HAS51336 - Hasegawa 1/72 Kyushu J7W1 18-shi Intercepter Shinden - WWWEB10113767

The Kyushu J7W1 Shinden ("Magnificent Lightning") was one of the most unconventional aircraft to emerge from World War II. Developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy as a high-performance land-based interceptor to counter B-29 raids on the home islands, the J7W1 used a canard configuration with the main wings mounted at the tail and small foreplane surfaces at the nose, driven by a rear-mounted Mitsubishi Ha-43 radial engine in pusher configuration. Of two prototypes completed, only the first flew — making just three flights in August 1945 before Japan's surrender ended the programme. No production aircraft were ever built.

Box Contents:

• 2× light grey plastic sprues
• 1× clear sprue (canopy)
• 1× waterslide decal sheet
• Instruction sheet

Features: Standing pilot figure included.

Markings included for 1 scheme:

• J7W1 No. 1 Prototype, Imperial Japanese Navy, August 1945 — IJN Green upper surfaces, light grey underside

New-tool kit released 1995. As the only J7W1 to have flown, all markings across every boxing of this kit depict the same single prototype aircraft.