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Kyushu J7W1 "Shinden" (1945)
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SCALE: 1/48 |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1985 |
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MEDIUM: Polystyrene |
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RARITY: (3) |
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Kyushu Shinden Over Mt. Fuji |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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The only "tail-first" piston-driven aircraft ever slated for mass-production, the radical canard-style Shinden J7W1 "Magnificent Lightning" was conceived in 1943 and first test-flown in August 1945. The plane had the potential to be a formidable interceptor, but only three prototypes were built before the war came to its abrupt conclusion. Curiously, although the Allies "borrowed" numerous aeronautical concepts from the defeated Germans, they let this potentially lethal Japanese design remain unexploited. |
While several 1/72 versions of the Kyushu Shinden have been
kitted over the years, this is the only 1/48 scale injection-molded model of the
plane to reach the mass market. The original Minicraft kit was
subsequently re-released by Hasegawa.
This model is the Hasegawa version. This kit was built from an original issue. |
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Original Box Art |
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