Plasto Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Hi, Here is the Recent Academy 're-box' of the nice 1/48 TA 183. The kit is a straightforward build and Academy ship it with a Decal Sheet that cover a number of WHIF / Luft46 schemes. Given the prototypical nature of the 'real' aircraft and the fact it looks cool this is not surprising. it does open up a number of possibilities for interesting schemes. Inspired by the excellent 'Man in the High Castle' TV series. I present my model of the TA 183. The model depicts an advanced trainer based at Luftwaffenstützpunkt 'Biggin Hill' October 1949. The model is painted in Mr Colour I chose late war German Colours and ran with the Day Glow Bands seen on Luftwaffe Jets in the 50's and 60's. Given the Post War Luftwaffe contained a number of ww2 veterans in my 'fantasy history' it seems reasonable that the germans would have come to a similar decision to use these. The kit is OOB for the most part I used some coloured acrylic for the nav lights and added some brake lines and a bit of brass tube for the extended 'boars tusk' cannon barrels ( indicative of the 1947 high muzzle velocity cannons) and scratch built a FOD guard out of plastic card and brass rod. I also experimented with a molotow chrome marker for the oleo's ... I highly recommend that... A fun build I hope you like it. Cheers Plasto... 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Love that scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 l agree nice scheme. l wonder what it would looking like naked. Question is seeing the time line how much of it was wood and how much is metal Hacker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijs302 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 a nice build i like a bit of luft46 , the orange trainer bands look just right what colour did you use , thanks ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Beautifully renditioned! I love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 One word: Beautiful!! Cheers Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Well done Ta 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 That's a beauty Plasto,excellent finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 12/16/2018 at 10:39 AM, ijs302 said: a what colour did you use , thanks ian Mr Colour Dayglo orange on a white base... HTH Thanks for all of the kind comments and likes on the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Lovely job That's their reboxing of the AmTech/Tamiya kit I guess? My first completed build back to the hobby. Simpler times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Yes the AmTec kit re-boxed. I think you get PE seatbelts and masks which were not in the original boxing.. otherwise it’s the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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