smokeriderdon
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On this one, I will just go straight to the finished product. LOL This was on the table with the 15E and I would fiddle with it while waiting for paint to dry etc.
The kit. This kit actually has two kits in it and has decal options for like 4 planes. It has resin cock pit, seats, bombs and rocket launchers as extras. Several folks on Face Book felt that this was likely the Academy kit. I have no reason to argue that.
Soooo, I do NOT normally do fighter/attack planes in 1/72. Too small. And the 37 is a small plane to begin with. But I wanted to do a 37, and as this was the only immediate game in town and not overly expensive, I took a chance. Pffffttttt, I should have known better. The kit was not bad per se. I just do NOT like working that small. It will be a while before I subject myself to the other plane in the kit.
As for the resin. I only used the cock pit and seats. The bombs in the kit were perfectly fine, and the resin ones need to have the prop cut off the tail of the kit bombs and attached. OK, yeah right! Like I am going to cut off that tiny little part and glue it on the resin bomb without losing at least one and guarantying I go cross eyed. Pffftttt. And the rocket pods seemed too small and you only have the option of them having the covers on the ends. Not what I wanted.
All that aside, it turned out not too bad.
And to illustrate how much smaller this thing is to my usual 1/48 builds, here it is next to my 1/48 A-10.
Now, to finish up the crappy AC-47 and start on the 104...
The kit. This kit actually has two kits in it and has decal options for like 4 planes. It has resin cock pit, seats, bombs and rocket launchers as extras. Several folks on Face Book felt that this was likely the Academy kit. I have no reason to argue that.
Soooo, I do NOT normally do fighter/attack planes in 1/72. Too small. And the 37 is a small plane to begin with. But I wanted to do a 37, and as this was the only immediate game in town and not overly expensive, I took a chance. Pffffttttt, I should have known better. The kit was not bad per se. I just do NOT like working that small. It will be a while before I subject myself to the other plane in the kit.
As for the resin. I only used the cock pit and seats. The bombs in the kit were perfectly fine, and the resin ones need to have the prop cut off the tail of the kit bombs and attached. OK, yeah right! Like I am going to cut off that tiny little part and glue it on the resin bomb without losing at least one and guarantying I go cross eyed. Pffftttt. And the rocket pods seemed too small and you only have the option of them having the covers on the ends. Not what I wanted.
All that aside, it turned out not too bad.
And to illustrate how much smaller this thing is to my usual 1/48 builds, here it is next to my 1/48 A-10.
Now, to finish up the crappy AC-47 and start on the 104...
