Creepy Pete Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) Hello, Here's my (almost) finished 1/72 Revell rebox of the Hasegawa P-3 Orion. I used Colorado decals and did some backdating to build a low viz Portuguese P-3P from it. The kit is a bit old now, but it still looks the part, despite some lack of detail here and there. My experience with the decals was a bit mixed. They worked perfect, and are in register, but they are also printed very close to eachother, and the numbering is terrible. Some have numbers, some don't. And the instructions sheet isn't very clear on many of them either. In the end I skipped many of the smaller ones around the props, and a lot on the underside. You're supposed to use the walkways from the kit, but the Revell ones are much too light for my liking, so I ended up using some from Aussie Decals, which came out pretty light too, but not too much. The radome under the fuselage, which is a bit too big, comes from the Revell/Matchbox Handley Page Hallifax kit, and was shaped with the help of some milliput. The model was a bit too big for my usual photo setup, so I used some large white sheet of paper on the living room table instead. Not perfect, but it will have to do. I hope you like it: Thanks for watching. Pete Edited October 11, 2017 by Creepy Pete Crustaceans from Mars 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Martin Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Very nice PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Very nice finish one of the best Orion schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Classy finish, the grey on grey is a very nice scheme, beautifully done, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Not an oft seen kit, and I'm sure I've never seen one in this scheme, looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I like that very much, super paint scheme, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 very nice orion, great job on the scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Looks great. You did a great work. Nice to see portuguese markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanakit Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Excellent work ! Very nice model ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 looks great! especially in these rather unusual markings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitor Sousa Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) Love it, congratulations there is a new sheet for the Portuguese P3 http://bigcat.com.pt/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=orion&product_id=4314 Edited September 26, 2016 by Vitor Sousa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Interesting ,Vitor. I used exactly that sheet, but it wasn't marketed under the Blackcat brand. I guess it's some sort of reissue? In fact, this is the first time I've ever heard of Blackcat decals. Looks like they have some nice stuff. Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Very nice indeed and I do like that scheme! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Very cool! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 That looks great Pete! Love the scheme, I might have to find that sheet for my P-3 collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Great build!! As an ex P-3 aircrewman I love what you did. Thanks for sharing. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 That's one sweet looking P-3, great build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisTheBear Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Oh, very nice looking P3! DennisTheBear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Well tidy mun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T8247741 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Ooh, very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Very nice, like the scheme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 I've never seen a Portuguese one before. Very nice it looks too. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Well I am so impressed with your work and the way your P-3 turned out Pete I have just ordered a sheet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 That is a masterpiece if ever I saw one! Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted September 29, 2016 Author Share Posted September 29, 2016 20 hours ago, TrojanThunder said: Well I am so impressed with your work and the way your P-3 turned out Pete I have just ordered a sheet Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Ray, glad that I inspired you to build one too. That's about the best compliment you can get as a modeller. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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