One model per (non-working) day

[Texman]

I find the "33" painted in the middle of the Hinomaru in the first pic fascinating. In all my years of modelling, I do not think I have seen that.

[Don Boose]

Aircraft of 343 Kōkūtai (Genda's Blade) often had the aircraft number painted into the middle of the Hinomaru. One example is the aircraft shown below, a Kawanishi N1K2-J of the 301st Hikōtai (Squadron) of 343 Ku at Matsuyama Air Field on 10 April 1945.

Genda Minoru, who established 343 Ku composed of the veteran fighter squadron commanders and equipped with the Shiden-KAI, had been an assistant naval attache' in London during the Battle of Britain, was the chief planning officer for the Pearl Harbor attack, and became the first commander of the Japan Air Self Defense Force after the war.

Don

Image source: Henry Sakaida & Koji Takaki, Genda's Blade: Japan's Squadron of Aces: 343 Kokutai, Hersham, UK: Ian Allan CLassic, 2003, p. 72.

[chicharrero]

Hei Don.
I have found other image of your "15" bird in Pinterest.
Really a pretty fighter.

[Don Boose]

Thanks, Jose Luis!

Don

[Brent]

Originally Posted by chicharrero

Hei Don.
I have found other image of your "15" bird in Pinterest.
Really a pretty fighter.

I have a repaint of that plane, I just haven't had a chance to test build it yet.....

Brent

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Rata

And Brent, I knew Bruno had a B6N in his list, what I did not know existed was your repaint. You going to submit this one to Ecards? I reckon a lot of members would buy it.

Garry this repaint was done in gimp (raster). I now do all my repaints in Inkscape (Vector) so you can resize to any scale and the repaint won't get pixcelated. I have redone it in Vector so I will send to Ecard.

Brent

[Rata]

Good stuff. Thanks Brent. That N1K2 repaint you mention: is that a S&P?

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Rata

Good stuff. Thanks Brent. That N1K2 repaint you mention: is that a S&P?

Yes it is.

Brent

[scissorsandplanes]

Originally Posted by Rata

Good stuff. Thanks Brent. That N1K2 repaint you mention: is that a S&P?

It's the old N° 209 in the list.
This is one of those models I should revisit if I had the time.

I know, I know. I should leave the fun to modify and upgrade these older designs to the recolorists

[scissorsandplanes]

Oh, and it really has been quite a while since I updated my list.
So here is the new version.
B