I have finished (almost, actually) a model of this great looking interceptor. i've always wanted to own this ww2 aircraft! this was strictly 100% OOB. Used Kit decals and tamiya/gunze acrylics.

here are the pics. hope to receive comments so that i can further improve on my skills.

















thanks for browsing!

Hi Erwin!

Your Raiden looks good! I build one some years ago but it was not as good as yours! It's now a testbench for my paintbruch!

It's a pretty unusual weathering technique you used! Can you tell us more about it?

Jean-Luc

PS My father's name is... Erwin too! Did you knew it is German!

TedMamere,

thanks!

Weathering....
after assembly and making sure that all seams are properly filled, I applied a silver primer... i used Gunze Mr Color Super Stainless (superb paint btw!) and then applied the black pre-shading. after the pre-shade has dried, I applied the surface paint... and then clear coated for decal application. seal the decal again with another clear coat. now the fun part, i used a used 1200 grit sandpaper to gradually sand the upper coat to reveal the silver primer or the black pre-shade... i also sanded the decals...

:D

Good. now I have a point of comparison. I have this kit too.
:-) :-) :-) :-)

Seriously. This is good.

Excellant Raiden Erwin. I like the "sanding back" technique, I'm about to try this on an N1K1 Rex float plane.
Mal

Hi Mal!

I indeed noticed on my previous post I put !s everywhere. Gosh! It will be hard to get rid of it! Damn! ... get rid of it.

Jean-Luc

mal,
thanks! i only read about that technique from the japanese ww2 aircraft build reviews... you can try many different weathering techniques if your modelling japanese ww2 aircrafts.