I spent the past 4 months working on the Koster Nell kit. I bought it brand new in 2006, started it in 2021 and made a little progress, but restarted in late December 2025.
Tamiya acrylics, weathered with oils and AK pencils. Kit is vacform, with white metal and resin parts. I used a 500kg bomb from Ushi and the dorsal cannon is from Quinta, both 3D printed. Kit hinomaru, tail codes from generic sheets and the 901st Ku tail stripes were painted.
Main reference was FAOW #109, but also found online images of the actual aircraft in a wrecked state at Okinawa.
The kit itself was superb, and is my first full vacform kit completion.
- Dan Salamone -
4 comments:
Excellent Dan! I envy you - always wanted to build one of those but I shrunk away from the all-vacu. You perfectly proved that it was possible!
Hi Dan, what scale ?... 1/48 ?
Whoa, Nellie! The level of craftsmanship here is just outstanding. The attention to detail really shows, and the diorama setting only adds to the overall impact of this spectacular G3M build.
Thanks, Dan—truly impressive work!
Hi all, thanks so much for the kind words! Yes, 1/48. It truly was a gem of a kit, and really enjoyed the process.
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