aircraft "(A-343-)15", 343th Kokutai/301st Hikotai, Imperial Japanese Navy, piloted by CPO Yishida Masaoka; Matsuyama AB (Shikoku/Takanawa peninsula, Japan), early 1946 (Whif/modified Hasegawa kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 Kyushu J7W3 'Shinden-Kai'; aircraft "(A-343-)15", 343th Kokutai/301st Hikotai, Imperial Japanese Navy, piloted by CPO Yishida Masaoka; Matsuyama AB (Shikoku/Takanawa peninsula, Japan), early 1946 (Whif/modified Hasegawa kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

There's still more to come... 

[PR19_Kit]

Looks REALLY believable in B&W. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you! 

[NARSES2]

That looks "so right"   

For some reason my mind's eye keeps "seeing" it in Swedish markings.

[comrade harps]

That's impressive. It really looks the part.