Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Magnificent Lightning

Of all the aircraft which feature 'Lightning' in their names, this is probably the least well-known.  The Kyushu J7W Shinden (Magnificent Lightning) was a fairly late war experiment which as far as I know never saw action.  The model in the photos is another F-toys pre-painted kit.
Possibly one of the weirdest looking aircraft of the war!

Rear view, showing the six-bladed 'pusher' propellor.
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12 comments:

  1. Paul9 February 2011 at 21:22

    Nasty looking thing. I doubt it would have caused the Mustang pilots much bother however!

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  2. Arquinsiel10 February 2011 at 00:12

    I was pretty sure this was a Crimson Skies plane for a second....

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  3. Don M10 February 2011 at 02:10

    always thought this was an interesting plane.

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  4. Tim Gow10 February 2011 at 10:15

    Paul
    Oh, I don't know - a design speed of 469mph and 4 30mm cannon could spoil someone's day!

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  5. Tim Gow10 February 2011 at 10:15

    Arquinsiel
    I had to Google 'Crimson Skies' - I see what you mean.

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  6. Tim Gow10 February 2011 at 10:16

    Don
    A true 'Whacky Racer' of the air.

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  7. Geordie an Exiled FoG10 February 2011 at 19:58

    Nice

    I want one

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  8. Tim Gow10 February 2011 at 20:20

    Geordie
    Irresistable isn't it?

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  9. Paul´s Bods11 February 2011 at 17:35

    That looks great...very futuristic...painted up in another scheme it could well be used for a staempunk plane
    Cheers
    paul

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  10. Tim Gow11 February 2011 at 17:47

    Paul
    I suppose it could - lets face it - nobody is going to believe it whatever the colour scheme!

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  11. Chris Kemp21 August 2011 at 21:09

    Britain did weird too - this fine plane was a rival design to the Spitfire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland-Hill_Pterodactyl and also http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2006/06/stuff_eng_hrubisko_tailless.htm way ahead of its time as the jets in the second link allude to.

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  12. Tim Gow22 August 2011 at 09:38

    Chris Kemp
    I look forward to your model Pterodactyl - I know you won't be able to resist!

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