Saturday, 20 September 2025

Aichi B7A1 "Ryusei" (Grace) by Jan Voorbij


Aichi B7A1 "Ryusei" (Grace)
Dive bomber / Torpedobomber
Pre-production plane: 1 of 9 prototypes
Imperial Japanese Navy, Kougeki (attack) 5th Hikotai, 752nd Kokutai, April/May 1945 and later 1945 Katori Naval Air Base April 1945 till the end of May 1945, then moved to Kisarazu Naval Air base. Captured by US troops in August 1945.
Fujimi 7AF1, 1:72

- Jan Voorbij, Holand -

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2 comments:

awp101 said...

Beautiful! One of my favorite Japanese aircraft.

21 September 2025 at 20:57
Jan Voorbij said...

Thank you very much., And yes: this truly is a gracious plane. It was my first more or less satisfying attempt to apply weathering.

23 September 2025 at 19:36

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