Hasegawa 1/48 Kyushu J7W1 Shinden "Magnificent Lightning"

[DrSprue]

Wow, thats looking really nice! (can you imagine what that sounded like at take off!)

Thanks DrSprue - yeah it must have been an awesome experience, this short film-clip doesn't have any original sound, but I love how the factory personell basically carries it out to the airfield on their hands. It's like a Miyazaki movie

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Cheers!

Tommy

OOHHH that was soo cool! Thanks Tommy! So funny that that wheel was added afterwards, I bet it was fun to fly too!

[TommyKillander]

Hey Guys!

I got the first layer of glosscoat on today using X-22 and Mr Color SLT.

IMG_20170704_194602 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I have never done this before so I was a little curious about the process and what it looked like. I did it like this:

- Premixed approx 4:6 ratio of X-22 and SLT in a empty paintjar.
- Sprayed it on until I got a nice coat that wasn't too thick (it sprayed wet but didn't flood the surface)
- I misted on a thin coat of pure SLT until the surface became wet again.

So now I will leave it to cure overnight.

The gloss varnish have given the model that nice IJN dark green colour and the panelshading have reduced a bit so it looks more natural.

IMG_20170704_194645 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I'm really happy with the result

I will check it tomorrow and if everything looks OK I will do the decals.


Tommy

[demarcation]

Very very nice Tommy!

[DrSprue]

Oh great Tommy, to me it seems the tuff part is over! Now decals and a wash and stuff! Its looking so nice.

[TommyKillander]

Very very nice Tommy!

Thanks Anders!

Oh great Tommy, to me it seems the tuff part is over! Now decals and a wash and stuff! Its looking so nice.

Thanks Tony!
Yeah I hope so!


Ok... decals on. Not many of them but I had a rough time making them conform properly over the raised panel lines
IMG_20170705_211826 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170705_211852 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

But in the end we got there - kind of....
IMG_20170705_221808 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I will continue tomorrow with some detailpainting of navlights and then it's gloss-coat

[Tomcat64]

Great work Tommy - that looks superb!

[TommyKillander]

Great work Tommy - that looks superb!

Thanks Neil


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Ok... onwards and upwards...

I have sprayed two layers of glosscoat over the decal. Shiny !
IMG_20170708_195412 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

The bottom side came out quite nice with some gloss coat on.
IMG_20170708_195806 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170708_195746 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

....so let's mess everything up
IMG_20170708_203527 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170708_221551 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Dried off most of the wash, though... This airframe got 45 minutes flight-time in total before the war ended. The first successful maiden flight was on the day before the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
IMG_20170708_222635 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Blimey! Knocked off the machinegun when I cleaned up the wash. Thankfully I beated the carpet monster to it....
IMG_20170708_215927 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Some weathering of the undercarriage
IMG_20170708_203456 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr


Tommy

[DrSprue]

Looking really cool Tommy.. 45 mins ea?? wow! What an amazing piece of aircraft. Cant wait to see your review!

[PavelZabak]

Hey Tommy! Cool weathering .

P.

[TommyKillander]

Looking really cool Tommy.. 45 mins ea?? wow! What an amazing piece of aircraft. Cant wait to see your review!

Thanks Tony!

Hey Tommy! Cool weathering .

P.

Thank you Pavel



Okey, I have left the oilwash to dry up for a couple of days just to be on the safe side, before I put on the flat varnish.

But first I weather the inside of the landing gear doors with Tamiya Panel wash. I prefer to use Zippo lighter fuel to cleanup and soften the enamel wash, since it dries up in seconds.
IMG_20170710_161753 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Assembly of the landing gear legs and actuators.
IMG_20170710_161913 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

All jacked up!
After the flat coat I removed the canopy masks. Unfortunately my idea of using small dots of Maskol didn't work, the accuracy wasn't good enough. But I managed to fix it to look acceptable.
IMG_20170710_181945 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Final assembly of the undercarriage. The wheel bays are a little bit uninspired, but old kits look like that sometimes
IMG_20170710_184250 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170710_184307 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

And we have completed the build
IMG_20170710_184330 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170710_184424 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170710_184450 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170710_184633 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr





Hold it right there, cowboy ! You're not finished yet

IMG_20170710_165408 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

These are the antennas, which should be placed on the belly of the aircraft. After checking the pictures of the prototype I found that they where not fitted on the aircraft (yet I guess), so I will not use them.

