This
is my first submission to ARC, sorry for the English and for the really
common model!
I
bought this kit some weeks ago in Ebay for only 2 euro : originally it was
sold together with a magazine about 30 years ago and it was packed in a
simple nylon bag, without any indication about the producer. I
suppose it’s Airfix or Revell but.... The quality of the kit was simply
awful : no particulars, no cockpit, no landing gear vane, anything but 16
pieces of a terrible plastic material...with the cockpit glass broken in 5
parts!! But I very much wanted to try to transform this old kit into
something that could appear as a plane!! First of all I scratchbuilt the cabin
floor and the landing gear vanes with a thin copper foil. After,
utilizing an aluminum foil and some pieces of electrical wire, I built the
pilot seat and the safety belts. The cloche is a section of a copper wire,
the cockpit is made drilling a policarbonate pieces and filling the holes
with Cristal Clear .
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images below to see larger images
After
the mounting of the fuselage and about 2 tons. of putty to fix the wings,
I tried to build the glass, utilizing the original one like a “stamp”
to create the new one. So I re-composed the “puzzle” and, after a good
sanding, I fixed the glass with thermo glue on a really solid steel
nail. Utilizing an electric warmer, I made a thin policarbonate sheet
really soft and immediately I pressed it over the original glass. Well, the
result is not 100% OK but enough. I had really fun building this toy, I
hope you enjoy seeing it, also if not perfect ( I’m not so experienced in
modeling). My next model will be a terrible Heller G91 Gina !!
Ah,
I painted with Humbrol colours, varnished with Future and weathered with oil
colours mixed to white petrol.
Greetings
from Italy
Franco
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