Roktman Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) I pulled this one out of the stash as it looked like a quick build. Yikes was I wrong. Tho the kit looked good while on the sprue - no flash, delicate panel lines etc... It had one big flaw. Being a jet you see a rounded intake and exhaust. But the top of the plane is nearly flat. So all the rounded supports on top need to be cut away. I didn't want to just cut it all away, so it became cut a bit, try a fit, cut some more, try a fit... Ugh. I got the front and rear all set but it still wouldn't close up. Then I discovered that with the engine running straight thru the plane and the cockpit off set, the kit puts the cockpit and wheel well one over the other. This means I need to break out the dremel again and carve down both components. Tho it didn't need it, I added some of those Liquid Gravity beads. Finally it was time to combine halves and get some paint on. Since no prototype existed, they offered two variations of '46 German colors, a US capture scheme as well as a soviet scheme. I chose one of the German ones. Adding a few other details, like the wheels, I was done. Thanks for looking. Edited August 10, 2020 by Roktman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Very cool camo scheme and interesting build! Good job on overcoming the engineering deficiencies! That's one of those "paper airplanes" I've never seen before. Thanks for sharing! Gil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roktman Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 4 hours ago, ghodges said: Very cool camo scheme and interesting build! Good job on overcoming the engineering deficiencies! That's one of those "paper airplanes" I've never seen before. Thanks for sharing! Gil Thanks! A lot of these what if "discoveries" I find somewhere in the pages of SAMI - whether a build or just an announcement for a new model. Nothing new and weird this month tho... 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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