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Having seen these at Amazon for $15 I decided to try one. Did not know what to expect but what it turned out to be was an Academy rebox. Sure seems to be alot of that gong around these days.
No mousetraps, above average detail, great fit...a fun and trouble free model to build. Painted with Tammy fine grey rattlecan primer under a coat of very r******d Tammy X-1 Gloss Black (r******d probably 40% so the paint had time to level out) I let it sit for 10 days to cure up hard. Next came three coats of Alcad II Polished Aluminum which was covered with two coats of Alcad II Aquagloss which were followed with the anti glare panels (XF-1) and decals.
The instructions called for OD anti glare panels but I decided the flat black looked better so I a bit invoked artistic license with this one. A splendid little kit.
Much to my surprise a certian word was edited here. For clarity the word refers to Tammy Acrylic paint retarder.
Yeah, sorry, here’s the profanity filter not recognizng the context of the word. Apologies
Ah no worries I've had worse. Computers, eh?
Excellent job, Mark!
Thank you brother
That's an impressive build, Mark @markh
The anti glare panels do look great in black, a nice contrast with the red accents.
I kind of figures so too, OD and red just don't make it. Thanks brother
Well dome!
Thank you sir
Nicely done Mark, looks good.
Thank you sir
Neat build of a great plane. Out of interest, which unit did this ship belong to?
Thank you sir
According to the instructions it's supposed to be the 315th Squadron, 324th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force in early 1945. Am uncertian of this however, as we all know sometimes manufacturers don't do their homework
Great-looking Thunderbolt, Mark (@markh). I have seen these on Amazon and was wondering about their origin, and now I know. Well done.
Thanks, and if you get one you'll not be disappointed methinks as mine was a fine little thing
A great looking build. @markh
Thank you sir
Came out very well, Mark, sounds like you spent more money on the paint than on the kit.
Thank you sir
One of those little bottles of Alcad goes a long way
Great job on your gorgeous looking Thunderbolt!
Thank you sir I guess you can fly a flashy looking thing when the enemy pretty much no longer has an air force
A nice looking Jug! Those Academy kits can build up nice - I just finished an F4U (post next week probably). I like that they're pretty trouble free.
Thanks, they do and they are, anything that went wrong with this one was my fault not the model's