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Now that I am properly home from Uni for the first time in some months, I decided to break into the kits again and see what could reasonably be built over the following few days. While I might have liked to build another Fury, Gladiator, or Siskin, those and their Aftermarket decals are all stashed away still, so for now, the Azur Fleet Finch that recently arrived will have to be good enough. First inspection of the sprues shows that the earlier Fleet Model 10 can also be built from this kit, and I did briefly consider doing so, but the Portuguese Model 16 Scheme included won me over. The cockpit consists of a floor, seats, resin sticks, and instrument panels that sit inside of a separate upper fuselage section. The sidewalls are detailed from the box and nothing was added to this section. In no time at all, this was closed up, and the engine was built while it all dried. This consisted of attaching 5 separate cylinders to a central part, and I must admit that I will avoid ever building an engine like this in the future if I should be able to. I think I finally got the pieces aligned well enough after my third try, and in any case, they are now staying however they are. After this, the engine was attached to the front and the vertical tail set into place. The gear legs then followed the lower wing into position. Tomorrow I will add the horizontal tail, exhaust units, and attach the upper fuselage section before filling in the few small gaps I expect will arise. With any luck, I'll finish building this by Thursday, so that I can start on another new arrival shortly after. I'd love to get cracking into the AMK 1/72 L-29, but considering the amount of aftermarket I bought for that kit and the amount of time it'll take to make progress, that will be put off for now. Thanks all, Tweener
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Continuing with the Latin theme, this time I've started a Peruvian Avro 504K, stationed at Las Palmas in the early 20s. The old Airfix / MPC is expectedly lacking in detail, and the fit of the bottom wing leaves much to be desired, but has otherwise so far been enjoyable. Blue Rider decals will at least make for a slightly more colorful finish. I expect it'll be a while before this one is done, being that I need a some paint and I've just lost my job. In the meantime, I can finish some small detail painting - the engine, cowling, wheels, and prop. In the meantime I have 2 P-40s, a Stearman, a BU131, and an RWD05 to see to the finish line. Thanks, Tweener
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Hello! Here are several photos of the construction and final result of the latest model to come out of my workbench. The airframe is painted in order to represent a C-47 in service with the Portuguese Air Force detachment on Lajes airfield, Terceira Island, Azores. The base was built by the RAF in 1943, as an effort to close the azorean gap which allowed german U-boats to run havoc amongst allied vessels. In 1945 it was passed on to the Portuguese forces, and since 1945/6 it has served as an American base. This scheme was not normalised and existed during 1952 only on this C-47 It`s the Airfix kit with the addition of Quickboost engines and wheels. Hope you like it! Cheers! José Pedro- 15 replies
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New Mig 29 9.13 "Fulcrum C" 1/32 decals by Antarki Models
AmaruTG posted a topic in The Rumourmonger
Hello friends here are some sample pics from the newest decal set by Antarki Models covering the Mig 29 index 9.13 (S, SE and SMP) with options for aircraft flown by Algerian, Peruvian and Russian Air Forces. The decals are designed to be used with the Currently available Revell 1/32 kit plus XactoMan Fulcrum C conversion and will be available next week (we are finishing with instructions). Please follow our FB page where we will announce availabitlity and price. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.920683031312991.1073741853.134774536570515&type=3&uploaded=2 Reg4rds Amaru
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