The model is in 1/72 from the Special Hobby kit with a few enhancements.
I must first say that after all that work I'm not very satisfied with this kit - especially at the front end.
The cowling shape resembles very little the original one despite my best to replace the kit's one with a resin piece from the AML kit. In both cases they are not as rounded as it should be, so....
I carved out the exhausts stakes from the resin cowling and replaced them with shaped plastic rods. The interiors have been enriched with p/e from the kit while the lower flaps come again from the AML kit as well as the canopy. The wheels are from a Kora decal sheet offered with resin ones.
All markings have been sprayed with masks I made myself. Painting has been achieved by spraying first Alclad aluminum then - using the "salt technique"- spraying a mixture of blue, black and a tad of white, all from Humbrol. No protective coat has been applied.
The quality of pictures is not very good as I was in a hurry I didn't have a better camera at hand.
I must first say that after all that work I'm not very satisfied with this kit - especially at the front end.
The cowling shape resembles very little the original one despite my best to replace the kit's one with a resin piece from the AML kit. In both cases they are not as rounded as it should be, so....
I carved out the exhausts stakes from the resin cowling and replaced them with shaped plastic rods. The interiors have been enriched with p/e from the kit while the lower flaps come again from the AML kit as well as the canopy. The wheels are from a Kora decal sheet offered with resin ones.
All markings have been sprayed with masks I made myself. Painting has been achieved by spraying first Alclad aluminum then - using the "salt technique"- spraying a mixture of blue, black and a tad of white, all from Humbrol. No protective coat has been applied.
The quality of pictures is not very good as I was in a hurry I didn't have a better camera at hand.
Danilo Renzulli - Italy
