Hasegawa 1/48 Kyushu J7W1 SHINDEN
Hasegawa's Shinden is an old kit released more than 40 years ago, but it was very easy to assemble.
All convex panel lines throughout the kit are re-carved into concave lines, and riveted expressions are added throughout.
I have tried to express the overall realism of the fuselage with the weathering, adding the expression of the dents on the outer fuselage panels, etc.
Excellent job, Dagored!
Thank you for everything.
Nice! That’s one of the coolest planes of all time. Great work on the rescribe. Wish I had the patience for that.
Because the kit is so well made, there was no difficulty in doing additional work. It took only 5 days to complete.
Very cool
Thank you.
Very nice model... Reminds me of a good movie (if you're into that kind of movies) - Godzilla Minus One - where this plane is very important! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EYFLuykn2Y
Thank you very much. Hasegawa also released a Godzilla-spec Shinden.
Excellent work, Dagored @dagored
Especially great work done on the rivits and panel lines.
Thank you very much, it is a well-made kit and I enjoyed the detail work.
Very nice build Dagored, @dagored. I have always liked this kit and I think you have done a remarkable job with this kit. The extra work you put into the kit with scribing the panel lines, adding rivets and adding the stress pockets to the surface really add a lot to the build. Your paint work only enhances and makes it better. Very well done!
I thought it would take a long time to make this old Hasegawa kit, but the contents were unexpectedly excellent, and I was able to proceed smoothly with the construction. I realized that good products do not fade away even if they are old.
Well done! All the effort to update, and the finishing work, really added character to this airplane.
Thank you very much. I have wanted to build this kit for a long time, so I put as much as I could into it.
Nicely done, great weathering!
Thank you very much.
Oh, yes! I love that Shinden model, Dagored @dagored! 🤩 That really does look so realistic; it has always been one of my favorite WWII planes (just barely made that war, even if it never fought!). We don't see many Hasegawa Shindens around here and it's great to see such a fine build! Well done, indeed! 👏
You might enjoy seeing a jet-powered, "what if" version of this old kit 😊:
Hasegawa's Shinden has been commercialized in several other fictional specifications, and I would like to build those kits as well.
Veruy nice work updating this kit and the paintwork and weathering are superb.
Thank you, I am glad you liked my work.