1/32 Hasegawa J2M3 Raiden 352nd NAG

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1/32 Hasegawa J2M3 Raiden 352nd NAG

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Hello, I thought I'd share my latest experiment which is still in progress. I continue to experiment with chipping using a mix of the hairspray and liquid frisket technique(s). I chose the 1/32 Hasegawa J2M3 Raiden "Jack" as my Guinea Pig so to speak. The Raiden was apparently designed as a bomber interceptor but struggled getting up to the B-29's operational altitude, so it was given heavy cannons to compensate. It's my understanding it was only moderately successfully in this endeavor as the Ki-44 and Ki-84 fared better. Either way, it was still a neat looking machine and was apparently designed by the same guy who designed the Zero.

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I'm going with the box art 352nd machine with the lightning bolts. It was flown by Yoshihiro Aoki in March of 1945. My research revealed he only had two confirmed kills in October 1944 but there were perhaps more. The lightning bolts were reportedly for boosting moral in defense of the homeland.

It's nice to be back in the "easy on the eyes" scale. The pit looks fine out of the box, but it's nothing fancy. I added a seat belt from the stash (old FW190 lap belt) and I wired the radio. I sprayed the interior AK Real Colors Mitsubishi Interior Green. Seems a bit too olive to me. Oh well.

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The engine is fantastic. So is the cooling fan detail. Like the FW190, he engine will be hidden. What a shame. I painted it up anyways and gave it a Tamiya panel line wash.

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I added Alclad Aluminum to the areas I as going to chip, namely the wingroots and cowl. Time for paint.

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I then began my experimenttion. I sprayed hairspray down on the silver. Once dry, I added some liquid frisket on a sponge to some areas, mainly the wing roots and cowl. I then did my normal painting. After a black preshade, I used XF-19 Sky Grey on the underside then XF-11 JN Green on the upper side. Both were then reverse black based by lightening the colors to produce a tonal fading effect. These turkeys sat outside and i bet they oxidized quickly. The grey was cut with XF-2 white and the green with XF-57 Buff. Once done, the frisket was wiped off to reveal chipping. I like the effect. For other areas, I wet the paint which activated the hairspray underneath. I then chipped with a toothpick. The meatballs were then painted and so were the arrows (which were an exercise in patience, but better than trying to use Hasegawa decals this large). I suppose I could have documented this better, but here's how it turned out.

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I recently discovered the LG bays should be Aotake. I'll fix that soon.

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Awesome. Really like these tutorials
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WOW! Superb work!
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B-E-A-utiful barely describes your work. Thanks for sharing!
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:wub: :wub: :wub:

Gorgeous work!!! You did an outstanding job on this! That cockpit is simply outstanding. :shoutout:
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Lovely. The chipping of the paint is much better than anything I have achieved. If were to try to improve your result (only in my mind, not in fact!) I would try to get a less stark transition from the bare metal to the unworn paint, in my experience with airplanes and other machinery paint wears thin before it disappears entirely. That may not apply to Japanese late war aircraft entirely though, I've read that like the Martin B-26 there were adhesion problems due to no primer.
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tempestjohnny wrote:Awesome. Really like these tutorials
Thank you Johnny. I'm glad you get some use out of the info.
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Stuart wrote:WOW! Superb work!
Thanks Stuart
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LyleW wrote:B-E-A-utiful barely describes your work. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Lyle
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Stikpusher wrote::wub: :wub: :wub:

Gorgeous work!!! You did an outstanding job on this! That cockpit is simply outstanding. :shoutout:
Thanks Stik
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