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Current and Finished Projects => Profiles and Pixels => Topic started by: Flitzer on January 31, 2012, 11:04:03 PM

Title: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Flitzer on January 31, 2012, 11:04:03 PM: I have done a few Japanese, and again I would love to do a few more.

In the meantime...

P
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Flitzer on January 31, 2012, 11:05:42 PM: a frew more...

(Freudian slip?)
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Flitzer on February 01, 2012, 10:35:27 PM: 4 more...
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: taiidantomcat on February 02, 2012, 06:18:53 AM: Love these! I was hoping you would post them 8)
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Brian da Basher on February 02, 2012, 07:56:26 AM: Those J4M1s & K-98s probably get better gas mileage than the Ascender too...

Nice work, Flitzer!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Tophe on February 02, 2012, 02:31:50 PM: Yes, thanks! The first one was unknown to me, and the J4M1 is beautiful in colours... :-*
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 02, 2012, 02:34:07 PM: You can actually get a model kit of the first one.
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Chris on February 02, 2012, 07:19:13 PM: A couple of those are available in resin, not sure if still in production, I've built one of the twin boom pushers :)

Lovely profiles always were an inspiration
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Flitzer on February 02, 2012, 07:54:35 PM: I think Igor of Unicraft has done some, and I think they are still available...at the moment at least.
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Post by: Talos on February 03, 2012, 12:43:10 AM: Kikka!

That's always been a favorite of mine. Good work on it, it looks great.
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: GTX_Admin on February 03, 2012, 02:23:02 AM: I like the scheme on the first one.
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Flitzer on February 04, 2012, 12:51:55 AM: Me too. :)

The last of my Japanese stuff.
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Empty Handed on February 04, 2012, 01:11:13 AM: Me three! :)
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Post by: JP Vieira on February 04, 2012, 03:50:12 AM: Excellent work
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Post by: taiidantomcat on February 04, 2012, 07:33:07 AM: Do you plan doing more? Really love these 8)
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Flitzer on February 04, 2012, 03:50:45 PM: Quote from: taiidantomcat on February 04, 2012, 07:33:07 AM
Do you plan doing more? Really love these 8)

I'm busy with the next set of Luftwaffe projects, but I'm sort of gathering reference bits and pieces for either British, Italian, French or Japanese to do afterwards.

But if I have enough to make a set then yes Japanese it will be.

Best regards
Peter
:)
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: elmayerle on February 04, 2012, 04:00:27 PM: Quote from: Flitzer on February 04, 2012, 12:51:55 AM
Me too. :)

The last of my Japanese stuff.
Beautiful R2Y2 work. I'm partial to either wing root intakes or underwing engines. That nose intake would lead to considerable flow losses and distorted flow; neither of which makes for good engine performance. I've schemed the concept of a R2Y3 with wing root intakes and a swept wing, much like the Messerschmitt P.1100B.
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: Flitzer on February 04, 2012, 04:07:51 PM: I'd love to see that...any chance of posting it please?

P :)
Title: Re: Japanese WW2 Secret Projects.
Post by: elmayerle on February 05, 2012, 01:01:44 AM: Not for a fair while, I've got to find out where that drawing went (it was done before I went to Connecticut for 2-1/2 years and everything got "rearranged" by SWMBO while I was gone).

Thoughts for a couple mods on either the wing-root intake or underwing engine variants of the R2Y2 - a radar nose like the S1A1 nightfighter or bombs or drop tanks under pylons on the forward fuselage. Somewhere I've got concept drawings on both of these.