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Wow man, looks great. Love the painted on markings. Keep em’ coming..... THOR

That’s hella nice man, love this old chestnut. I have two in the stash that I plan to build alongside an Eduard offering at some point. I will try to bring them up to a more modern standard. Please keep the updates coming! THOR

Whew! And I thought I was the only one with this problem! THOR

Olivier- My God man, that came out stunning! Congrats! THOR

Dale- Congrats on one of your first completions in a long while. That is one to be proud of......I am highly impressed...... Now, get your ass in gear and get that Frank over the finish line, will ya? I need some inspiration to fix mine! All the best, mate! THOR, who now wants to build a Hein......dammit.........

Tom- That is spectacular. If mine turns out half as nice, I will be thrilled! THOR

Marmite? Seriously? Wow, finally a use for the stuff! The wife keeps it in the house, and I absolutely hate it, which she gives me constant flak for. This might be a good opportunity to get some revenge! As far as the kit, it sure looks nice. I checked with my normal online distributors here in the states, and no one seems to have it for sale yet. Might have to pick one up, for it is just so different from the norm. Please keep the updates coming. Love the work so far. THOR

Thanks Gaz- she is coming along nicely, very happy with the kit so far. Hopefully will get some more work done over this week..... THOR

Number 2- not seen those markings on a model before..... THOR

Thanks Kev! Appreciate it as always! Thanks Ian! High praise coming from you, sir!

Thanks, Dennis. It is a pretty great kit. I do have some seam work on the fuselage where the tails meet up, but should not be overly complicated. I had attached the tails to their respective fuselage half, which did improve the fit some. Looking forward to what you do with yours. I still have not decided on which aircraft to model yet. Will have to see when we get closer to paint! Thanks for the reply! THOR

Howdy, all! Thought I would show one of my latest projects on the bench, Hasegawa’s 1/32 N1K2 Shiden Kai “Late Version”.......I started this some weeks back as a bit of a “pallette-cleanse” due to some heavy projects on the go. I have been “project-locked“ for some time, and decided that this kit might get me out of my own head! As always, I have started with the cockpit.... The cockpit was sprayed with a black base coat, followed by a coat of Model Master RLM82 Dunkelgrun, as I find it to be a very close match to some pictures I came across of the George that was restored by the Team at Champlin Fighter Museum. I experimented with some different painting techniques to add highlights and shadows, as I found that the cockpit, when assembled, is really dark inside the fuselage. Black components were edge-highlighted in black grey, and the natural wood knobs were painted in Model Master Radome Tan, followed by a coat of Tamiya Clear Orange. Chipping was done by hand with a fine brush, as was some of the generic placarding. I also took a page out of some armor modelers’ playbook, and also forced highlights and shadows with oils. (Martin Kovac is excellent at this.....check out his channel “Night Shift” on the ol’ YouTube!) And another. I still have to put some clear over a few instruments lenses on the radio and side consoles. I will also add some rudder pedal straps from leftovers of an HGW seatbelt set..... Seat assembly was painted as before, HGW seat harness set was installed, and draped in a bit of a haphazard manner. Still need to weather them slightly further. Another. I like the chipping on this one. Still need to add a few scratches with a silver Prismacolor pencil. I will complete this just before I install the cockpit. Right sidewall. Raised details were highlighted with a mix of the base color, and white. I then applied oils for weathering, including a washes and filters. Left Sidewall...... And lastly, the instrument panel. All dials were individually punched from the Hasegawa decal sheet, and applied. The power wire for the reflector gunsight was added from .015” lead wire. I will add the reflector glass from tinted acetate, just before installation of the canopy. I also have the fuselage halves glued together, as well as the wings. I plan to take more photos when there is something more interesting to look at. Thanks for checking in. As always, comments, critiques, and advice always welcome....Take care, until next time..... THOR

Kev- We have been cyber-pals for a very long time, and I want to say thank you for all you have done for us here. I hope this does not mean you will be leaving here completely, rather you will get back to building more regularly again. Take Care, brother- THOR

Lovely work so far. I am enjoying this thread. I am curious, though why you used the mask for the rudder fabric on the vertical tail to apply primer? Keep the updates coming. THOR

Gawd, I always wanted one of these. Will enjoy your build as it progresses. Please keep the updates coming! THOR

Looks awesome. Mine is stalled for the moment due to some issues with my Eagle Strike decals not sticking to the model properly. I need to strip it down, and find the Montex Super Mask set for it so I can continue. Yours is looking awesome! THOR

RD- Wow, that’s looking hella nice. Your windshield mods changed the profile enough to make it look more correct. And you paintwork thus far is excellent! Keep it up. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! THOR

Overcoat your camouflage areas you outlined in Sharpie with black, and then recoat with your camp color. Should take care of it. But I would use pencil next time! Looking good so far. THOR

Dennis- Great work. The Raiden is one of my all time favorites. After I had read about the exploits of Saadaki Akamatsu, I was in love with it. I have the old Revell offering, and would like to upgrade her to at least the Hasegawa standard at some point. Please keep the updates coming. Excellent work! THOR

Nice Tom. Still painting my cockpit right now. Built the wings and fuselage parts up already as well. Working on some new painting techniques picked up from armor modelers, such as filters, high contrasting, and oil paint weathering.....I am having a ball. I like what you have done so far. What was the HGW set you used? What is it’s number? I still have not sourced a seatbelt set yet.... Keep the updates coming. THOR

Well, well.....look what the cat dragged in! Lovely work, Dale. Very convincing. Great to see you back, mate. DO NOT be a stranger. Keep the updates coming! Again, welcome back. THOR

I can’t think of a better thank you to our Vietnam veterans than a build like this. Thanks so much for sharing. And thanks to Capt. Swanson! THOR

Holy crap, you guys are right. The shape of the lower framework is off according to the drawing. It looks like the angle of the front windshield panel is very close, but the lower left and right frames are way off in shape. If you thin out their profile, and contour them to match the drawings, it will look far better! Thierry and Alain are correct. THOR

Some thoughts about correcting that windshield..... It might be possible to pack the windshield with blue tack, and scribe gently around the armored windshield frame with a needle in a pin vise and separate it from the rest of the assembly. You could then sand the side windows down to the correct angle per your drawings. Then it would be a matter of constructing a new frame from styrene, which you could then cut a new glass panel from clear stock, and bond it back to the rest of the windshield part. Easy? HELL NO. Doable? Yes. I seem to remember someone here on LSP doing that on a Spitfire or Hurricane, but for the life of me I cannot remember who it was! THOR

Great work so far, really starting to come together. I agree, something does look a bit off with the windshield....it almost looks like the front armored glass panel is sloped a bit too much, almost it needs to be more vertical.......Perhaps it’s an optical illusion created by the photos? Anyway, the model is coming along swimmingly! Keep the updates coming, you are almost there! THOR