Mitsubishi G3M1 - part 1

The build-up for Nomonhan continues. This time we’re back in the air with a nice big Japanese bomber. And yes, I do know that the G3M is a Navy machine and so wouldn’t have appeared at Nomonhan. But the kit was rather cheap....Like my recent Ki-15, this is an ARII kit and shared the generally crisp moulding and minimal flash. I built it as an early version - the original G3M had no defensive armament as it’s high speed would ensure that ‘the bomber will always get through’. Despite this hope, the later ones were (relatively) bristling with guns.
Paintwork will follow shortly.