Old Man Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) I am contemplating a scratch-build of an A4N in 1/72. I've a serviceable three-view or two, but they lack fuselage sections. I'd like not to have to guess about contours. Any information on the A4N, of course, would be much appreciated. I've only just begun looking into the type. "Your research isn't complete till your confusion is." Edited April 5 by Old Man correcting A5N to A4N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlanceHR Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I am confused. There was no A5N. There was an A5M. There are several A5M kits in 1/72. Or did you mean the A4N biplane? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 The A4N was the Type 95. This was followed by the Experimental 9-Shi Single-seat Fighter, a development of the Ki.11, with the company designation PA-Kai. This competed with the Mitsubishi 9-Shi Fighter, which became the Type 96 A5M Claude. Had it been better regarded by the Navy, then the PA-Kai might have been known as the Type 96 A5N, but this didn't happen. I don't know of any Western source that would provide more than minimal information on either, certainly not sections. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 I did, certainly, mean the A4N. I am interested in doing one operating from Kaga against Canton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlanceHR Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Choroszy makes a 1/72 kit in resin and it aint that expensive, unless you really want to scratchbuild it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 I do scratch-builds fairly often, and haven't had much experience of resin. The FineMolds A2N kit might make a good basis for conversion, if I can find one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 (edited) Straight conversion from an A2N seems a bit much. Here is a three-view of an A2N, followed by two of the A4N. Wings from a Boeing P-12E/F4F-4 kit look like a good match, and I have a Monogram F4F kit with available parts. There's a Curtiss air about the tail assembly, and I have spares available for that. Most of the increased length of the A4N is behind the cockpit, making the rear fuselage long and lean. Major surgery would be required. I have a Fine Molds A2N on order, and am sure it will be useful, even if mostly as a pattern. If the surface detail of the saddle-tanks is in reach of my poor talents I may not need to use any of it in this. Edited April 6 by Old Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 (edited) Is this any good? You can download a larger copy (in pdf format) from this page: https://rclibrary.co.uk/3view.asp?ID=14129. Happy whittling! Edited April 7 by Blimpyboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 2 hours ago, Blimpyboy said: Is this any good? You can download a larger copy (in pdf format) from this page: https://rclibrary.co.uk/3view.asp?ID=14129. Happy whittling! That's just the ticket, Sir! Thanks a lot! It's certainly enough to be going on. That's a great site, by the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Watch out which A4N version you're building. Up to A2N2 they had no dihedral. The A4N3 with dihedral is shown above. https://www.abkmodels.cz/Airplanes-1-48-c1_0_1.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 1 hour ago, Toryu said: Watch out which A4N version you're building. Up to A2N2 they had no dihedral. The A4N3 with dihedral is shown above. https://www.abkmodels.cz/Airplanes-1-48-c1_0_1.htm That's very helpful, Toryu. It is the final N3 version I am after, one still in service on Kaga in early 1938 off Canton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Just in case, the Choroszy kit of early A4N1 is here https://www.mojehobby.pl/products/Nakajima-A4N1-carrier-based-fighter.html Regards JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanic Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Fleet carrier-based fighter Type "95" Nakajima A4N (Kyū go-shiki kanjō sentōki) (historyopinion.com) I think he is not far away from his older brother A2N, which is in the picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Most likely you know already this web page https://japanese-aviation.forumotion.com/t54-08-china-war-1937 When you explore this site there are also next pages regarding 1938, 39.. Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 4 hours ago, JWM said: Most likely you know already this web page https://japanese-aviation.forumotion.com/t54-08-china-war-1937 When you explore this site there are also next pages regarding 1938, 39.. Regards J-W Thanks, that's a great site! It has some profiles of Type 90 fighters off Kaga in the early going, which I expect I'll build my kit of the type to. It won't be of any use constructing a Type 95. That, if I pursue it, will need to be a scratch-build entire, it seems.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 27 minutes ago, Old Man said: It won't be of any use constructing a Type 95. Surely, but there are also profiles or/and photos for Type 95 A4N https://i.imgur.com/GFwohzh.gif https://i.imgur.com/rNeGsEF.jpg https://i.imgur.com/w22Nahf.gif https://i.imgur.com/BnPbuxk.gif https://i.imgur.com/Wc2mKBK.gif https://i.imgur.com/hJvsjfe.gif https://i.imgur.com/SzxjMNf.jpg Regarrds J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 I meant the Type 90 kit I recently ordered and received would be of no use as a basis for building a Type 95. I could have been more clear. If I do proceed with scratch-building a Type 95, I did see some Kaga/spring 38 profiles there. Contingencies being what they were, when fighting began in Shanghai, Kaga, the carrier on the spot, had Type 90 fighters still. I'll do my Type 90 kit as one of those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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