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My First Aircraft
imagoodsniper
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: December 26, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 09:30 AM UTC
I have been modeling armor for some time now and decided to take a break, and model some aircraft. Here it is, comments wellcome.





Its not completely finnished yet.
CRS
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California, United States
Joined: July 08, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 09:44 AM UTC
For your first aircraft, a really good build, though you may want to pay a little more attention to the wing joints on the next one. Oh, and one of your landing gear doors is missing It's raining "Thunderbolts" this month !!!!!
imagoodsniper
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: December 26, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 10:12 AM UTC
thanks for the comment im currently trying to retrive the gear door from under my dryer
lampie
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 11:21 AM UTC
Looks great!
Very well done.
The only points I would mention are the wing roots and that youve got some paint bleed on the red stripes on the starboard horizontal stabilizer.The yellow tips on the propeller would benefit from tidying up too.
I hope you find your undercarriage door under the dryer!
Are you going to give the model an oil wash to bring out the panel lines a bit more?
I see youve said it isnt finished yet,so I guess thats why the lights havent been fitted on the wing tips.
Overall though a really nice build,and like Chuck said,,its raining Thunderbolts these last few weeks. Good job theyre great looking aircraft!
Nige
goldstandard
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California, United States
Joined: March 29, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 04:05 PM UTC
Pretty good for a first build. The only improvements have already been suggested, so I will only add that there are some good tips to be found in the beginners section. In particular they have a thread specifically dedicated to seam filling. For masking off for your paint job, one trick I have heard of to prevent underrun becides a good burnishing before painting is to give the area a spray of Future (aka Klear in the UK). That way only Future will run under the tape, keeping the later coat of paint from getting under there.
Merlin
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United Kingdom
Joined: June 11, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 08:42 PM UTC
Hi there

That's a great first build!

The other guys have already picked up on the few points I spotted that could be improved, so all I can say is keep 'em coming!

All the best

Rowan
SGTJKJ
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 11:27 PM UTC
Looks good. A really good job on the aluminium finish.

I assume this baby has been build during this year. If so, you can enter it into the "Down Low - tank busting" campaign. Your bird qualifies as your plane is used down low and has some bombs to take out tanks.

You can read more under campaigns and under the "Down low tank busting tread" in the campaigns forum.
imagoodsniper
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: December 26, 2006
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Posted: Monday, June 04, 2007 - 11:02 AM UTC
thanks for all the replies and i am currently working on attaching the lights and i retrieved the gear door

And i am entered in the down low tanks busting campiagn thanks though.
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