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Here is one of the kits I have completed this year. It's Mark I's 1:144 Arado Ar 96B-1 White 16 (KK+CW), W.Nr. 0122, of JFS 3, Luftwaffe, at Stolp-Reitz airfield, Germany, in autumn 1940. I added belts from tape and sticks from stretched sprue in the cockpit. There were issues with the wing/fuselage join which needed some work to get a decent join, and the exhausts which are unclear in their positioning and stick out too much if glued as suggested. I solved the latter by opening holes in the dimples on the engine cover where you are supposed to glue them, to insert them into and thus get them in a better position. I also added the underwing pitot tube. The big flaw of this kit is the propeller spinner which lacks the "orange-squeezer" tip. Retrokit have made a resin replacement propeller that is a big improvement and I have used it in this kit. The other thing to watch out for is getting the angle of the main undercarriage legs right as the instructions are unclear here too and they are supposed to be raked forward in a fashion similar to the Fw 190. Otherwise it was an enjoyable little kit and I have built another (to be posted later) and have several in my stash. The kit was completely painted by brush. Weathering was minimal as these were trainers and not combat machines and were better kept. Thanks for looking Miguel
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Hollo to everybody. Lets talk about Falklands 1982... Dear friends, I demonstrate my work which I finished in the 2018th “Humphrey” is one of the most famous object of the Falklands Conflict and was the helicopter stationed aboard the destroyer HMS Antrim. Antrim was one of several ships sent to retake the Islands of South Georgia, as part of Operation Paraquet. The Wessex HAS.3 is recognizable by its “thimble” radome behind the rotor head. Only two HAS.3s were deployed to the Falklands, on HMS Antrim and HMS Glamorgan. This work shows my skills and ability to make further improvement as far as possible for the 1/144. For the “Mark I” kit detailing, I used more than 50 small parts and some items of a handmade material. The main resource-intensive work at the next objects: detailed cockpit with PEP, scratch-build nose E/E compartment with components and an opened hatch, the sonar operator compartment with interior and opened sliding door, the tail beam and main air blades are located in its stowed position. Thank you. Andrii. Enjoy!
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Hello everyone This is my latest kit. It's Mark I Models' 1:144 Wessex HCC.4 XV733 of The Queen's Flight, RAF, at RAF Benson, UK, in 1981. It was built mostly OOB modifying the main rotor mast, this kit's main flaw, apart from those modifications specified for this variant in the instructions concerning the windows on the fuselage sides. The folded steps came as a nice resin part but unfortunately about 2mm too long so I had to cut it in two and reduce the length. Missing struts were added to the steps made from stretched sprue. In the cockpit I added belts from Tamiya tape and shortened the control sticks. The various antennae and the cable cutters were added from stretched sprue and etched metal. The engine exhausts were opened up as they were moulded solid. The kit was fully painted and varnished by brush and freehand. The photos in the walkarounds section were very helpful. A big thanks there. Although some things didn't come out right I'm pleased with the finished result. Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome Miguel
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Here is another of the kits I have completed this year and the other Mark I 1:144 Arado Ar 96B I had mentioned before in a previous post. It's an Ar 96B-7 AIR MIN 120 of No.435 Disarmament Servicing and Repair Unit, RAF, in Schleswig, Germany, late 1945. This aircraft eventually wound up in the UK where it was eventually scrapped. As with the other one, I added belts from tape and sticks from stretched sprue in the cockpit, the underwing pitot tube and replaced the propeller with a resin one from Retrokit. Notes on the other one apply here The kit was completely painted by brush. This aircraft remained in Luftwaffe colours but had the German markings overpainted and British ones applied instead. Weathering was minimal as these were trainers and not combat machines and were better kept. Thanks for looking Miguel
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Just noticed this new release from Mark I Models on Modelimex- a 1/144 Buffalo kit! They've released them as 2-in-1 packs in three different boxings for different variants with US, Finnish and Far East markings: http://www.4pluspublications.com/en/scale-model-kits/mkm14444-f2a-1-buffalo-b-239 http://www.4pluspublications.com/en/scale-model-kits/mkm14445-f2a-2-buffalo-b-339-usbelgian http://www.4pluspublications.com/en/scale-model-kits/mkm14446-buffalo-mki-b-339-far-east Wonder if there are any injected 1/144 Ki-27 or Ki-43 kits for potential dogfight doubles...
