WIP Kawanishi N1K-2J Shiden Kai

[Nils]

I decided to do an opponent for my B29, and choosed the Shiden Kai, as I guess it was one of the few japanes fighters that could reach it's altitude long enough to do any kind of resistance(Ki45 too perhaps?) in addition to that I think the Shiden Kai is a great looking plane Building it reminds me a lot of when I did the Fw190A series..
Now texturing will be a different matter as from what I can understand, japanese war paint wasn't of very high quality and weathered quickly, so I'm really looking forward to start chipping paint
So here what my model looks like at the moment:

[Nils]

Modelling is now done. UV'ing next up..
newest update:

[denders]

Nice looking Nils!

[kevjon]

Nice choice of subject Nils.

It looks great but leading edge of the fin looks too thick and the leading edge of the wing looks a little too sharp.

[Nils]

I will check the fin, the wings leading edges are not that sharp, must be the light ..

[Neilo92]

Looking good Nils - kinda like a Thunderbolt.

[cobra6]

Lovely model Nils!

Didn't know much about this one and then I fell in love with it when I played War Thunder years ago, such a nice plane

Cobra 6

[Nils]

Thanks, I feel it’s a nice mix between Fw190 and P-47 somehow

[cobra6]

Because it very likely is, Germany and Japan were most probably sharing designs and the Japanese also saw the performance of the P-47.
It has the bathtub kind of hull of the P-47 and the big scale, while also having lines and design hints from the FW-190.

Cobra 6

[Nils]

Update on the colour scheme, now the fun begins to weather it