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[Wurger]

Nice...

And one more shot of the 3D-1164 ...

and the 3D-180 taking off ...

 

[fubar57]

Good stuff. Not seeing a yellow fin tip on any except "∃D-157" perhaps. I do know that some to carry the marking

 

[Wurger]

You are right. I have paid my attention to the painting detail going through the couple of B&W films for the Raiden. A couple of them had a, quite narrow, light band ( IMHO of the yellow ) on the fuselage in front of the tail. But none of them had the yellow fin tip. Also, most of them had the gun type 99-2 mounted as the inner one. But it looks like the armament could be as either outer or inner gun installed.

 

[fubar57]

Time to get serious. Adding P.E. harnesses instead of Tamiya's lovely molded rendition. Ignore the chosen harnesses. I have since learned that I need to use the brown leather ones in the top left

 

[Crimea_River]

Cool. So they didn't give you those silly decal ones?

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Don't know which is worse Andy, decals or molded version. Bouncing around a bit, this is Tamiya's version of the radio behind the pilot, one half per side. I'm not as talented as many when it comes to scratch building but I couldn't leave it alone. I got a few pieces of plastic card and some "L" shaped strip

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This is the difference, a bit over-size perhaps...

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I only have one shot of the radio and its not very good. What I think I see is 1,2,3 knobs close together. 4, a smaller knob and 5, a selector switch (?) Anyone know of a better pic?

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[Crimea_River]

Not much help Geo but I Googled a cutaway drawing of the Raiden and it shows the radio as a "Type 3 Aero Mk I Receiver-Transmitter Pack". Googling that, I found this PDF with pictures here on our site but the pic doesn't much look like what you have there.

Here's a pic from J2M3 Raiden (Jack) Photo Walk Around but I don't know how accurate it is.

 

[fubar57]

Outstanding Andy, thank you. Possibly used more than one type of radio. Tamiya says to remove the radio altogether for decal option #1. I'll just make something close

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Well done George, looks like you've nail this one.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks Vic. As I said, bouncing around, glued the wings together. Something on Japanese aircraft needs to be painted Aotake.

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Innards ready for painting. The object at the top is the antenna and part of the roll-over frame I think. I bored out the lightning holes.

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New scratch radio painted Tamiya XF-89 Dark Green and dry brushed with XF-67 Nato Green. Further weathered with Brown and Sepia artist pencils and quilters pencil

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Great job on that radio Geo. Looks very convincing. Tamiya have sure come a long way since that kit was produced.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

More good detail work, you're forging ahead George.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks Vic and Andy. Almost have the innards complete, just needs a wash

 

[Crimea_River]

So do I.

 

[fubar57]

Just need to add harnesses and I can button this up

 

[Wayne Little]

Doing good there George.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks Wayne. Harnesses are on, the shoulder strap looks under-sized

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I.P. installed. It looks crooked but lines up when test fit. The white on the right is on the floor behind the I.P. and won't be visible when sealed up

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far George!