J2M3 Raiden

[ajmac]

Even before I finish the 109 F6 had begun the new J2M3 Raiden's Hasegawa.

 

The box.

 

 



 

 

The scheme I intend to do.

 

 

Test fit. Everything fits without problems unless the union at the bottom of the wings with the fuselage.

 

 



 

[ajmac]

The next step was to paint the engine and interior.

 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

[LSP_Kevin]

Wow, you don't much around ajmac! Nice start; I'll be following along.

 

Kev

[ajmac]

Weathering the interiors.

 

 



 



 



 



 

Here now complete with seat belts.

 

 



 



 

[Loic]

Quick and efficient build !

Looks good !

[DougN]

Looks like you're off to another great start! Looking forward to watching this one

 

Doug

[ajmac]

After gluing the fuselage and wings, while the glue dried, I painted the landing gear, the wells of the landing gear and propeller.

 

 



 



 



 



 



 

[Tomek]

Nice! I love chipped paint on the spinner and blades

Pleasure to follow your builds, ajmac.

[Ralph Riese]

Hello ajmac: watching with keen interest and enjoying your work very much. Cheers, Ralph.

[Thomas Lund]

That is fantastic work !! Ejoying it a lot.

 

Do tell us how you did the chipping on the prop/spinner and the seat/floor!

[spacewolf]

Brilliant paint work, love the metal and the rust on the exhaust. The chipping and wear is subtle and very realistic. Very well done !

 

 

Vaughn

[ajmac]

That is fantastic work !! Ejoying it a lot.

 

Do tell us how you did the chipping on the prop/spinner and the seat/floor!

 

Chipping was done with a sponge. After wetting the sponge with paint (enamel Tamiya X-11), apply it to an old kit to remove excess of paint. Then just apply the model. If the application does not do well just remove the paint (before I applied a coat of Future) with enamel thinner and repeat the process.

[ajmac]

I painted the bottom with IJN Grey Tamiya XF-12. I painted the lights.

 

 



 



 

 

Then I painted the IJN Green of Tamiya XF-70.

 

 



 



 



 



 

[ajmac]

I finished the painting. Now shadows at the bottom, some chipping and Future.

 

 



 



 



 

[Juggernut]

Very nice build. As soon as my model room is done, I'm gonna start this kit. You've done an outstanding job building, painting and weathering/accenting. But, before you finish, I'd like to point out one area that you might want to repaint (or not, depending on how accurate you're trying to be). The landing gear bays in Mitsubishi built aircraft were the same color as the underside of the aircraft. The same with the landing gear doors. Were this a zero manufactured by Nakajima, then your aotake in the wheel wells and gear door interiors would be correct. It's a very common mistake that's made over and over again and unless you're into Japanese aircraft such as I am, you'd probably never know. I haven't looked at the instructions lately either....Maybe Hasegawa doesn't know either; although I find that hard to believe. The same can be said for your audience...they'll probably never know unless there's a knolwedgeable IJN aircraft person in the house.