Phantom2 Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 A BIG Thanks to all of you! Problem is I´m an old Humbrol fart so I need to "translate" it to something I can understand as Humbrol, Colorcoates or Xtracolor. I figured out it must be Gunze Colors as they are so common in all kits from that part of the world. But I think I have it nailed by now. I´m going to use the old White Ensign Colorcoates WWII IJN/IJA colors. Once again Thanks for your help! Cheers! Stefan Gazzas and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 The first parts of the cockpit glued together; I glued the rear shelf and the side panels together, the clear instrument panel are just added (not glued) for a bit more stability; Test fit of the engine and the propeller shaft and cooler; More to come soon! Cheers! Stefan mpk, BradG, Uncarina and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 The armament in this aircraft is 4 30mm cannons, heavy stuff…. They are really well detailed but not drilled open so I got two brass sets from ABER… WOW….. ”The first cut is the hardest” as Rod Stewart sang…. But I stopped worrying…. The Instrument panel comes as a clear part, I covered the back side with a piece of masking tape and used circular masks from a Maketar set for the instruments…. Several smaller things primed with Alclad Black Microfiller Primer…. The instrument panel primed with the same paint…. The Chassie, or frame, whatever, You can see what it is, primed …. Inside of the cockpit…. ….and the gun hatch/cover… More to come soon! Cheers! Stefan Uncarina, Landrotten Highlander, mpk and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Nice work! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 My Dad got me the 1998 Hasegawa catalogue when I was 10 or 11 and the 1/72 J7W kits really grabbed my attention (I never got either). To see the type getting this treatment in 1/32 is very exciting! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Tanks Gazzas and Kiwi! Stefan mpk, Gazzas and KiwiZac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Nice working going on here Stefan. Thanks for sharing this with us! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Great work so far! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) The cockpit painted with WEM RLM66 Black-Grey…. The gun compartment was painted Alclad Aluminium… …and the front wheel well as well…. More to come soon.... Cheers! Stefan Edited March 14, 2021 by Phantom2 Alain Gadbois, Gazzas, mpk and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I had no idea this kit existed. Thanks for choosing such a cool Japanese subject. Your work thus far is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Nice work on an interesting subject! I built the 1/48 Hasegawa kit many years ago as I found the Shinden to be a radical and yet good looking aircraft. Is dark gray actually suggested in the instructions? The surviving prototype cockpit is various shades of green. Just curious! Alain KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Thanks all! Yes, I follow the color suggestions given in the ZM manual as I don´t know very much about this aircraft. I agree It seems a bit strange with a German color in the cockpit, but I think it makes sense after all. Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 9 hours ago, Phantom2 said: Yes, I follow the color suggestions given in the ZM manual as I don´t know very much about this aircraft. The ZM manual lists and shows the cockpit colors as "7094 Green Sky" which corresponds to Nakajima Cockpit Green. HTH, D Gazzas and BradG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) In my kit, there are no English text in the manual, only Japanese and I could not read what colorsystem they used, so I took a guess based on the pics in the manual! Wrong guess obviously, but I know that Japanese cockpits usually are green so I should have been more cautious. I bought the kit directly from ZM as soon as It was released, obviously they have altered the instructions since I got it! Bummer, but now the cockpit is completed and painted in RLM66 and so it have to stay that way, I´m afraid. I´ll probably will do an "in service" aircraft anyway so it will be a "What-could-have-been". Stefan Edited March 15, 2021 by Phantom2 Alain Gadbois and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Phantom2 said: In my kit, there are no English text in the manual, only Japanese... The latest J7W1 manual can be downloaded in pdf format here: https://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/en/download.html#dl_sws01 HTH, D dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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