hsr Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 This is the Tamiya boxing of the Italeri 1/72 Bell OH-58A Kiowa. This is a typical Italeri kit and I will not beat a dead horse by enumerating its faults. The only thing that was Tamiya was the box and the instructions. Even the decals were the Italeri ones debranded by removing the Italeri logo. The Aeroscouts that flew these in Viet Nam did so with the doors off. The front doors of the kit were separate pieces so that was not an issue. The rear doors were molded as part of the cabin sides but with a deep recessed outline so removing them was fairly easy. I mostly uses decals from the Print Scale 72-070 OH-58 sheet augmented by the kit decals when the Print Scale ones proved impossible to use. The sheet came with a full set of stencils, most of which were not usable but I did manage to use several. Paint was AK Real Colors. Total build time as 12 days. Next up in the LF- OH-23G Ravel Enjoy 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Monday Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Nice work on one of Italeri's neat little kits. BM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsr Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 Neat is not the term I would have used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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