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The last plane I built was when I was eight years old. I say built but if I recall it was more like throw some glue and paint at it and hang it from the bedroom ceiling. I suspect that's how a lot of us started!!
Anyway, Whilst in my LMS picking up supplies they were reducing some of their kits. I grabbed this one before the ink dried, added a couple more pots of paint to my basket and walked out a happy chap.
Now I don't know a great deal about aircraft in general and I know nothing about the subject of this kit other than it's a Russian variant of a Bell? It saw action in WW2 and there don't seem to be many reference pictures. What I do know is that it's an Eduard Weekend; allegedly a simplified kit but the parts count is pretty high and to my eye the level of detail looks great.
Here are the sprue shots, is this a high part count for this scale kit?
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I made a start last night and it went together like a dream. The office was painted in Cockpit Green, some details picked out, given a dark wash and weathered. The decals responded really well to microsol and the seatbelt was made from Tamiya tape.
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Not sure if it will be possible to complete this kit in a weekend but I've got no plans so I'll have a crack at it.
Any hints, tips, comments or criticisms please. This is all new to me.
Jason
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Anyway, Whilst in my LMS picking up supplies they were reducing some of their kits. I grabbed this one before the ink dried, added a couple more pots of paint to my basket and walked out a happy chap.
Now I don't know a great deal about aircraft in general and I know nothing about the subject of this kit other than it's a Russian variant of a Bell? It saw action in WW2 and there don't seem to be many reference pictures. What I do know is that it's an Eduard Weekend; allegedly a simplified kit but the parts count is pretty high and to my eye the level of detail looks great.
Here are the sprue shots, is this a high part count for this scale kit?
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I made a start last night and it went together like a dream. The office was painted in Cockpit Green, some details picked out, given a dark wash and weathered. The decals responded really well to microsol and the seatbelt was made from Tamiya tape.
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Not sure if it will be possible to complete this kit in a weekend but I've got no plans so I'll have a crack at it.
Any hints, tips, comments or criticisms please. This is all new to me.
Jason
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