Hopefully I can setup my photo-booth and take some photos within a couple of days. I'll keep you posted

Cheers!

Tommy

[DrSprue]

OK THAT LOOKS REALLY FREAKIN NICE!!!

Wow... cannot see anything wrong with that build at all, just awesome Tommy, just awesome!!

haha! that landing gear is sooo long because of that monster prop and the position, lol

[Tomcat64]

Stunning job Tommy - really well finished mate!

Interesting that they included the additional antennae even though they weren't used.

[TommyKillander]

OK THAT LOOKS REALLY FREAKIN NICE!!!

Wow... cannot see anything wrong with that build at all, just awesome Tommy, just awesome!!

haha! that landing gear is sooo long because of that monster prop and the position, lol

Thanks Tony

Yeah, it looks like some strange insect just about to take a leap forward... But the shape of the fuselage and the back-swept wings is really beautiful - such a great design !

I must admit that this is not be best build I have done and I lost the mojo for awhile. But I decided to keep going and I was able to cover up most of my mistakes

The kit itself is not too bad, but the lack of details around the engine and wheelbays and the raised panellines might be a dealbreaker. It takes a lot of motivation to rescibe all those panel lines and detail up with scratchbuilt parts.

I would like to build this aircraft again, I will probably go for the Zoukei-Mura offering in 1/48 (or maybe 1/32....?)


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Stunning job Tommy - really well finished mate!

Interesting that they included the additional antennae even though they weren't used.

Thanks Tomcat64



My guess is that since the pictures where taken during it's maiden flight all systems may not have been ready. It's probably there in the kit because it's shown on the original drawings.

...I might have to buy som books get some insight in this


Tommy

[DrSprue]

Stunning job Tommy - really well finished mate!

Interesting that they included the additional antennae even though they weren't used.

Thanks Tomcat64



My guess is that since the pictures where taken during it's maiden flight all systems may not have been ready. It's probably there in the kit because it's shown on the original drawings.

...I might have to buy som books get some insight in this


Tommy

Oh such a cool peice of aircraft. Looking at the real plane and yours, you got it spot on! still amazes me. No errors Tommy, some issues with those silly glue bottles are always there and you helped me back from mine.

Yanno I remeber in the text or utube towards the end they had a tiny wheel leg at the back just a bit forawrd of the prop. I think they put that on when someone took off too fast. One that prevented steep take off damage I think.

If its not that big, make the Zoukei mora in 1/32! I bet you could do some amazing scratch stuff in the pit!!

So cool!

[TommyKillander]

Oh such a cool peice of aircraft. Looking at the real plane and yours, you got it spot on! still amazes me. No errors Tommy, some issues with those silly glue bottles are always there and you helped me back from mine.

Yanno I remeber in the text or utube towards the end they had a tiny wheel leg at the back just a bit forawrd of the prop. I think they put that on when someone took off too fast. One that prevented steep take off damage I think.

If its not that big, make the Zoukei mora in 1/32! I bet you could do some amazing scratch stuff in the pit!!

So cool!

Thank you very much for those kind words !

But hey - a silly glue-bottle that decides to tip over can't kill our builds, right ?
Murphy has to do better than that

I'll have to think about the 1/32 Shinden... I'm used to build in 1/72 so 1/32 scares the crap out of me...
....but I'm very tempted

Anyway, I just uploaded the reveal pictures
viewtopic.php?f=604&t=22829


Tommy