1/48 Tamiya J2M3 Raiden (Jack)

Last Samurai

by Polly Singh

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This is my Tamiya J2M3 Raiden (Jack) in 1/48 scale just added to my aircraft of the case collection.  Its an OOB build with focus on weathering. Simple silver painted over with black and stripped (and touched up where even the silver came off).  Its Lt Yoshihiro Aoki’s aircraft at Knoya when he flew with the 352 AG against B-29s over Kyushu.  The pic shows him 2nd left briefing his pilots.  

In the below pic farthest to the right, I've parked the Raiden next to another of my ‘aces’ aircraft, the Hasegawa, A6M2 type 22 flown by Nishizawa.  I loved doing the weathering and hasty painting on this aircraft.

Polly

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Photos and text © by Polly Singh