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Italeri, nee ESCI Douglas Skyraider AEW 1 finished


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Ok guys, this was supposed to be a quick build, ha! The kit was fraught with problems, the accuracy, fit of parts and raised panel lines. So after a couple of days sanding those and re-scribing it looked a who lot better. The fin is the most glaring of the accuracy problems. It is suppose to be offset to post. well it isn't but I wasn't going to alter anything. To be fair to the kit is is 1970/80's vintage, so was on a par with anything around at the time. Italeri just threw it in a new box and added a nice decal sheet.

 

So here she is resplendant in Tamiya X-17 Sea Blue thinned with ISO propyl alcohol. Shot with two coats of Future and then two coats of AK Interactive Glossy varnish after decal application. Which as you wil see came out a tad matt!

 

Kit decals were used excepting for the underwing serials which were Xtradecals.

 

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Thanks for looking.

 

Colin

 

 

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Looks great! These old RN a/c are always a good build.

 

I never knew the Skyraider had an offset tailfin though, does it lean or stick up from one side? What would that be for, it sounds cool and weird like the Canberra B(I)8 and PR.9 cockpits.

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