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It's Duck season.

October 9, 2024 · in Aviation · · 21 · 75

Merit 1/48 Grumman J2-5 Duck of the Air Photographic Unit Atlantic-3, 1941. Very nice build, going together better than expected. I painted the tail markings to avoid potential decal adhesion problems.
Looks great amongst my growing seaplane/floatplane collection. Thanks for looking.

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21 responses

  1. Nice Duck, Paul!

  2. A very nicely built model of an interesting aircraft.

  3. Very cool looking build! Thanks for sharing.

    Rod

  4. Superb work on a great subject!

  5. Quack. Quack. Beautiful result, Paul.

  6. Nice work, a great looking Grumman Duck!

  7. A beautiful Duck, Paul @paulwoodyvanacker
    The paint work looks really nice.

  8. Very nice! Great weathering to break up the monochromatic scheme.

  9. Good looking build Paul, @paulwoodyvanacker. Good looking markings that really make it pop and I always liked that red and white striped rudder. I am curious about the quality of the kit, I built the Classic Airframes kit and found it very challenging. How did the Merit kit go together? How was the quality of the parts?

    • Hi mate,
      Thank you. I found the Merit kit to be very nice to build, with no problems at all. A great fit overall. The decals weren't the best. Alot of softner to make it conform to the wings. No silvering though. I think painting the tail markings is a must, especially with the kit decals. Probably wouldn't have come out so good.
      But this is the kit to get if you want to do another.
      Paul.

  10. I thought it was wabbit season, nicely done!

  11. Excellent result, Paul!

  12. Nicely done Duck. I built the old Classic Airframes version many years ago, it looks like the Merit version might have been easier - I had a few issues with the CA kit, mainly the landing gear. I gave up and built it gear up!

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