JMac
cut. glue. paint. repeat.
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This is my first entry for the contest. The Pioneer was the first allied jet propelled aircraft. The prototype aircraft was used as a proof of concept, and the E28/39 never went into production, however lessons learned from it were applied to the Gloster Meteor and indirectly to the Bell YP-59.
I going to use this as a warm up build, kind of getting into the swing of things. It's an old kit, the release I have is likely from the early 1980's, the original Frog moulded kit dates back to the 1960's. The kit actually says "MADE IN USSR" on a kit part...
I plan to build this very small aircraft completely out of the box, except for some of the decals; which I'm replacing (due to age). I hope to re-scribe the very faint raised panel lines.
The starting point.
A picture of the kit contents:
The kit includes two pilot figures, a little size difference, somebody didn't eat enough Wheaties.
My first step was to remove flash and ejector pin marks. Every part has both. Not many parts here, but I've been filing down ejector marks and trimming flash...Here's a cleaned up wing beside one still waiting for the "treatment".
More on the way.
Jason
I going to use this as a warm up build, kind of getting into the swing of things. It's an old kit, the release I have is likely from the early 1980's, the original Frog moulded kit dates back to the 1960's. The kit actually says "MADE IN USSR" on a kit part...
I plan to build this very small aircraft completely out of the box, except for some of the decals; which I'm replacing (due to age). I hope to re-scribe the very faint raised panel lines.
The starting point.
A picture of the kit contents:
The kit includes two pilot figures, a little size difference, somebody didn't eat enough Wheaties.
My first step was to remove flash and ejector pin marks. Every part has both. Not many parts here, but I've been filing down ejector marks and trimming flash...Here's a cleaned up wing beside one still waiting for the "treatment".
More on the way.
Jason