Paul Bradley Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Kyūshū J7W1 Shinden, or 震電 - "Magnificent Lightning" From the old Hasegawa 1/72 kit. Spurious markings, as the real thing only flew once, in 1945, in boring green/grey. shiden01 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Cool! 😎 I really like Shindens. That one looks great. <<<< 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luiz Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Wonderful!...very nice presentation! Luiz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Superb presentation! Why not fly it in formation with the jet version? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Cheers, guys! 5 hours ago, Toryu said: Superb presentation! Why not fly it in formation with the jet version? A neat idea - I could do the 1/48 jet version and do a forced perspective. I'll have to keep an eye open for a kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Magnificent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 That's really nice! Looks the part - well done SD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Thanks, chaps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
replicant Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 No boring! Wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigster Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 That's the way! My old one, with those spindly legs broken over the years :-(. You inspired me to do the next one, in flight! Looks SO much better!!! Zig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Beautiful build and presentation ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Cheers, Zig - doing the occasional model in flight can provide a pleasant change! Thanks, Wulfman! Edited May 27, 2020 by Paul Bradley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 On 5/26/2020 at 8:06 AM, Paul Bradley said: I could do the 1/48 jet version and do a forced perspective. I'll have to keep an eye open for a kit. You could create your own version too Paul! 😀 As I was somewhat forced to do when I started on my Hasegawa 1/48 build. Accidents happen; and then, necessity became the mother of invention. 😉 J7W3 Shinden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 Nice one, Gary - a cool, minimal conversion and thoroughly believable! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-4Guy Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 35 minutes ago, Paul Bradley said: Nice one, Gary - a cool, minimal conversion and thoroughly believable! Thank you Paul! I'm glad it found favor with you. Although rough in a few spots, it did give me a little more confidence that I could overcome some modeling obstacles and think outside the box a bit. Altogether, I enjoyed the challenge and the result. Thanks again sir! 😀 ps: For many years I used an old veteran plumber named Paul Bradley for all my plumbing troubles. I thought of that nice old man when I first saw your name here. 🍻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo Viking Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Great colour scheme - is white or light grey? If you're after larger versions, Hasegawa make a couple of versions in 1/48, along with ZM's 1/48 and 1/32 offerings. BTW - the original prototype made 3 flights, for a total of about 45 minutes flight time. It's currently sitting in the Smithsonian, waiting to be restored. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) It's satin-coated Testors Metalizer Aluminium. 🙂 Edited June 2, 2020 by Paul Bradley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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