Murray Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hey everyone, I'm planning on making a G3M soon, by Arii. I really like Japanese planes, pity they seem so much rarer in Britain for some reason. I was wondering if anyone had any, or knew of any decent reference photos? Particularly for the interior. I can't find much online. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Befring Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Would the Burin Do about the G3M help? Not much about the interior but at leas IP and a cutaway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hi, Murrodels I agree with Lars, Burindo is your best bet. Not many photos of interior, but there are some decent drawings, including one of the control panel. Both Aircam and Schiffer have the same three photos of interior and IIRC Profile has none. Cheers Jure 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Thanks guy! I'll look into these leads. It's weird how little there is on these planes, they produced quite a lot of them! Even my usual last resort method of getting reference for planes - looking at newly tooled versions of the kit and copying the detail out of them sadly failed. The only other kit I've seen of this plane is the Hasegawa tooling from 1997 and it's equally as un-detailed. Arguably worse because it normally retails for £40-50, whereas this Arii kit I managed to nab for £8 on eBay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Jure Miljevic said: Hi, Murrodels I agree with Lars, Burindo is your best bet. Not many photos of interior, but there are some decent drawings, including one of the control panel. Both Aircam and Schiffer have the same three photos of interior and IIRC Profile has none. Cheers Jure Maru Mechanic also did a monograph on the G3M, but it's been OOP for a LONG time and might be hard to find. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McIntyre Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 After Tamiya did the G4M in 1/48, I kept hoping for them to do a G3M. Unfortunately, I'm still waiting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 If you can find one, the Maru will probably be your best bet. I'd also imagine that Koku Fan will have covered the G3M in their modellers' section one time or another, but I can't provide any reference - and as it Comes from the same stable as the FAOW title(s), it may contain only the same material as the FAOW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warhawk Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) There is a topic on the brown-green, or "Kumogata" camouflage scheme on J-aircraft forum: http://www.j-aircraft.org/smf/index.php?topic=5877.msg42479#msg42479 Also, there is a detailed series of articles on the Brown Color shade on Aviation of Japan Blog: http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-1.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-2.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-3.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-addendum.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-4.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-5.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-6.html And as for IJN greens, the author of this blog has recently published a PDF guide available at request. Regards, Aleksandar Edited February 10, 2017 by warhawk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 42 minutes ago, warhawk said: There is a topic on the brown-green, or "Kumogata" camouflage scheme on J-aircraft forum: http://www.j-aircraft.org/smf/index.php?topic=5877.msg42479#msg42479 Also, there is a detailed series of articles on the Brown Color shade on Aviation of Japan Blog: http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-1.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-2.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-3.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-addendum.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-4.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-5.html http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2008/06/vexed-question-of-ijn-browns-part-6.html And as for IJN greens, the author of this blog has recently published a PDF guide available at request. Regards, Aleksandar Hey! Thank you so much for these, they are incredibly helpful. I love that picture in the first link showing the two tones of green the plane had been painted... I might just work that in with a little artistic license haha. Again, thanks, I appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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