Avia Av135 1:48 MPM Vacform

[BKirwan]

I have been picking at this one on and off for the last two years or so. It was my first attempt at vacform kit and it’s the very old MPM Avia Av135 in 1:48 scale. According to Scalemates it was released in 1990. The kit is super basic vacform with some short run moulded polystyrene parts. The former is quiet nicely detailed the latter are rather soft and blobby.

 I scratch built the cockpit interior using some drawing on-line, Evergreen strip and various bits and pieces from the spares box. Any resemblance to the original is purely co-incidental. 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Then I buttoned everything up and its looks like this now complete with some riveting. I used the kit prop hub but replaced the prop blades with some Hurricane ones.   

 

 

 

Did some work on the u/c bays as well boxing them in and puttings some detail in there as well. 

 

 

That's all for now

regards

Brian  

 

 

[matti64]

Nice tidy build of a seldom seen subject. Coming along nicely...