Raiden Jack
In September 1939, aircraft manufacturers Nakajima and Mitsubishi received an unofficial order to trial-manufacture the Raiden, the Japanese Navy's first interceptor (a fighter to undertake the air defence of land bases). It was finally decided, however, that the development and trial-manufacture of the Raiden should be conducted only by Mitsubishi. It was in April of 1940 that the plane was designated "14-Shi Interceptor (J2M1)" and official requirements were set out by the Navy. The requirements gave priority to climbing power, maximum speed and high altitude performance. Aircraft engines of those days that could meet all these requirements were only the air-cooled engine "Kasei" type 11 trial-manufactured by Mitsubishi for the Type 1 Attack Bomber (G4M) "Betty" and the liquid-cooled engine "Atsuta" trial-manufactured by Aichi. Because of the Navy's poor experience in liquid-cooled engines and Atsuta's insufficient reliability, the Navy was forced to employ the air-cooled engine Kasei which, having larger engine diameter and giving larger air resistance, was not best suited to be used in a fighter.
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Features
- Tightly cowled Mitsubishi Kasei 23 14 cylinder radial - 1575hp; (4) 20mm wing cannon; 4 blade propeller, large "greenhouse" canopy.
- Appx. 35 parts in light grey and clear; raised and recessed panel lines.
- Detailed prop and cowling with engine cooling fan.
Specs
- Scale: 1/48
- Wingspan: 9" (22.6cm)
- Fuselage Length: 8" (20.2cm)
- Tamiya Product Number: 61018
Includes
1/48 Raiden Jack plastic model kit
Requirements & Suggestions
- Assembly
- Modeling Knife (EXL16001) (EXL16018)
- Paint
- X-1 - Black (TAM81001) (TAM81501)
- X-2 - White (TAM81002) (TAM81502)
- X-4 - Blue (TAM81004) (TAM81504)
- X-7 - Red (TAM81007) (TAM81507)
- XF-61 - Dark Green (TAM81361) (TAM81761)
- XF-64 - Red Brown (TAM81364) (TAM81764)
- XF-66 - Light Grey (TAM81366) (TAM81766)
- Paint Brushes
- Sandpaper
- Plastic cement (TES3501) (PLS00002) (TAM87012) or glue (HLC107)
- White Glue
- Plastic cement (TES3501) (PLS00002) (TAM87012) or glue (HLC107)
- Nice-to-have tools: Needle File Set
- Sprue Cutter (XUR410A) (EXL55594)
- Airbrush and
- Accessories
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Markings
- Decal Options:
- 1: Genzan Flying Group, Kagoshima Air Base, Nov. 1943.
- 2: Lt (JG) Sadaaki Akamatsu, 302 Flying Group, Atsugi, March-Aug
- 1945.
- 3: Lt (JG) Yoshihiro Aoki, 352 Flying Group, Kanoya, April 1945.
- All Aircraft: Top Surfaces - IJN Dark Green with black anti-glare
- panel in front of canopy; Bottom Surfaces - IJN Light Grey.
- Note: 8x10 sheet with color side views of 2 and 3 included.