Kawanishi N1K1Ja Shiden Type 11 Tamiya 2001 tool

Edward MacKenzie
Have this in my stash. Follow with interrest...

Guy Rump
Made a start on this one. The main initial colour is Vallejo Model Air Aotake Translucent Blue.

Welcome Edward, hope I can do it justice. 👍

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Villiers de Vos
Off to a nice start.

Guy Rump
Fuselage together and wings added. 🙂

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Bernd Grün
Looks good! Following! 👍

Guy Rump
Engine and tail added today. 🙂

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Guy Rump
Nose now on. Ready for primer and pre-shading. 🙂

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Guy Rump
Primer now on and some black pre-shading.

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Guy Rump
Fuselage upper side painted with Vallejo Model Air IJN Deep Dark Green and the underside painted Aluminium. 🙂

Guy Rump
Decals added (a combination of the OOB and the specific N1K1 that I'm building. 🙂

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Jennifer Franklin
Looks nice, are these the final touches?

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Rando Dude
Great progress. Following as well.

Roberto Rocat
Nice Shiden 👍

Guy Rump
Thanks for the kind comments Jennifer, Villiers & Rando. 👍

@ Jennifer, I still have to add the undercarriage/guns, fuel tank, prop and cockpit etc. Before adding the matt varnish, I'll do some washes to slightly weather the aircraft. Hopefully, it'll turn out OK. 🙂

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Djordje Nikolic
Almost there! I really like it

Stephen Lesley
Coming along nicely. You have a real affinity with these single engined fighters that are different from the usual suspects.

Guy Rump
I now declare the N1K1 completed. 🙂

This aircraft denoted is one flown by Iyozoh Fujita, 341 Kokutai, 402 Hokatai based at Clark Field in the Phillipines.
The N1K1-Ja aircraft were used very effectively over Formosa, the Philippines, and, later, Okinawa. Before production was switched to the improved N1K2-J, 1,007 aircraft were produced, including prototypes.
Lieutenant Iyozo Fujita commanded a group of fighters from the aircraft carrier "Sōryū", which was part of the second wave that attacked Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941.
He participated in the battles of Midway, the Solomon Islands, the Battle of Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.
In November he was appointed as squadron leader of the newly formed 301st Air group. Between June and July 1944 his unit took part in the air defence of Iwo Jima. In July he was transferred to unit S402, which was equipped with the new Kawanishi N1K1 Ja fighters. In October, the S402 was consolidated into 341st Air Group and participated in the air battles off Formosa. The unit lost much of its strength in intense air battles over the Phillipines and was finally withdrawn to Japan in January 1945.
The final combat score of this Japanese pilot is unknown. The number of enemy aircraft shot down in various sources ranges from eleven to forty-two, but only seven aerial victories have been officially confirmed.
Fujita survived the war. After the war, he became a commercial pilot for Japan Air Lines (1945–1977). He died on 1 December 2006.

Thanks for your kind comments Djordje and Stephen. @ Stephen, I do like to build something different each time these days. 🙂 👍

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Stephen Lesley
The plane looks really good. Reminds me of a Japanese P-47 Thunderbolt. Although no doubt a lot smaller!

Andy Ball
Guy, super build once again. Jap Jug looky-likey!

Neuling
Hai! Looks good!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Rando Dude
Very nice result!

Bernd Grün
Great result! Congrats, Guy! 👌

Roberto Rocat
Good work 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice!

Guy Rump
Many thanks Stephen, Andy, Neuling, Villiers, Rando, Bernd, Roberto & Jennifer for your extremely kind comments. 👍

@Stephen comparison of the Thunderbolt/N1K1: Height 4.47m /4.06 m: Length11.02m/8.88m: Wingspan 12.43m/12m. 🙂

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Stephen Lesley
Wow, so other than length, the N1K1 is almost the same size as the Thunderbolt. Didn't think it would be that big.

Guy Rump
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