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1:72 Italeri A-129 Mangusta


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Honestly, unless you have passion for kits that are hard work, will end up mostly filler and be a representation of an aircraft that even its mother would struggle to love, I would pass if I were you...

Seriously, though, it's a pretty poor kit, unless you're a master modeller. The canopy is the biggest issue, not actually being the same width as the rest of the fuselage, and as it's a huge part it kinda screws everything else up. You can see that I started my build in July last year and this is how far I've got with it:

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That said, there's a strong argument to be made that the quality of the outcome of any build is based primarily on the skills of the builder, rather than the kit being built. I've learnt a lot since I started this build and if were starting it again now i'd approach it differently, but I have no intention of coming back to it any time soon.

Hope that helps in some way. :-)

Richard

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