Tamiya 1/48 Raiden (Jack) with propeller action

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Hi,
This is a newly finished Raiden (Jack). This model is a by-product of my previously done A6M5 zero since
there were leftover paints from the zero, I decided to hit this raiden as an easy build. Build is OOB and it took
1 week to finish it.

Thanks for looking
Uh-oh

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Hey uh-oh, very nice build you have there. Excellent job on the weathering and wear and tear, very realistic. I like it a lot. Give us some details on your weathering process. Keep up the good work.

Steve

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Love that last photo, could pass for the real thing. Excellent weathering. Definately one to be proud of.

4

Great job “breaking her in”. Very nicely weathered for that “in the field” look. Great build, uh-oh.

5

Great looking build! You finished that in one week? It truly looks awesome!

6

Great job with the peeling paint. The motor is a gret effect too. Well done. Did you use a pager motor or a set from Dynamic Scale Modeling?

7

Very nice Jack. The weathering looks appropriate for the aircraft & time period. Well done.

Regards, Rick

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Very nice weathering job! Marc, I believe the motor comes with the kit, its Tamiya’s properller action line.

9

Nicely done uh-oh!! [tup][tup] I love the weathering job, it looks very realistic.

10

Excellent job, especially on the weathering! How did you weather the decals like that? Paint the base color over them?

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Thanks you all for your kind words. This kit comes with a touch-dash motor and I almost hit the kit with a hammer when it did not work after everything was done. Then I tried to connect it to a 9V battery and it jumped to live. I almost burned the motor. For the weathering, I obtained the chipped paint look with a small piece of sponge and masking liquid before the base coat, and when the base coat was dried to the touch, I used a eraser and removed the dried masking liquid, leaving the chips in place. For the decals, I used a 2000 grit sand paper and gently sanded the decals to get a worn look. The aircraft was finally coated with Future + tamiya flat base in 10:1 ratio. This coat gave a fade look to the paint as Tamiya flat base mixed with future gave me a slight milk-like liquid that look like mist. I guess 10:1 ratio (10 future - 1 flat) was too much flat. I will try to reduce it in the next build.

Uh-oh

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Very nice looking build! The weathering is some of the best I’ve ever seen.