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    Default Official Kawanishi N1K Shiden (George) Painting Thread

    Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden-Kai from HBM

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    Beautiful, Zoe! These are also some of my favourite.

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    Minor trivial note: N1K2 would be a floatplane, N1K2-J was the landplane version.

    IJNAF designators, using this as an example...
    N 1st letter = original design mission (N=floatplane fighter)
    1 1st number = design generation (1st round of floatplane fighters)
    K 2nd letter = manufacturer (K=Kawanishi, IJN seldom bought Kawasaki aircraft IIRC)
    2 2nd number = variant of base design
    - marks suffix added for repurposed mission
    J suffix = new mission (J=land-based interceptor)

    Another example, the J1N1-S Irving:
    J = land-based interceptor
    1 = 1st generation of them
    N = Nakajima
    1 = 1st variant
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    S = land-based nightfighter

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    Here are two Ni1K1 Violet Lightnings somewhere near the Philippines, late 1944. Shapeways WSF models by New Aragon Mechanical Works (Carlos was kind enough to do a re scale of his 1/285 version), radio masts added, Tamiya and Vallejo paints, Miscellaneous Miniatures decals.


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    Nice job Darryl. Really good looking aircraft.

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    Good work, Darryl!

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    Great work, Dave. Very nice collection.
    “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato

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    Great job Dave

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Great flight of Georges Dave. I don't think I've seen this thread before, damn, more planes to acquire!

    They look great. How are the BRS to scale?

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    Good to know as these are not done by Dave at AIM. BRS might give us more planes not available elsewhere, I really like that possibility.

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    They are metal, so when you put the ball on them it better be dead on balanced so they don't tip on the magnet. I missed-placed several and just went to flat magnets.

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    Nice flight, Dave!
    Voilą le soleil d'Austerlitz!

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    those are very colorful dave!

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    Thank you Phillip. Glad you like 'em.



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