Zoukei-Mura 1/32 Kyushu J7W1 Shinden

By Ulrich Schütt

My latest build, the Zoukei-Mura 1:32 scale Shinden. This is the "Oh, my godess" rebox, which I believe is a Shinden that has a part in a japanese cartoon. The kit comes with decals for the cartoon version and the "warbird" version.

During the build I discovered that I had the talent to create new words by combining two existing ones...and for some reason they always started with an "F" or an..."F".

I knew the kit wasn't a "shake 'n bake" kit but I didn't expected it to be a "2 kilo's of flour, 5 eggs, a gallon of milk, add 20 spoons of sugar, stir it for 2 days" kit...

After a good start the build went very slow. the engine didn't fit well in the fuselage. The parts for the cowling and gunbay didn't fit well, I had to cut the panels of the cowling to make them fit properly, and cut a part of the "gun bay"wall to give the panels a good fit. I omitted the guns and only used the end of the barrels.

But in the end, I think, it turned out nice...


© Ulrich Schütt 2013

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This article was published on Tuesday, September 24 2013; Last modified on Tuesday, September 24 2013