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David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 26-Apr-09 07:57 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12094.jpg) | Views : 645 | |
David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 26-Apr-09 07:57 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12093.jpg) | Views : 614 | The instructions say "dark green". I know nothing about Japanese colors but I think this is fairly close. |
David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 24-Apr-09 22:54 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12080.jpg) | Views : 647 | I do love the black background.... |
David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 24-Apr-09 22:07 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12079.jpg) | Views : 651 | the light green base will make it easier to now paint on the dark green starting by carefully painting around the white borders on the meatballs. |
David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 24-Apr-09 22:04 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12078.jpg) | Views : 672 | Spinner tacked on to check the fit |
David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 24-Apr-09 22:02 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12077.jpg) | Views : 705 | These are the decals from the Guillows Rufe. I'veapplied them over a light green base and they have been sprayed with Krylon satin acrylic because paint doesn't adhere to a decal well at all. |
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David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 24-Apr-09 01:31 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12061.jpg) | Views : 667 | |
David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Parked | 24-Apr-09 01:28 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12060.jpg) | Views : 710 | The bottom has been covered with heavy grade silkspan. The canard and fins are doped, filled, sanded, doped, filled, and sanded. |
David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 24-Apr-09 01:25 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12059.jpg) | Views : 733 | Not scale but they are the correct size, 1 1/8", for the main wheels. The nose wheel is the same GWS product being used on the P-40. |
David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 20-Apr-09 22:41 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12020.jpg) | Views : 667 | This is the correct size wheel and length of the front gear. |
David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 20-Apr-09 17:36 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12015.jpg) | Views : 613 | Shinden-shape. I'm using decals from the Guillows Rufe which are too big to be scale. They also would not have the white outer circle but the meatballs are the only markings on a dark green plane and the white will really separate the colors. Scale and I don't always see eye to eye when it comes to paint and markings. |
David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Build | 20-Apr-09 08:14 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/12005.jpg) | Views : 558 | Making the fillets |
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