This
is the Hasegawa
kit no.09667 of Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden was released as
limited edition in January 2006.
The
kit is very well done (I would complain only
about the
one-piece canopy) and so you
will make do with Eduard Zoom FE 117 set and wires of
various diameters. Assembly itself ran without problems
about the
one-piece canopy) and so you
will make do with Eduard Zoom FE 117 set and wires of
various diameters. Assembly itself ran without problems and
so I could turn to painting relatively soon.
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A
method of painting was time–consuming and was as follows:
-
Mr.
Surfacer on the whole kit
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Silver
color C159 also on the whole kit for later representation of scraping
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Orange
yellow color C58 for ID stripes and cowling color C125 for anti glare panel
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Red
and white color for Hinomarus (the airbrushed ones are far better than
decals)
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Mitsubishi
light grey C35 and dark green C124 as camo colors after masking of previous
parts
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Fine
sandpaper for representation of scraping
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Polishing
of the whole kit by Tamiya compounds
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Very
diluted light green C319 to make center of panels on upper surfaces lighter
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Applying
of decals
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Semi-gloss
clear C181 to protect colors and decals from the oil paints
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Grey
oil color for highlighting panel lines and brown oil color for leakages of
lubricants
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Very
diluted black grey color C116 for representation of a worn surface on the
whole kit
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Semi-gloss
clear as the last layer
You
can review my effort whose result is a plane of 302nd Kókútai
which was based on Yokosuka, Atsugi, Komatsu and Maebashi
airfields to protect Japanese
Islands
from raids of B-29’s and
aircraft carriers.
If
you know something closer about this YoD-1198, I w ould appreciate it.ould appreciate it.
Recommended
literature:
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FAOW
no.61 Navy Interceptor Raiden
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Monogram
Japanese Aircraft Interiors 1940-1945
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Monogram
Close-Up 15 Japanese Aircraft Interiors Part 2
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The
Maru Mechanic no.43 J2M, N1K
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Magazine
REVI no.22, 23
Pavel
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