¢¬To verify the sentiment that we poured into the ¡ÈShinden,¡É please begin by first taking one in your hands. ¢ö


Good evening, everyone!
This is Developer T, who is thinking of trying to go back home for a visit tomorrow!

I¡Çm thinking of getting on the earliest Shinkansen tomorrow morning, in order to visit the family graves and such!
It¡Çs Obon, after all. ¢ö^^

That said, today is the final installment going over the preliminary work!

First, please begin by going over the contents of the previous entry. ¢ö



¢¬Click here for the previous entry. ¢ö

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¢¬The 2nd production run has started shipping! If you¡Çre interested in Shinden, please click here. ¢ö


Good morning, everyone!
This is Developer T, about to die from the heat, as the weather is very sunny, having completely turned around from yesterday!

Now, last time we covered opening the box and confirming the contents of the kit, and this time I would like to continue going over the preparation work. ¢ö

Ah, please don¡Çt think to yourself, ¡ÈWhat, again?¡É! ><

I would like to properly go about the preliminaries such that even first-time beginners can follow through to the end, so please patiently bear with me, okay? ^^;



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¢¬The 2nd run has finally started shipping! If you haven¡Çt purchased Shinden yet, please click here. ¢ö


Good afternoon, everyone!
This is Developer T, feeling unpleasantly damp and sticky from the first heavy rain in a while! ><

Well then, it¡Çs been a little while since I last posted, but the delay wasn¡Çt from either summer heat fatigue or from not being able to move due to muscle pain after working Dolpa, okay? *laugh*

It was actually due to production on the Shinden Walkthrough Guidebook (tentative title), and getting this preparatory blog post ready as a precursor for the book! ( hey, is that really true?)

That being said, just like I stated in the previous Hometown Dolpa Osaka 6 report, while female fans of SWS are finally on the rise, it seems that there is a lingering awkwardness surrounding the question of, ¡ÈI don¡Çt know what I should do for the paint job,¡É so I would like to begin with this ¡ÈShinden 2nd Production Run Shipping Commemorative Brush Painting Lesson,¡É which I prepared as a precursor to the Shinden Walkthrough Guidebook!

Of course, I won¡Çt be jumping straight to the painting, but would like to proceed in such a way that even those who are building Shinden as their first actual model can understand, so please have patience with me as we go along. ¢ö^^


Oh yes, before we begin.

For those customers in possession of a kit from the 1st production run, and who have been holding it in care to assemble at a future point, please make sure to check the links below ¢­ before you begin. ¢ö



¢¬Click here for a previous blog entry, ¡ÈShinden Points of Advice¡É!


¢¬Click here for a previous blog entry, ¡ÈAdditional Shinden Assembly Manual Errata¡É!

¢¨These errata only apply to the assembly manuals from the 1st Shinden production run; the manuals in the 2nd production run have been corrected.

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On the battlefield, if you¡Çre not constantly ¡Èaware¡É in every direction for 360 degrees, you can¡Çt survive!


Good evening, everyone!
This is Developer T, who thinks the first rain in a while is nice and refreshing, but is very irritated at how the humidity is clogging up his airbrush!


Now then, shipping for the 2nd Shinden production run has finally begun, with preference to pre-order buyers, in order of reservation!

Due to everyone¡Çs passionate encouragement, we were somehow able to reach our production goal, a little over half a year since the first production run sold out. Truly, thank you all so very much!

Moving forward, we would like to continue developing superior products which answer the requests of our customers in a similar manner, so we ask for your continued support.


Now then, at the same time as the shipping of the 2nd Shinden run making SWS more and more exciting, a great new supporting role that will greatly deepen and widen the world of SWS is debuting!



Shinden Flight Set: Contents have been finalized, so we will begin accepting pre-orders on July 31!

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Good morning, everyone! This is Developer T!

Today, we received our first piece of Shinden gossip in a while, so I¡Çll be telling it to you here.

What¡Çs this, there was a walk-in of a completed Shinden model from a female customer! Amazing!



By Sakura Yui (pseudonym): It was fully painted using a paintbrush with Vallejo pigments! Amazing! Unsurprisingly, it looks great! *shock*

I was actually thinking of holding a ¡ÈCourse on Vallejo with Paintbrushes,¡É but it seems my thunder has been completely stolen ¡Ä argh. orz

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Good evening, this is Nezumitarou.

This time, the Shinden Mystery is ¡Ä
This: Why is the oxygen tank behind the seat set at an angle?

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Good evening, this is Nezumitarou.

The results of the Shinden Contest will be announced, for which a truly splendid array of works has been gathered together. I¡Çm sure that the attending modelers will be overflowing with Shinden discourse that day, and I¡Çm looking forward to it!

This time, the Shinden Mystery isn¡Çt particularly difficult.

The question is this: Shinden is a naval fighter aircraft, so why isn¡Çt the fuel tank on the underside of the main body of the plane?

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Good evening, this is Nezumitarou.
I am delighted by the unexpected response. Being a lazy person myself, I often come across facts about Super Wing Shinden that I didn¡Çt know before. Answering Cindy¡Çs request, I have thought of another Shinden Mystery.
This is it: How does the operation mechanism for the canard wings work?

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Good evening, this is Nezumitarou.
Thank you for all of your comments on my last entry, everyone.
I also am very fond of things like inside stories.
I get very excited when the intentions or troubles of the developers become visible through the mechanical details.
As I turned through the pages of the assembly manual again and again, a question arose.
This time, the Shinden Mystery is ¡Ä
Simply this: How bullet-resistant is Shinden?

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Good evening, and nice to meet you. My name is Nezumitarou.
Under Developer T¡Çs orders, I will now be participating in (the writing of) this blog.
I hope we get along well together from now on.
To everyone who has purchased our 1/32 scale Shinden, thank you very much!
I wonder if all of you have assembled (your kits) yet?
Of course, merely opening the box and staring at the parts trees with a huge grin is also rather satisfying, isn¡Çt it?
The assembly manual also makes for some worthwhile reading.
Ah, so Shinden was actually like this!
I think that many such moments of discovery await you.
Likewise, the questions will also arise one after another.
In the end, there was only one Shinden aircraft ever completed, and it was never flown in actual combat, so all anyone can do is theorize about it.
Let us ponder the mysteries of such a Shinden.
This is one: Does Shinden¡Çs engine cooling system really work?

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