80 th anniversary of Operation Frantic Project - USAAF shuttle Bomber missons to USSR.

Started by capt. R · 335 · 10 months ago
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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    And Crew for my future project.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year ago:

    That is a fine looking crew, Bernard @lis
    Great painting.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year ago:

    Fantastic looking crew, my friend @lis!

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    And next figure for Frantic Project.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year ago:

    Excellent figure, my friend @lis!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year ago:

    Very nice indeed, Bernard @lis

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    And another pair of figures.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year ago:

    They look beautiful too, my friend @lis!

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    After much thought I decided to build P-51 from KP. I was very tempted to return to this set after many years and try to make it better. The first thing I was tempted to do was to improve the seating of the canopy glass. For the first time I decided to cut parts of the fairing by hobby saw and it turned out that this procedure improved the condition. the sliding part is slightly springy in the form of an exposed part for dry folding. but even in a closed form it looks better. another topic is decals. I bought the model second hand on ebay and it came without decals, which was a big disappointment. I bought a set of decals, but it is quite old and will it withstand the test of setting? Another idea is to use new George Preddy 352 FG decals that is avalible on market and He was i Poltava in Frantic Shuttle mission.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year ago:

    Looks like a nice kit, Bernard @lis
    Never heard about KP before but it looks decent.
    Same goes for the decals, they do look okay from the picture.

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    This is old Czech brand John. Now quite modern short run moulds. Kit is from 2016y. Now outclassed by Arma Hobby, but I will try to show this kit during build. Kit is quite detailed:

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year ago:

    That's already a great start on the interior, Beranrd @lis

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    @fiveten

    @johnb

    @gblair

    Interior details. And Also photo of manual. Printed in color, quite simple, but in few points not clear.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year ago:

    Looks like a decent kit indeed, my friend @lis! Great progress already! Pity about the decals, I am sure you will find a solution.

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    capt. R said 1 year ago:

    @fiveten
    @johnb
    @gblair

    What do You think about this shade of blue? Followed manual I read that it was faded blue.

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