Nakajima G8N1

One aircraft was brought back to the US and tested. It was originally in Japanese markings and then later painted with us National Insignia. After testing the aircraft was scrapped. 

I built the kit for a club theme of kits produced before 1980. We had to build the kit out of box. The kit had raised panel lines, huge rivits and the fit is poor. All the decals were unusable, but we were permitted to use aftermarket decals. 

I went with the yellow orange paint scheme and removed all the armament. I did sand off the panel lines and re-scribe the entire aircraft. 

The nose canopy fit is poor  

 

It was probably more work than it was worth, but sometimes it's fun to build something that has been sitting in the stash for over 30 years.