What's the 1st thing ya say with a 1/72 kit after ya just finish a 144th scale kit? "Damn, these ferkin' parts are HUGE!"
Didn't realize when I bought this kit that it was a re-pop on the Platz kit, which didn't bother me at all. Having built a bunch of there 144th kits I knew it was going to be a honey. So far it is.
Started by thinning the side of the seat which ended being a waste of time since the PE arm rest cover 1/2 and a wider gluing surface would have been handy for the handles. Filled the holes in the IP with Bondic for the instrument glass. Putting enough for a slight bugle make sit a nifty magnifier of the printed dials below. Nose weighted with BB's. The big very clear bubble canopy shows all of the cockpit detail.
Cold War (1950-1974)
Discuss the aircraft modeling subjects during the Cold War period.
Discuss the aircraft modeling subjects during the Cold War period.
Hosted by Tim Hatton
T-33, Tanmodel, 1/72
wing_nut
New Jersey, United States
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Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 09:32 PM UTC
wing_nut
New Jersey, United States
Joined: June 02, 2006
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Joined: June 02, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 02:57 AM UTC
With just a handful of parts for the kit itself not much in the way of in progress pics but here's the end result. Kit decals used. Super thin and didn’t need more than Micro Set to get to suck down into the details.
Jessie_C
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: September 03, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, March 08, 2017 - 04:19 AM UTC
That one turned out very nicely indeed