Roman Schilhart Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Hello, here's my rendition of Kovozávody Prostejov's Piper L-4, dressed as General Patton's personal aircraft in France, 1944. Having recently built their new Mustang and Lavochkin La-5, I was suprised by the rough nature of this kit. It's a typical short-run affair with heavy sprue gates that extend onto the kit's parts, some oversized parts and poor fit, especially around the glasshouse and nose section. The wheels are a joke. They should be round - well, you know what wheels should look like. The items in the KoPro kit suffer from offset moulding and look horrible. Because of their relatively small size no replacements were found in my wheel spares, so I took the task of sanding them to shape as good as I could. The decals aren't the best either, they are relatively thick and have a strong carrier film that remained visible even after I've coated with Alclad Gloss. Plus, the Blue of the US Stars is too bright. Because of the small size on the fuselage, no replacements could be sourced from the decal spares box. To bring this kit up to modern standards you will need to invest a lot of time, effort and patience. I added the boarding steps from scratch. The model was painted with Mr.Hobby acrylics. I'm not very happy how this little model turned out, but on the other hand I'm grateful to KoPro for releasing a kit of this important military and civilian airplane. With best wishes from Vienna, have a good day! All pictures taken by Mr. Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I dont know about the build but the finished product look good to me Well done Rodders 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 For an "Unbuildable" kit, you did a beautiful job. Had to double check it wasn't 1/48. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 For an "Unbuildable" kit, you did a beautiful job. Had to double check it wasn't 1/48. Ditto from me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 This new tool KP's Cub looks here great! Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Hi Roman, Wow - I was wondering how the new Cubs would build - now I know, but then again you've made it look fantastic! Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Hi Roman: Congratulations for this bird!! I have seen the pictures and really find the results wonderful as with the other finished builds you have shared here, but this one of this tiny kit that has a huge lot of troubles and need adjustments here and there, is a very commendable. The result of the build is a fantastic one to shine into your finished models cabinet, here there are a tru sample of workmanship exhibited. I have three or four in the stash, included one part built I bought more for the cry of the kit when I watched her than for not having the kit, and of them have a float landig gear example...wish to have time to build one and test if at least i get a 40% of the wonderful build you presented here, for sure I will be more than happy!!! Thank you very much for sharing, Cheers from Guatemala!!! Luis Alfonso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Very nice indeed, despite your reservations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Can't understand why you aren't happy with the result. The model looks superb to me. You must set yourself very high standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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