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Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (雷電, "Thunderbolt")

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Empire of Japan Group Build – Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden, Tamiya 1/48

by Jaime Carreon on October 19, 2022 · in Aviation — 10 Comments

This started out as a Shelf of Doom build for my local model club as a way of jump starting some projects that had languished for too long. My original SOD is still in the box. This model was started by a unnamed modeler who was getting [...]

Tamiya 1:48 Mitsubishi J2M Raiden ("Lightning Bolt")

by George Henderson on July 29, 2022 · in Aviation — 29 Comments

This is my take on a legendary J2M Raiden. You've probably seen other builds, profiles and decal sheets of it. Someone heard it from someone else who heard it from another builder who saw a picture of it. This aircraft served with the [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden.

by James Kelley on May 15, 2022 · in Aviation — 8 Comments

Hasegawa 1/48 Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden Technical Air Intelligence Units (TAIU) were joint Allied military intelligence units formed during World War II to recover Japanese aircraft to obtain data regarding their technical and tactical [...]

The brawler – Tamiya Mitsubishi J2M3 Interceptor Raiden 1/48 scale

by George Damian on April 12, 2022 · in Aviation — 13 Comments

Mitsubishi J2M has always seemed to me like a brawler, a boxer determined to throw punches no matter what. Short, stubby, lacking in agility - but packing a lot of heat. The old Tamiya kit delivered a simple base for approaching this [...]

Tamiya 1/48 J2M3 Jack

by Richard Bungay on January 14, 2022 · in Aviation — 10 Comments

This is a 50 year old kit but it holds up pretty well. It has raised panel lines but they were easily re-scrible. Decals are a bit thick but are nice none the less. Here's the album: (link)

Hasegawa 1/48 J2M3 Raiden

by Woody Kubacki on November 22, 2021 · in Aviation — 8 Comments

This was probably my longest build so far. I started in April with the crazy idea of building all 3 of Hasegawa's 1/48 Raiden (J2M3, J2M5, J2M6) at the same time, but that got whittled down to just the J2M3 (the other 2 are waiting on [...]

Hasegawa J2M Raiden 雷電 Lightning Bolt “Jack”

by Jeff Groves on June 16, 2020 · in Aviation — 7 Comments

This is Hasegawa’s classic Raiden kit from 1977. It is a good kit for its time, but suffers from basic cockpit detail and shallow wheelwells. I replaced both on my build and plunge-molded the sliding portion of the canopy. There is [...]

And now for something completely different… A “What If”, a “Definite Maybe”, and a “Just Because”!

by Roberto Silva Cuevas on March 28, 2017 · in Aviation — 22 Comments

Hi Everyone... Today I finished up the Mitsubishi J2M in the colors of an actual Ki-61 that was captured by the U.S. Marines during WWII. I think it catches the spirit of the "What If" without going to overboard. Next is a P-39 [...]

Mitsubishi Raiden

by Murad Özer on October 29, 2015 · in Aviation — 9 Comments

This is Tamiya's lovely Raiden in 1/48. Sweet little bird, had a lot of fun weathering it too. Enjoy the pix. 🙂

Tamiya 1/48th Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden “Jack” PTO WWII

by Chuck A. Villanueva on August 22, 2015 · in Aviation — 10 Comments

Though late in the game, going along with the Japanese aircraft theme, this is the old Tamiya kit, #61018 in their early original 48th scale series from the 70's. Despite it's age it goes together well, I built this back around 92-93 so I [...]