Harada Collection G4M Betty - Link

[Ploesti]

Extremely interesting, Harada san is an amazing gentleman. I commend him for his efforts with warbirds in Japan. Questions, will this G4M Betty be authentic? Full scale replica etc?

[tulsaboy]

Ploesti,

I can't see the photos, but if they are what I think they are, Mr. Harada has a fully restored aft fuselage of a Betty that he is mating with a new build forward fuselage. Don't know if they are building wings or if they have engines, but it will, if past history still dictates, be a beautiful, fully functional airplane that won't fly. Not because Mr. Harada doesn't want it to, but because of Japanese regulations (or so we have been told.) The real shame is that the forward fuselage at NASM can't be mated with Mr. Harada's aft fuselage to form a complete airframe.

kevin

[Warbird Kid]

Any updates?