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The latest in my series of aerobatic teams build, the A-37 Dragonfly as flown by the Korean Air Force circa 1998.
The kit itself is a bit strange. It goes together and fits ok, looks pretty accurate. It has good detail in some places ( namely the cockpit and main gear wells ) but in others ( nose wheel well and engine faces ) absolutely nothing !! The nose wheel is also moulded to it's strut, and the cockpit tub is done in a bit of a strange way, compared with the real thing. I added some tape belts and the odd detail to the interior, and some representation of the engine fronts in the air intakes. I also dropped the elevators, as it seems this is how that were usually parked.
On the plus side, it has some nice panel detail, and has the option of an open canopy. The kit can also be built as an OA-37, with associated lumps, bumps and load-out.
However, the main bugbear of this kit are the decals. Thick, ultra-sticky and when they've had enough of being pulled around, quite happy to break in lots of small pieces. To be fair, a couple of them are asked to do a fairly impossible job ( around the nose and on the tip tanks ) but they were a bit of a pain, even on a flat surface.
So, there's quite a lots of touch ups, some better that others. It's not my best work, but to be honest, towards the end I was loosing the will, so I cut my losses and called it a day. It looks ok sat on the shelf, just don't get too close.......
If I had my time over again, I'd have done the OA-37, open the canopy, work the cockpit and do a nice loading dio, and hunt down the Hasegawa kit to do the Black Knights version. Its a lot more expensive, but can't be any worse to build, and you get two goes at it !!
Anyway, hope you enjoy. Any and all comments gratefully received
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Cheers, Neil
The kit itself is a bit strange. It goes together and fits ok, looks pretty accurate. It has good detail in some places ( namely the cockpit and main gear wells ) but in others ( nose wheel well and engine faces ) absolutely nothing !! The nose wheel is also moulded to it's strut, and the cockpit tub is done in a bit of a strange way, compared with the real thing. I added some tape belts and the odd detail to the interior, and some representation of the engine fronts in the air intakes. I also dropped the elevators, as it seems this is how that were usually parked.
On the plus side, it has some nice panel detail, and has the option of an open canopy. The kit can also be built as an OA-37, with associated lumps, bumps and load-out.
However, the main bugbear of this kit are the decals. Thick, ultra-sticky and when they've had enough of being pulled around, quite happy to break in lots of small pieces. To be fair, a couple of them are asked to do a fairly impossible job ( around the nose and on the tip tanks ) but they were a bit of a pain, even on a flat surface.
So, there's quite a lots of touch ups, some better that others. It's not my best work, but to be honest, towards the end I was loosing the will, so I cut my losses and called it a day. It looks ok sat on the shelf, just don't get too close.......
If I had my time over again, I'd have done the OA-37, open the canopy, work the cockpit and do a nice loading dio, and hunt down the Hasegawa kit to do the Black Knights version. Its a lot more expensive, but can't be any worse to build, and you get two goes at it !!
Anyway, hope you enjoy. Any and all comments gratefully received
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Cheers, Neil
