Nakajima Kikka ( Kitstuka )

I decided to build the Nakajima Kikka kit that I purchased while in Japan a couple of years ago. The kit is published by the polish company Answer . As I understand it, it is a Marek design and is available as an electronic file as well.



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I have built this model in plastic ( 1/72 scale ) as part of my early jet collection.



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Also, last month, I was at the Smithsonian Udvar Hazy museum at the Washington Dulles airport and got to see the actual aircraft fuselage from afar.

That got me thinking of building this model.



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This kit has been a subject of multiple builds. From all of them, it is obvious that there are many errors and areas of concern which I will try to learn from.



Here are the builds that I found so far ( I am sure there are others as well ):



Konradus:

WWW.KONRADUS.COM - FORUM MODELARZY KARTONOWYCH - [Relacja/Galeria] Nakajima J8N1 Kikka z Answeru





Kartonbau:

http://www.kartonbau.de/forum/nakaji...n/t27525-f161/





Papermodelers:

http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/m...ka-1-33-a.html







Zealot:

Answer Nakajima J8N1 Kikka | Zealot





So this kit was covered quite extensively. My intent is purely to share my build, but will add very little to its improvements. So if you are good at repainting or addition more details, you can.







So this is the start.







Cheers





Isaac

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