Japanese Army Fighters Jack & Frank

Instructions in Japanese! Should be fun.

The first Jack after assembly:



The model is nice and detailed. Rotating propeller, tiny guns, antenna, wheels, drop tank. The guns are glued together parts from both the upper and lower wings halves. This makes the tiny rods quite sturdy.
The quality of the plastic is quite good, but the finished model is nowhere near as durable as the WotC models.

I will use this model with the newly created average Jack interceptor card. The second Jack will be constructed without the drop tank, so it can be coupled with the veteran card.



Comparing size with different WotC craft shows that it is in the same 1/100 scale, although the fuselage looks a lot more bulky. I don't think that is all contributable to the actual aircraft design.

I think some of the WotC fuselages were sculpted a little on the thin side.
That plus the Jack had quite a thick fuselage to cowl the large radial engine.
Looks OK to me

I'm afraid this has to do with projection issues of the pictures I made; the first picture of the assembled Jack does a better job in showing wing length than the second picture does. The wing length is actually quite okay IMO.

When the first layer of paint is applied to the model, I'll post new pictures which will show the wings from a different angle.

Thought I'd make a start on Jack and Frank