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These suggestions are a sign of great friendship.It's working Ralph. But that Yellow Wing Wildcat is not a natural metal finish. It is in fact an aluminum dope finish, this means you will have to get another kit for the NMF you want to work on. A P-38J from Tamiya perhaps, or a P-51D maybe. ICM has a B-26B marauder coming out soon. And HB's new 1/48 B-24J is hitting the shelves this week. A 1/48 B-29 would give you lots of practice! Just a few ideas.
That was my thoughts, it's only logical that Ralph should buy a dozen more kits so he can work on the NMF! And my logic never fails!These suggestions are a sign of great friendship.
Slick way of trying to get me to load up on U.S. huh! And I always thought 'aluminum' was a metalIt's working Ralph. But that Yellow Wing Wildcat is not a natural metal finish. It is in fact an aluminum dope finish, this means you will have to get another kit for the NMF you want to work on. A P-38J from Tamiya perhaps, or a P-51D maybe. ICM has a B-26B marauder coming out soon. And HB's new 1/48 B-24J is hitting the shelves this week. A 1/48 B-29 would give you lots of practice! Just a few ideas.
Aluminum is a metal, but aluminum dope is not a NMF, it's a paint and it's a dull aluminum flake paint at that. It is the standard paint used by the US Navy in the pre war "Yellow Wing" paint scheme. Many of the aircraft used during that transitional era were in part fabric covered fuselage. They painted everything! Late war USAAF started using NMF and Naval aircraft post Korea for a short time till corrosion became a thing. By the early 60 EVERYTHING was painted!Slick way of trying to get me to load up on U.S. huh! And I always thought 'aluminum' was a metal. Thanks for the feedback though.
Try to be more environmentally conscious-a 1/48 scale Catalina would use enough recycled plastic to noticeably reduce the Pacific Ocean Plastic Drift.Cool digs Evan, microscopic but cool!
Yeah what he said!Try to be more environmentally conscious-a 1/48 scale Catalina would use enough recycled plastic to noticeably reduce the Pacific Ocean Plastic Drift.
You could also shelter in it in case of flooding.