The Duke Finishes Two Aircraft in September

[Mark Deliduka]

After my return from my vacation, I was able to get a couple aircraft completed. This first one is the HobbyCraft 1/72 scale Canadian Otter:

This second one is a model I purchased at the San Diego Model Expo back in June. It is the Special Hobby 1/72 scale JRS-1 Flying Boat. This one is done in the scheme of the aircraft that went out looking for the Japanese Fleet after the Pearl Harbor attack:

There's one more I completed that you can find in the Automotive section. Thank you for looking in and comments are welcome.

[ghodges]

Both look great, but I really love those yellow wings! Being a Special Hobby kit, did it give you any problems?

 

Gil 

[Mark Deliduka]

Thank you Gil! Surprisingly not too many problems. One was the propellers wouldn't stay glued straight, but I managed to get them to sit right. The other was the windows on the sides; two-thirds of them came unglued and fell inside the fuselage so I just added new windows with window cement. I should have known better.

[ghodges]

I can commiserate on the windows issue. That's why I've started using UV cured clear resin for those things! 

 

Gil 

[VMF211]

Great job on both Mark!! The paint scheme on the Otter is pretty cool but that JRS-1 and it's Yellow Wings are just glorious! BTW.....I can just hear it now. "Men, we've been attacked by a large force of Japanese Naval aircraft from points unknown. We need volunteers to take the JRS on a search mission to find them.....who wants to volunteer?" 😬😬😬😬

 

[Mark Deliduka]

I agree Gil. I haven't any clear resin so I rely on the Testor's Window Cement for mine. It works out. I even added windows to a 1/72 scale truck recently instead of trying to cut acetate.

 

Thank you Keith! Yeah, I can hear it and I can also envision a heavy response to that offer, given how pissed everyone had to have been experiencing that event.

[TheRealMrEd]

May I recommend  G-S Hypo Cement, widely used to cement watch crystals.  Can be smoothed when fresh with alcohol, or removed entirely with 91% or better alcohol.  Dries crystal clear, and I've used it for several years.  Best of all, unlike Testor's, it doesn't attach the plastic, yet holds very well!

I get mine on Amazon here.

 

Anyway, two really nice-looking aircraft.  Well done.

 

Ed

[Mark Deliduka]

Thank you Ed, both for the compliments and the suggestion. I'll look into that once I get paid, it sounds like a great product.