Mitsubishi J2M Raiden – A special variant of the 302nd Kokutai with Markings ∃Dxxxx (1:48 Scale by Tamiya and Hasegawa)

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Love the bondage

 

[BOBO]

Today started with a little airbrushing working. AGAMA J14M was already applied, now came J1M Dark Green and Hataka C041 Night Blue as an anti-glare color. Finally, the entire model was sealed with a satin varnish to prevent any further abrasion or impact damage to the paint. In between, I did a test fit of the new radio box behind the head armor... perfect!

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Beauty

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[BOBO]

The yellow fuselage band is an Aeromaster decal. Like a fool, I attached the antennas before applying the band—instead of doing it the other way around and airbrushing the band on. But the decals are great to work with, so it's no big deal While researching photos, I noticed a position light on the fuselage behind the antenna mast that was hard to spot—so I still need to add that.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice work...!

 

[fubar57]

Love the antennae mounts

 

[BOBO]

Now it gets "colorful", decals from Tamiya and Aeromaster complete this project step by step, even though these Honumarus look quite red, they are reddish-brown on the model, the LED light does the rest

 

[fubar57]

Beauty

 

[Wurger]

 

[BOBO]

Love the antennae mounts

It's quite simple: 3-5 glasses of beer, a steady hand and then you're good to go.

Pull a plastic straw over a flame and cut it into small pieces. Pull a piece of round plastic over the flame until it's the size of a thread, thread the rest through, secure it, and that's it.

 

[Wurger]

It's quite simple: 3-5 glasses of beer, a steady hand and then you're good to go.

Pull a plastic straw over a flame and cut it into small pieces. Pull a piece of round plastic over the flame until it's the size of a thread, thread the rest through, secure it, and that's it.

 

[BOBO]

A correction from last night: the yellow stripe on the wing was too long. It is not a RAF-figther

Now it is better!

 

[Wurger]

 

[BOBO]

At these link, you will find a complete list of all YoD numbers for the 302nd Koku-tai for private use. This is the result of a year's worth of research on my part.

 

[BOBO]

Our Japanese model-building friends sometimes make mistakes too:
Here it's the ヨD-1183, a J2M3 (1:32) with an oblique-mounted gun on the left side of the fuselage. These aircraft don't have a glass armor plating because of a second oblique-view sight.

And one page or two later it's a J2M2.

 

[Wurger]