1/48 JT177 Hasegawa Kyushu J7W1 Shinden - 1946 Capital Defender
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
Limited edition dated 1998. This model is well molded with special issue resin conversion parts, 63 pieces, full cockpit, detailed landing gear wells, very fine raised panel lines, standing pilot figure and optional position landing gear and canopy. The kit has never been 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.
$26.00