1/72 Avis RFB Fantrainer 400

[Colin1967]

Below is my completed 1/72 Avis RFB Fantrainer 400 in The Royal Thai Air Force colours.

I thoroughly enjoyed building this kit, yes, it's a short run kit, but, with patience and plenty of dry runs, trimming and very little filling you can achieve a good result.

This aircraft is a real tail sitter and you need to be creative as to where you put the required ballast, I use a product called RIPMAX and white glue to fix it in.

Comments welcome !

Here is the etched brass fret included in the kit, I was unable to use the small aerials as they were way beyond my modelling skill and patience, any advice gratefully received on how to use them please, thank you.

 

[Amo Aero]

So good to see a rare bird. Thanks for sharing!

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Interesting plane 👍 Ive only seen a few photo’s of these over the years. 

[Head in the clouds.]

Nice to see one, a first for me on this forum.

[Spitfire31]

Interesting and good looking machine – thanks for educating me of its existence!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[Colin1967]

Hi all and many thanks for your kind comments and likes much appreciated !

Any help with applying the tiny brass parts would be most welcome, please.

On 5/5/2018 at 5:40 PM, Head in the clouds. said:

Nice to see one, a first for me on this forum.

That's a first for me as well, thank you for your comment.

[Colin1967]

On 5/5/2018 at 7:10 PM, Spitfire31 said:

Interesting and good looking machine – thanks for educating me of its existence!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

Hi Joachim,

 

I had fun researching this one on the internet and watching the videos as well.

Looks like I have set a benchmark for my future and regular builds !!

 

Best regards

Colin.