1/72 Italeri IAI Kfir C-2

by Leandro Maldonado

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     After five years without building any aircraft, I'm back again doing one of the best things in my life...!!! I made this aircraft for a very good friend of mine, this is the first time I used an airbrush, so this was my first experience using some of weathering and washing techniques that I learned on the ARC website and other sources. This Kfir is from Italeri, a very simple kit, I made it Out of Box (still some parts to glue on), and I didn't follow the correct pattern of painting or even the exact colours because my intention was to learn how to use the airbrush and weathering. I've added the name of my friend which will keep the aircraft (CDR. Welber " Spider") in the left side of the nose to be little bit funny. As my first experience I'm satisfied, and I hope you are not too disappointed with my  job, I promise the second one will be much better.

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     I already started to work on a Italeri A-4E, which I will paint in a aggressor scheme and add some etched parts. Thanks for everyone that put articles here and Steve Bamford for the help and inspiration that helps us keep going with our passion.

Leandro

Photos and text © by Leandro Maldonado