1/48 09846 Hasegawa Kyushu J7W2 Shindenkai Jet Version
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
Large scale model of the all-jet Shinden design. Well molded and includes special resin castings. Features full cockpit, detailed landing gear wells, very fine raised panel lines and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The amazing Shinden was a radical design and the first canard aircraft in Japan. The basic design was first tested in the MXY6 motor glider with a 22 hp engine in 1943. The tests were considered a success, and design of the J7W1 begane in June of 1944. Various configurations were tried, and the prototype modeled here has the rear mounted 2000 hp engine, 6 blade prop, 20 degree sweep back to the wing, two vertical stabilizers and four nose mounted 30mm cannon. It flew two weeks before the end of WWII but never saw combat. The Japanese were quick to realize the jet engine advantage and designed a jet powered version which is this model; however it remained on the drawing board and the war ended before a prototype could be built.
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