Monday, 29 December 2025

Ginga Night Fighter by Felix Gossler


Felix Gossler has kindly shared images of his Ginga model, representing YoD-181 of 302 Ku's 2nd Hikotai as a so-called Type 21 mentioned here. Felix has set the model on a well crafted display base featuring ground crew figures re-painting the Hinomaru which provides a real sense of scale for this elegant night fighting twin.








With special thanks to Felix for sharing these excellent images. 

Image credit: All © 2025 Felix Gossler  

9 comments:

Baronvonrob said...

Super Cool !...a very creative and well done diorama that highlights a very nice looking Type 21 Ginga !

Thanks to Felix and the indomitable Mr. Millman

Ronnie Olsthoorn said...

Very nice! One of the best-looking IJN planes of the war.

Mark Smith said...

First, so good to see the blog's reappearance. Wishing you all good things and good health for 2026.

Felix, this is a lovely model with a nice presentation and setting. Thanks for sharing this, Felix, and presenting it here, Nick. The best online sources extant on Ginga kits and builds are right here on A of J, as a search will show!

Happy New Year Nick.

Anonymous said...

Hi Nick, I second Mark words! I'm happy to see the blog active again! And that Kyokko model and its display is great!

WD said...

Very, very nice! This diorama shows off the elegant lines of this aircraft so well, and I like the story-telling of painting the Hinomarus.

Danilo said...

Great and original diorama with one of the most elegant WWII planes!
Happy New Year to Nick and all the friends here at AoJ.

Michael Thurow said...

You created a very pleasant-looking Ginga, Felix. Great scenery, too! I like your black-green upper surfaces. That's exactly the colour that I want to achieve on my Gekko nightfighter forthcoming soon.
Thanks for sharing this masterful model, Nick.

Sergio Lins de Holanda Teixeira said...

BTW, it's me, Sergio.

Alex said...

Just superb! Fantastic weathering. Great thanks for sharing.