Andrew's 1/48 Tamiya Raiden

[Lee Drennen]

Nice

[The Smythe Meister]

Yep, very nice indeed Andrew,
All your hard work has certainly paid off, you've managed to get a really good result from an ageing kit :thumb2:

[Geoffers]

Looks very nice Andrew :thumb2:

Geoff.

[yak face]

Brilliant work andrew , its a solid old kit that can look really nice if done well , as you have proved here. Cheers tony

[adt70hk]

Nice

Yep, very nice indeed Andrew,
All your hard work has certainly paid off, you've managed to get a really good result from an ageing kit :thumb2:

Looks very nice Andrew :thumb2:

Geoff.

Brilliant work andrew , its a solid old kit that can look really nice if done well , as you have proved here. Cheers tony

Thanks gents for the kind comments.....as you will see below, there has been some more progress!!

ATB

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Good evening all

And so on the final day of the GB and with approx. 1hr 40 minutes to go.....I present the closing post of this thread!

I didn't want too shiny a finish, so rather than my usual satin finish I experimented with a final coat of a 50/50 mix of Vallejo's Matt and Satin Resin varnishes......which leaves just a light sheen.

The undercarriage posed the worst problems.....part of it was my fault, with me not properly reading the instructions that made it clear the undercarriage parts were slightly different for each side.....and so should have been impossible to put them together the way I did!

....but the worst part was that the sockets for the undercarriage were 'generously' sized, making it hard to get them at the correct angle and lined up with each other.

As you will see below, once they were reasonably solidly glued in, I left it hanging to dry properly....I didn't want to risk it spreading under the weight of the plane as it dried. I'll leave it overnight like that.

I hadn't appreciated just how much of the cockpit would be visible at this scale and so I am glad I scratched a new radio, which I am really pleased with.

A few pics of the final stages and the finished article are below but I'll post some more in the finished gallery when I get the chance.

Thanks to all who have stopped by and offered their support during this build!

ATB

Andrew


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Prepped for the final assembly....






I'm really liking the final finish....





White blotch on the rear of the wing root must be light reflecting somehow, as it's not there in real life.






Getting the undercarriage right - hopefully!!





Left hanging to set properly when I went out for the evening.





Not looking too bad at all, even if I say so myself...but better pics to follow!

[Geoffers]

Very nicely done Andrew and congrats on getting it over the line before the finish :smiling4:

Geoff.

[Tworrs]

Excellent work Andrew, a great result.

[Tim Marlow]

Great job Andrew. Excellent result.

[The Smythe Meister]

Yep, lovely stuff indeed ,
Nice clear pics too,which really show off the Pilot and interior as well.
Congratulations Andrew:thumb2:.

[adt70hk]

Very nicely done Andrew and congrats on getting it over the line before the finish :smiling4:

Geoff.

Excellent work Andrew, a great result.

Great job Andrew. Excellent result.

Yep, lovely stuff indeed ,
Nice clear pics too,which really show off the Pilot and interior as well.
Congratulations Andrew:thumb2:.

Thanks chaps!!! Glad you like it too.

Unfortunately, decent pictures will have to wait..... currently sat in A&E with Junior.

He saved an extremely powerful shot and certain goal Friday afternoon in PE and ever since he has been in severe pain.... swelling has not subsided either.....

Last time he hurt himself like this, we ignored his complaints for a week..... Turned out he had a hairline wrist fracture!

ATB.

Andrew

[The Smythe Meister]

What a bummer!! Hope it's nothing major and the swelling subsides soon:hugging-face:.

[adt70hk]

What a bummer!! Hope it's nothing major and the swelling subsides soon:hugging-face:.

Thanks Andy.

Queue was fortunately very short when we arrived.... He's had x-ray just waiting on results.

[The Smythe Meister]

Thanks Andy.

Queue was fortunately very short when we arrived.... He's had x-ray just waiting on results.

:thumb2:

[yak face]

Hope its nothing serious andrew , at least he saved the goal . Raiden looks excellent , cheers tony