dcrfan Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I received my order direct from Ukraine in just over a week, not bad for the other side of the world. On intial look the parts are well detailed and moulded, the only unusual thing is total lack of assembly alignment aids. I'm building the kit as a Rhodesian Air Force aircraft so have removed the cross body passenger seat mounts and filled in the resulting holes. I've also fitted the shorter wing tips. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Looks interesting. Mind if I tag along? Cheers, Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Interesting subject for me as I often saw these aircraft flying over my house over the years in the guise of the Zimbabwean AF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky coffeeboat Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I'll watch too as I have the new Valom kit. Is that a "significant" amount of filler on the wing/ engine join or are you just being cautious? Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Very interesting! I am up for both following this build and getting an example myself. Martian 👽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Another follower here, having picked up the BA livery version today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 l plan to do a Philippine air force plane but have to decide which of the three boxings will suit my purpose Hacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 3 hours ago, hacker said: l plan to do a Philippine air force plane but have to decide which of the three boxings will suit my purpose Hacker The Israeli box has two versions of engine cowling and alternative wingtips which I suspect all boxes will have as the instructions include all options. The colour scheme is on a separate sheet so that and decals probably all thats different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 11 hours ago, pinky coffeeboat said: I'll watch too as I have the new Valom kit. Is that a "significant" amount of filler on the wing/ engine join or are you just being cautious? Jeff Cautious. There is a small hole on each side of the engine cowling/wing junction and very slight misalignment on top of both engines. I was able to significantly improve cowling/wing fit by chamfering inside edge of cowlings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warreni Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Lack of alignment aids is very common with smaller manufacturers. Just glue some pieces of plastic card on one side of the fuselage for a crude alignment device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Just been looking at these & tempted. Mind if I follow along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) Very interesting. I was unaware this was in 1:48. Back in the early '80s the last logging company I worked for had two of these to fly crews into camps on the west coast of British Columbia. Somewhere I have a photo of one taking off from a gravel strip in Ramsay Arm Edited June 21, 2019 by fubar57 Found photo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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