Hobby Boss, 1:48 Scale, IAR-80, Romanian Air Force
Hey Folks!
Over the last couple weeks, I have been pretty busy building…actually got a few finished in time for the IPMS/USA Region One Show and Contest.
I found that, overall, this was a decent little model kit. It went together well. Fit and detail being especially nice. I found the instruction sheet to be the kit’s major weakness. Color call outs were almost non existent, and what they did have was definitely open to discussion. I found the panel lines to be shallow too. They would absolutely be difficult to use any washes. Personally, I pulled out the re scribe tool and made some of them a tad deeper
I used the kits decals which seemed to go on fine, although a little translucent. I have not a sheet of aftermarkets decals for this bird…(yet) anyway, so as of now, you have the two options provided in the kit.
I painted the model using Model Master Enamels. RAF Dark Earth over a US Dark Green, (34079?) for the topside surfaces, and a German Lt Blue, RLM 65 on the lower. Cockpit was painted in RLM76. Yes. Another German color, and I went with that because I was tipped off to take a look Chukw’s build of an IAR-80. Being the nut for detail that he is, I figured if anyone would know, it would be Chukw. If he painted his “Pit” Lt Blue, than I was following along!
Anyway, I found it a nice little model that build well, and looks the part too!
Best regards to All
Freddie from LI
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Craig Abrahamson said on May 24, 2017
Nice lookin’ rendition of a kit not often seen built. I like it.
Louis Gardner said on May 24, 2017
Cool build !!!! I saw one of these at the local hobby store and grabbed it up right away. Looks like it is really a nice kit. Thanks for sharing this with us. Yours really looks great. I like it too.
IAN JACKSON said on May 24, 2017
Very nice indeed… on my ‘bucket list’ for this year.
Ian.
George Williams said on May 25, 2017
Very neat work, Freddie, nice to see something a little different.
Jeff Bailey said on May 25, 2017
Never seen this kit before. VERY nice, Frederick.
Rob Pollock said on May 25, 2017
Very nice. Azur brought out a 1/32 version a couple of years ago.
Greg Kittinger said on May 25, 2017
Looks good!
George Henderson said on May 25, 2017
Very nice. An aircraft rarely modelled. I think the only other one I’ve seen build is an old 1:48 LTD kit
Robert Royes said on May 25, 2017
Great build! Nice scheme.
Roberto Silva Cuevas said on May 25, 2017
Great work!