Toby's Japanese Jill. *FINISHED*

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » July 30th, 2015, 10:20 am

Well I did have a few girlfriends by that name so seemed fitting that I actually make one.

This will be the 1/72 7AD3-600 Fujimi Nakajima B6N1 Tenzan 'Jill' - Carrier Attack Bomber.

Arcwelder · Post by **Arcwelder** » July 30th, 2015, 10:34 am

That's an excellent choice. The "Heavenly Mountain", which seems an odd thing to call something that flies..

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » July 30th, 2015, 9:52 pm

Yep. Something a bit different!

Arcwelder · Post by **Arcwelder** » July 31st, 2015, 1:14 am

I should add, I too once had a GF called Jill.. she was completely crazy.

Post by **Softscience** » July 31st, 2015, 4:42 am

I see a pattern here. my ex, Jill was also nuts.

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » July 31st, 2015, 8:03 am

I had three of them. One was a dog. Absolutely barking

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » July 31st, 2015, 10:37 am

Here are the sprue shots and I'm currently deyellowing the decals hence them being attached to a piece of plasticard.

I'm now off to RAF Cosford and the Midlands Air Museum then back to Warwick with some mates for ale and curry.
What a terrible life I lead

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » August 2nd, 2015, 11:19 am

Cockpit detail is fairly sparse. I've added s/b and some colour but nothing else

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » August 2nd, 2015, 1:04 pm

TobyC wrote:Cockpit detail is fairly sparse. I've added s/b and some colour but nothing else

Yep, lots of space in those Japanese cockpits.

regards,

Martin

beany · Post by **beany** » August 2nd, 2015, 3:11 pm

Good start mate. I really like the lesser known Japanese WWII types so I'm looking forward to seeing this one develop.

Marek · Post by **Marek** » August 3rd, 2015, 4:14 pm

They strapped 6 years old pilots into them, thus the space

. It is a crawling cockpit.

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » August 4th, 2015, 7:48 am

Never glue wings when tired. Complete blast up. Just hope I can prize the surfaces apart if not I'm going to have to scrap the build.

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » August 5th, 2015, 7:15 am

TobyC wrote:Never glue wings when tired. Complete blast up. Just hope I can prize the surfaces apart if not I'm going to have to scrap the build.

sorry to hear that, Toby. Keep us informed as to the corrective surgery, please.

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » August 5th, 2015, 9:07 am

Martin, I have managed to save it. Fortunately the glue hadn't completely hardened and I was able to reset the top and bottom surfaces without too much damage.

SteveC · Post by **SteveC** » August 5th, 2015, 12:38 pm

Glad you managed to save the wings, not much of an aircraft without them!

I have one of these to build, and after having taken ages to mask the compound curves of the P51 canopy, suddenly all those straight lines don't seem quite so bad

I hope the rest of the build progresses smoothly.

Regards,

Steve

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