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Time to add some meat to the GB

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As usual, I start with cockpit... What a heresy! One should start with something beautiful, like X-22 missile, for example. I'm planning to display it separately on a dolly, the kit suggests such an option

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Evidently, this is a short run kit so dry fitting, puttying and sanding are the ingredients of enjoyment

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This kit is an example of how bad moulding could spoil a good kit. Each part requires a lot of work and it is often easier to create a part from scratch than to bring the kit part to acceptable condition. The dolly is nearly there, requires some touches and weathering. Perhaps I will make it a separate entry in the gallery :) 

 

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Exhausts by Barracuda are wonderful! Great attention to details and immaculate casting! Only base colour so far

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11 hours ago, Madhatter said:

which parts are badly molded?

 

Pretty much all of them, sink marks everywhere. Don't get me wrong - for a short run it's a GOOD KIT, I know how to deal with short runs, and as I said earlier dealing with bad moulding this is a part of enjoyment 

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looks great Alexy. I contemplated buying the Barracuda exhausts but ended up buying the turned aluminium set instead. 

It's interesting to see that you have the inner tubes protruding from the read of the main housing. I read this is where Ken Duffy had some confusion as he wasn't sure if they sat on the outside or the inside of the housing (the instructions are not terribly clear here)

If you were to build yours OOB, would you have yours on the outside or the inside?

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I am following this with interest Pin. Many years ago I tried the old ESCI kit, with a resin correction set.

 

A lot of work was involved (including fuselage plugs) and it ultimately ended up back in storage.

 

This looks a lot better and I agree with you, filling and sanding is part of the fun with short run :)!

 

Nice work on the dolly :thumbsup2: 

 

Best regards

TonyT

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Some update

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The seats are little marvels, probably the best OOB seats I've ever seen, each build of good dozen of parts. It's a shame they will be barely visible

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Everything is straight OOB except the belts. I have NH details photoetched parts but it only contains pilot dashboard that I decided not to use to keep everything in one style. After all, these will be barely visible once the body is closed.

NH details set seems pretty useless

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- (mody, phylosophical, a bit crazy sub-officer) do you see a gopher?

- (conscript) Negative

- (sub-officer) Neither do I. But he exists...

 

 

The clip above is taken from a comedy, after that the word "gopher"  settled in Russian slang meaning something that exists but not visible, the cockpit here is a gopher, 100%

 

I have slightly changed the sequence otherwise the halves would not come together. 

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Next step - bomb and front wheel bays

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18 minutes ago, Pin said:

- (mody, phylosophical, a bit crazy sub-officer) do you see a gopher?

- (conscript) Negative

- (sub-officer) Neither do I. But he exists...

 

 

The clip above is taken from a comedy, after that the word "gopher"  settled in Russian slang meaning something that exists but not visible, the cockpit here is a gopher, 100%

 

Detailing 1/72 aircraft interiors often reminds me of a story my mother used to tell about an old family friend from her childhood who painted the undersides of her kitchen drawers "because I'll know it's there..."

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Hi Alexey,

Great! Perhaps the best-looking plane ever built. It's coming along very nicely. What's your impression of the kit on the whole so far?

 

.. thanks for the lesson in Russian slang - I'll look up a version of the film with subtitles, looks right up my alley.

 

Jay

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