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Spongya: Get the job done entries
spongya
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Posted: Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 04:10 PM UTC
Here are my entries.

!/48 Revell MiG-21PF with an MF conversion. The kit is as old as I am (literally), the dimensions are off, the resin is filled with bubbles. It's been in my closet for 2 years.


1/48 UH-1.... by don't know whom. Terrible kit, devoid of any internal detail. It's been like this since I came to the US. I used it to practice the paintscheme for the 1/35 Charlie I built.


PKZ2 - a WWI helicopter designed by Karman and another dude whose name I forgot. It's the Eduard kit, and honestly, not really well designed. It'll require some major rethinking.
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Posted: Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 10:06 PM UTC
Three projects - nice.
The WWI helo looks to be a challenge, lots of bits and not a lot of structure. A gluing challenge.

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Posted: Monday, August 13, 2007 - 09:25 AM UTC

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Here are my entries.


1/48 UH-1.... by don't know whom. Terrible kit, devoid of any internal detail. It's been like this since I came to the US. I used it to practice the paintscheme for the 1/35 Charlie I built.



The Huey looks the same as the revell one i finished recently. A complete plie of S***. Good luck Andras

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Posted: Monday, September 03, 2007 - 12:52 PM UTC
I should have taken 'before' pictures, but I picked up my long dormant AFV Club sdkfz 251 tonight.
I've been picking away at it lately, painted the radio, drybrushed the interior, etc.
But tonight I surged ahead, taking this 251 farther than ANY of all of the D models I have on the shelves.
I got the upper hull attached, side stowage boxes, front fenders and front armor plate all attached.
I had followed someone's instruction (Vinnie?) to remove the upper hull hood notches on the interior and this seemed to really make a difference.

I'll need a little filler on the upper right front armor plate and upper left rear of the rear hull plate, but it feels pretty great to actually get this one buttoned up.

Pics to follow.

Mike
spongya
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Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 11:21 AM UTC
I guess things are pretty crazy in my "other" life (jobs and all...), so I'm going pretty slowly.
Here's an update. I should rig this thing with wire, but I'm pretty much scared of that. (Enough horror-stories were read about WWI biplanes.)
Some detail painting is still in order, of course.



The MiG is in backburner, and I gave up on the UH-1. I can't find the rotormast...
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Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 01:53 PM UTC
Looks good Andras,
Is that the 1/72 scale or extremely rare 1/48th scale Eduard kit?

Hopefully, over my Thanksgiving vacation, I'll actually find the time to finish mine. Along with an article, build review and more projects that I can remember.
spongya
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Posted: Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 01:58 PM UTC
Thank you; I'm struggling with this kit, and only hope it will look OK.
It's the Eduard kit -one of the LHS' went out of the model kit business (and sells mostly R/C, railroad, etc). I've been eying this kit for years, but the $25 price held me back - but when they sold off most of their kits for 2-5 bucks, I bought it. I wish I hadn't... The only reason I keep going is the Hungarian-connection.
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