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If you can lay your hands on a Gunze product 'Mr Metal Primer' your away to the races!! It brushes on very well (have done this on several occasions) and enamel paint adheres well. It is a clear liquid so you have to be careful painting it for fear of missing some spots and once dried it really cannot be noticed.

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The hh-53 is pointless, you may as well get an italeri kit at least you will be able to use the italeri decal sheet, why have academy done this as a special edition and put their made in korea impervious to anything decal sheets in the box .

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If you can lay your hands on a Gunze product 'Mr Metal Primer' your away to the races!! It brushes on very well (have done this on several occasions) and enamel paint adheres well. It is a clear liquid so you have to be careful painting it for fear of missing some spots and once dried it really cannot be noticed.

HTH

Sorry to say that the Gunze Mr Metal primer only works on brass type materials; I've used it on stainless etched sheets and it does nothing other than make a bad smell.

However you can lightly etch the stainless sheet by using a solution of ammonium persulphate, which is used for etching PCB's, and connecting it to a 9v battery in an electrolytic etch. If you use it for a few seconds you get a nice frosted surface on the etch without damaging the details, and the paint sticks nicely to that.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Les

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Release in October 2016 - Hawker Hunter F.6/FGA.9 - ref.12312

Source: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00012&pCode=9743

 

12312_h_h.jpg

 

Except the decals and the box art (see herebelow), nothing new...

See parts here: http://mmzone.co.kr/mms_tool/mt_view.php?mms_db_name=mmz_media&mms_cat=[리뷰]&no=903

 

MMZ20161101181546_2_6.jpg

 

MMZ20161101181545_2_0.jpg

 

V.P.

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On 9/9/2016 at 7:55 PM, gavingav said:

The hh-53 is pointless, you may as well get an italeri kit at least you will be able to use the italeri decal sheet, why have academy done this as a special edition and put their made in korea impervious to anything decal sheets in the box .

 

It's pointless for us in Europe but it's not for the Asian modellers, who will have easier acces to this kit at a lower price compared to the original Italian one.

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from the link to their website, and best efforts of google translate(!) it suggests that the 1/48 CH-53E & MH-53E are still available - or has google failed me?

 

Cannot see these for sale anywhere and the price of one on evilbay at the moment suggests that buying a 1/1 scale version direct from Sikorsky is probably a cheaper option.........

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