Best Godzilla movie ever with probably the most unique airplane used in a movie a

[busdrivermike]

Just finished watching Godzilla minus one , my opinion the best Godzilla movie
Ever made to date, Hollywood needs to take lessons from it and it had the most
Unique airplane I’ve seen in a a while the Japanese Kyushu J7W Shinden

Was the 'Magnificent Lightning' Plane at the End of Godzilla Minus One Real?

It plays a pivotal role in the movie's climax, but it looks like no other World War II–era aircraft. What's the story?

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It also has a leather flight jacket but it’s never shown well enough to identify

 

[Otter]

Those planes were all over my twitter feed a while back, so retro futuristic!

 

[Silver Surfer]

holy shit! I never knew there was such a thing. brilliant advanced design. thanx for the post, mike.

 

[Otter]

Can I recommend the TV series Monarch, a follow on mainly from Kong, Skull Island, but stands on its own. Flicks between 1950's and a present day.

 

[Erwin]

This is from the official exhibition regarding this jacket, not bad, not great

 

[bseal]

Just finished watching Godzilla minus one , my opinion the best Godzilla movie
Ever made to date, Hollywood needs to take lessons from it and it had the most
Unique airplane I’ve seen in a a while the Japanese Kyushu J7W Shinden

Was the 'Magnificent Lightning' Plane at the End of Godzilla Minus One Real?

It plays a pivotal role in the movie's climax, but it looks like no other World War II–era aircraft. What's the story?

www.historynet.com

It also has a leather flight jacket but it’s never shown well enough to identify
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“There is, however, no record that the J7W1 ever took on a gigantic radioactive lizard. That part of the movie was made up.”

Sorry, not sorry. Still a believer.

 

[Flightengineer]

I made this model about 20 years ago, 1/48

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

It’s Kawanishi J7W , Raiden .

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American has a similar design testing project, called XP55

 

[busdrivermike]

“There is, however, no record that the J7W1 ever took on a gigantic radioactive lizard. That part of the movie was made up.”

Sorry, not sorry. Still a believer.

That’s because just like the Roswell ufo crash it was covered up

 

[Monsoon]

I made this model about 20 years ago, 1/48

Hasagawa? I just finished the same kit last week.

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

That’s because just like the Roswell ufo crash it was covered up
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[Griffon_301]

that movie is brilliant!
compared to the recent Kong X Godzilla movie, which has taken the first step to killing the franchise, the Japanese take on their most famous pet monster is utterly brilliant.
the plane itself, well, i can remember flying it in the add on to the Aces of the Pacific flight sim more than twenty years ago and more recently in a Il2 1946 mod.
it looks nice but with the available technology of the day with regard to flight control and the low state of IJN pilot training back in 1945, I seriously doubt it would have been successful.
there is a reason the Curtiss "Ass"Ender, the XB-35 and the likes were not adopted in their time...

 

[Flightengineer]

Hasagawa? I just finished the same kit last week.

yes