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  1. Some may recall I have mentioned in the past that my wife sometimes requests I build something for her, usually a biplane. In 2020 the request was made, and indeed initiated, when she gifted me a Revell 1/48 kit of a Stearman/Kaydet PT-17 for Christmas. She wasn't too impressed with the kit options for paint and markings and a short Google search later we found this... We had our markings and I produced this... ...from the kit she gave me. I found the Revell kit to be really fun to make and enjoyed the challenge of the paintwork immensely. If you'd like to see more of it, there's plenty here: http://making-history.ca/2020/03/20/earning-their-stripes/ About eighteen months later we moved from Sydney to Canberra. At the time both NSW and the ACT were in lockdown and as a result the move was rushed and uncoordinated. In order to simplify the model packing process I sold several built models - you know where this is going, right? - one of them being this Stearman. Big mistake. I really didn't expect Mrs. Mark.au to be bothered, but she was and I made a promise to replace the stripy biplane one day. That day has come; this Christmas I received another Stearman under the tree, this time the ICM 1/32 scale kit. Here'a a nice review, though my version is the original, without the figures. In consultation with Mrs. M, I will do a different recall plane this time. Something like of these... ...because I like the idea of the yellow-backed aircraft number providing a bit of contrast. I'd really like to find a contemporary photo to work with but the only ones I have found so far are of the the airframe I built already. If I can't find one, I'll work from modern photos of a couple of Stearmans that have been painted in stripes and are claimed to be historically accurate. I made a start last night on the larger assemblies because I'm waiting on some cockpit goodies from BNA to be delivered. In addition to the wings and tail assemblies, I also painted the fuselage interior. The latter was done with a black base, and then a thin wet coat of a light canvas colour (the fuselage was doped linen over a frame). Applying a thin wet coat meant the black base showed through in sus a way as to negate the need for a wash in the next step. When the canvas was dry enough I dry-brushed aluminium over the ribbing structure to knock out two birds with one stone; the interior structure was [generally] left bare metal so my dry brush painted the structure accordingly, and because there was a little transfer of aluminium paint on the canvas paint as well, it replicated a slight bleed-through from when the canvas was painted with its base silver dope at the factory (before the yellow, and then the stripes). All this will be more or less hidden behind the tubular cockpit framework which will be painted interior green so it's a bit moot. Nonetheless, it'll bring a depth to the interior and I'm satisfied with that. Next up I'll start the cockpit proper, hopefully my delivery of cockpit detail parts comes today or tomorrow (and includes kits for the next two in the Captured Birds series, as well!). If not, there's plenty to get on with, including painting the wings if I really want to. Cheers.
  2. Hello, this summer after finishing college i decided to build some easy small plane nad put it on a stand. I bought this Revell's 1/72 Stearman Kaydet (cost only 6 euro) because i had some spare yellow paint and wanted to use it up. But that yellow wasn't good enough for painting and i didn't want to buy new 3euro yellow paint for 6euro model so i used revell's 94 gold paint and it end up better than i expected so here are some pictures (maybe i will post better resolution photos when i get new phone). I did the stand all by myself. Rigging turned just fine. It's not perfect, it's not original yellow, but it's a cute little decoration for living room or bedroom. Enjoy! I will appreciate any critic.
  3. Hi guys. Welcome me to the RFI of my Revell Stearman Kaydet 1/72 It's been a while since this little bird was finished but I didn't have a spare moment in the sun to take the pics. I had to go to the docs today so I had a few hours to myself, I got some nice pictures taken in the garden with some nice autumn sun. The WIP can be found here. I scratched the office from plasticard. re-built the prop painted with Tamiy acrylics and rigged with ez-line. An excellent fun little build to bring the love back after the Mamoth prowler build. Here we go then, Welome the Stearman Kaydet. (Yellow Peril) 1/72 And there we are. I really enjoyed this build, the rigging seemed to go well giving me some confidence to do a bigger string bag I have in the stash. I hope you all like the shots and thanks to everyone who helped along the way. Take care y'hear. Johnny Ramone.
  4. Something post-WW2...The Revell Stearman Kaydet in 1/72nd scale, used in Israel in the late 40s and 50s as a training aircraft. The build is OOB, with only the rigging in .004 line (drilldrilldrill) and Vallejo colors. the decals are aftermarket from a wonderful set made by Xtradecal. Among the options are a Nationalist Chinese and Peruvian craft (that's next) as well as several US birds. I feel that when I find a kit that builds OOB easily and without fuss, I stick to the manufacturer's designs. This is a good example. An easy kit, some descent painting and lovely, thin perfectly registered decals make the model a bit more special. Hope you like it! --JDCM
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