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Post by Dukemaddog on Dec 23, 2022 18:29:02 GMT -6
Well, three aircraft and a helicopter....
Despite having almost no time this month to do anything, I managed to squeeze in an hour or two occasionally on the bench. Thanks to Hobby Day though; which gave me a lot of time to work on things, I completed the following aircraft: 1/72 scale Hasegawa US Marine AV-8B Harrier: Yes, the canopy is a fogged out mess! That is the result of using Mr. Mask liquid masking agent. If it didn't remain sticky the whole time it was on the canopy, it dried up so bad I had to scrape it off with a chisel. The sticky part wouldn't even come off without major persuasion; it would just stick back to the canopy when I tried to scrape it off. I used Goo Gone to try and clean it; I coated it in Furture, you see the results of both attempts. I will try to source a new canopy and windscreen for this model. Until then, I'm calling it done. If I waited till every model part was found or damaged ones replaced; I'd never be able to claim completions! Moving on..... The next one is a 1/72 scale Revell German Ho-229 Horten Flying Wing "Blue 4": Followed by a 1/72 scale Trumpeter FC-1/JF-17 Thunder done in Pakistani markings: Finally we wrap up with another US Marine subject, a 1/72 scale Dream Models US Marine AH-1Z Cobra: There you have it, the last aircraft built in 2022 . My apologies for the picture quality, I still haven't found my camera. Thank you all for looking in, comments are welcome.
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Post by JCON on Dec 24, 2022 0:44:06 GMT -6
Well done Mark!!!
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Post by Dukemaddog on Dec 24, 2022 13:47:47 GMT -6
Thank you Joe!
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Post by ogrejohn on Dec 27, 2022 8:26:37 GMT -6
All nice work Mark but I really like the Horten 229. There is only 1 surviving example of this aircraft and it is currently being evaluated for restoration at the Smithsonian facility in Maryland, The example there was originally at Freeman Field which is about 5 miles from my house. Freeman Field was a test and evaluation facility during the war. Many of the Axis aircraft at the Wright Patterson AF Museum were from Freeman Field. At one time Freeman was considered to be the area for the museum.
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Post by Dukemaddog on Dec 27, 2022 14:29:53 GMT -6
That is awesome news John! Thank you for letting me know that. Thank you also for the great compliments.
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Post by JED on Jan 1, 2023 5:45:20 GMT -6
Nice builds, shame about the canopy
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Post by Dukemaddog on Jan 2, 2023 13:41:41 GMT -6
Thank you Jed! Hopefully a new canopy can be acquired soon.
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