1/72 Hasegawa Mitsubishi J2M3 

 Raiden 

by Jesús Alcocer

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This is my Hasegawa 1/72 Raiden.  I detailed the cockpit interior with some PE scrap and wire, and rebuilt the cannons with needles.  The rest was built mostly out of the box. The kit decals were yellowish (this is an aging model) but I decided to use them anyway and the result was not bad after all. I had more fun building it than painting it with Tamiya acrylics.  I weathered it using pastels and drybrush.

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I didn't dare to open the canopy after I had used Future on it, but fortunately most details can still be seen. Masking the canopy was the most difficult task (I had to do it twice). All in all, this is a good kit that I'm sure any modeller will enjoy.

Jesús

My model site www.j-models.org/indice2.htm

Photos and text © by Jesús Alcocer