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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Cool, thanks I will definitely check them out. I'm not very adept with GIMP, kind of find it a pain in the ass.
**** DONE: GB-44 1/72 Saab Draken - Military A/C of post-war time
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Cool, thanks I will definitely check them out. I'm not very adept with GIMP, kind of find it a pain in the ass.
fubar57
General
If you need a quick walk through with Paint feel free to ask
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Well I have to admit I'm blown away ! The cockpit set is amazing for detail. First time I've ever splurged on something like this being the cheap bastard I am, I'm almost afraid to do anything to it !
Crimea_River
Marshal
Impressive
Nice.
T Bolt
Colonel
That should really dress it up!
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Well it's a start. I have to admit, some of the PE stuff in this scale is a bit gimmicky so a couple of items will be probably deleted since they are so small it's almost impossible to even pick them up with anything ! The belt harness alone is 5 different pieces and a real challenge to put together, I think I need stronger glasses or switch up a scale !
Doing ok there....
Wow that is nice, too small for me though 
Crimea_River
Marshal
Same here.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Same here too - definitely some 'Ping !' moments expected !!
fubar57
General
Fiddly but very nice. Even for 1:48 I use drug store +3.75 reading glasses. Normal life is +1.75, but I find it easier to model with the higher power ones. Any finer work and I slap on the visor. I never use the extra lens or the loupe as I find it very hard to work 4" from my face
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
I have to use the readers as well. I started out as a kid with Monogram 1:48 scale but ran out of kits to build and there was always lots of 1:72 scale kits so when I set out to build all the WW2 RAF planes I could that was the game. When I got back into the hobby 20 years or so ago I wanted to build Luftwaffe planes so kept with 1:72 scale. Lots of kits, cheap and don't take up much room........well except for the Me 321. Definitely getting harder on the old eyeballs though !!
A4K
Brigadier General
Great choice Graham!
Was considering same (as an Austrian bird), but they only got theirs in 1988, outside the build timeframe.
On the Hasegawa kit, there's a slight step where the outer wings join, by the way. Unless you want to fix/ ignore it, Aires do a set of replacement resin items. Master also make minute brass pitots etc too if you want to go crazy
Was considering same (as an Austrian bird), but they only got theirs in 1988, outside the build timeframe.
On the Hasegawa kit, there's a slight step where the outer wings join, by the way. Unless you want to fix/ ignore it, Aires do a set of replacement resin items. Master also make minute brass pitots etc too if you want to go crazy
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Good heads up, Thanks, build yours, I also have an Airfix kit I may do as well if time permits. 3 Drakens in one group build, sounds good to me.
A4K
Brigadier General
Cheers guys! ...so an aircraft from the era (1946 -1982) can be modelled in post-'82 markings? This opens up some interesting prospects if so.
fubar57
General
I believe it was opened up to Post 1946 and above but I can't remember which thread it was in. Time to start building good sir
