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seversky p-35 academy - 1/48
lampie
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Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 12:15 PM UTC
Ricardo.
This is looking gorgeous!
I can certainly relate to finding yourself surrounded by piles of Taimya tape


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my doubt regarding this kind of plane...how should i age it?



No way!,,polish it up,the shinier the better.
Nige
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Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 01:00 PM UTC


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No way!,,polish it up,the shinier the better.
Nige



With what ? can you give me an idea
legendasboy
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Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 04:56 PM UTC
it was a little hard for me not to get even if a little bit dirty on this one so i found this while researching...

"The wheel wells are almost non-existent, as the wheels were not fully retractable.

Of note is large amount of petrol stains apparent around the vents on the wing's underside. This was a common occurrence on P-35 aircraft in service, as the wing was constructed as "wet", forming a large fuel tank by itself and thus giving this innovative fighter an extra range. However, the pioneering technique was a bit ahead of it's time - many of the P-35s developed fuel leaks, causing a lot of trouble to ground crews..."

and i had this picture in the site to see the defect



(museum airplane)

nice i thinked to myself...so i put my hands working and i got this



it was the best i could do, the rest its gonna stay like it is clean as a virgin ...

legendasboy
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Posted: Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 10:41 AM UTC
Finished at last.




a little bit of ringing in the antenna area.



















my pride on this project the motor





some leather protections on the retractable system (the original plane had them 2)












after seeing the photos i realied i made a mistake with the squadron number so i changet it to PA 70 but i dont have photos


Could be better finished but its my first NMF and my third plane after a long break of 15 years so , i'll do better next time.


Critics and comments are very welcomed so i can improve...thx mates
legendasboy
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Posted: Friday, May 02, 2008 - 11:33 PM UTC
the last and final photos






































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