Voir et Savoir 56 - J2M2 "Raiden"
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Had this box for a while. Let’s crack it open.
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Two planes. Two little sprues.
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A quick dry fit. They go together easily enough.
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Now to fill in the wheel wells. These kits are obviously not meant for wheels up.
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The wells were so thin, I decided to just cut new covers out of sheet styrene. Much easier than trying to cut/sand the kit parts into submission.
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And, there we go. These handy wooden chopstick rests made a nice base. All I have to do is cut out a slot so I can add a micro USB plug.
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A bit of putty and we're off to do some sanding.
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DC motors are all wired up and ready to go.
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After some careful glueing, the motors are now in place.
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And... it works!
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This one works too. Always a good idea to keep checking the functionality. If it breaks along the way, it pays to know when, where and how.
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Now for some cockpit details... including pilots.
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Cockpits painted, pilots comfy in their seats.
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Tiny little canopies masked and ready to go.
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Am I wasting my time doing under-shading? Maybe... we’ll see.
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First coat on... more needed.
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Top side done. Looking better now...
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A bit more creative masking. I almost never use blue tack for masking, so we’ll see how this goes.
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Missed a few spots, so we’ll need a bit of touch up.
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Second round of blue tack masking... will this work?
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I'm not quite sure how I feel about the result... but here we are.
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Now that the painting is done, time to attach them to the bases.
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Now for a panel line wash, some weathering and decals...
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Decals on... I bet you can't tell (from this angle) that I broke a wire inside and had to do open heart surgery, can you? And you never will... 😉
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All that's left is the decal for the base, and we're done!
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