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My first British bird


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Perhaps some of you allready know this build from arc but for all others I wanted to show my little tiger.

This little fellow here is my second built in 1/144. It´s a RAF Puma that took part in the 2005 Tigermeet in Balikesir, Turkey: picturelink to airliners.net.

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The revised rotorhead was redone by using Styrene and some wire.

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A very special feature of this model is the tigerhead on the front. First you have to place a white decal and then color it. After that is done there is a transparent decal that has to be placed exactly over the first one. It´s an interesting but also quite challenging piece of work to do.

The antennas at the front were redone by using thin wire.

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The steps below the big cargo doors were done by using wire too.

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Finally here is a closeup shot of the back end. Parts of the rear arm, the "handles" and the antenna in the right half of the picture where also done by using some wire.

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The whole kit was painted by using a brush and enamel colors from RoG. I hope you enjoy the pictures. If there are any questions feel free to ask.

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Wow, those stripes are really neatly done. The whole thing looks rather convincing, especially for 1/144 scale. Good job! :)

Thank you! Most of the stripes are decals that come with the kit.

Looks great, I have a few of these, they are really lovely little kits.

Good to see yours has turned out so well, looks lovely

Thank you too! I bought the kit because I´m still waiting for some parts for my 1/72 kits and it started as a fun build...and it was fun until the end! I can recommend this kit to everyone.

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Lovely, you'd never know it was 1/144 without seeing it next to the coin, which makes it even more impressive :thumbsup:

I got the chance to sit inside this Puma at the 2005 Waddington airshow as a friend of mine was crewing it that day :D

:goodjob:

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Beautiful, did the Revell 1/144 GR.7 a few months back and really enjoyed it, kinda make your eyes go :hypnotised: in this scale.

Great work,

Eng

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