Shinden

[phantom II]

Hi folks . Sorry to report that I failed to document the building of this bird until now.

In the story of Japanese aircraft , there is usually a translation of the meaning in English .
In this case , I have never seen one, so a bit of Googling pulled up several meanings . I took the one that appeared to make the most sense .

New style; new way; modern; ultra modern .

So, here we go ...

Today , this one of a kind historical aircraft is still sitting in pieces gathering more dust at the Garber Facility .

Due to the difficulty of painting this bird , I chose to build it in modules to simplify things .

So, here it is . Not a bad kit but joining the wings to the fuselage was more problematic than I would have expected fro a Has kit.

Cheers, C B)

 

[ausf]

 

[MrT]

I really love this plane.

 

[Iron Mike]

Cool!

 

[moon puppy]

 

[jeaton01]

According to the Francillon book Shinden translates to "Magnificent Lightning". The main landing gear is a bit delicate on this one, I thought when I built it. The strut makes quite an angle with the ground.

 

[iambrb]

A fine job as always - keep it up Sir!

 

[sharkman]

Nice! Paint looks great so far!

 

[phantom II]

According to the Francillon book Shinden translates to "Magnificent Lightning". The main landing gear is a bit delicate on this one, I thought when I built it. The strut makes quite an angle with the ground.

Thanks for the tip John a rather scary looking landing gear design . Long and spindly and strangely angled .

Makes me wonder if they had problems with rotation .

Magnificent Lightning seems more appropriate to the military . There are at least 5 or 6 other translations and most seemed unlikely .

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[phantom II]

Thanks for your interest guys . Terry , glad you like it

Made a bit more progress.



Decals and some panel line washes

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Iron Mike]

Spiffy!

 

[moon puppy]

Very advance design, did this actually fly?

 

[phantom II]

Very advance design, did this actually fly?

I thought I had a picture somewhere :frantic but no. Only this very bad grainy movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Kq3y8rqbg

Only two test aircraft built . Two flights accomplished in August 45 totaling 45 minutes in the air . So, yes

Cheers, C. B)

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Looking good so far Christian. I have the ZM kit of this plane. Cool looking unique airplane.

 

[lupanzer]

...and I was missing this one :facepalm ... really a great job, my friend

Luiz.

 

[Brokeneagle]

 

[errains]

It looks good and all...but...I don't know how to tell you this...you put the cockpit on backwards

:v

 

[moon puppy]

It looks good and all...but...I don't know how to tell you this...you put the cockpit on backwards

:v

:woohoo:

 

[JSteinman]

 

[phantom II]

It looks good and all...but...I don't know how to tell you this...you put the cockpit on backwards

:v

I think there might have been a Chinese fire drill in progress :frantic

Cheers, C. B)