Kyushu J7W1 Shinden

Kit:  Hasegawa 1/72

The kit has been reworked to represent the first prototype in its original fit out, i.e. without the small wheels at the base of the two vertical fins and without armament. The canopy needs quite a bit of trimming and the nose wheel some detailing, but the rest is straight forward.

 

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Source: Famous Airplanes of the World no. 129 (old series) Jan. 1982 BurinDo, Tokyo

The model shows the first prototype on the day of its first flight at Mushiroda Airfield (at today's Fukuoka Airport), Japan in July 1945. The photograph of the original is a screenshot of an 8mm amateur film.

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Last update 7. August 2003