Beechcraft 350
Cant say the parts are high quality, lets just hope it wont inflict major suffering
First assembly ready for painting
Sorry i forgot to document the process but this is how it has been going so far
The engines will need some effort
After whole week of filling gaps and sanding, the model is starting to look like the real plane
The plane is primed, cant decide if i should preshade or not
Well i decided to preshade, lets hope it wont make anything too bad
First layer of masking is finally complete.
The red layer is on, more masking awaiting
After the black paint layer i just couldnt wait and removed the masking early. Great success!
Decent progress today
Well the masking of the tail was truly a pain in the ass. The result is far from what i'd be satisfied with, though it will do...
Also kudos to this circle cutting tool, masking would have been not possible without it
For decals i will be using 3 kits: original beech350, 1/72 L410 (previous papuga) and some german me410 only for the letter U
Now decalbashing sounds like something new
Looks as if it belonged here
Good to see some progress after a long time
Getting there
Коментари
79 4 January, 10:12
inkilas32well it seems that the kit's mold was designed by hand (you can see clearly handmade grooves on the flaps), so the overall kit quality is about 5.5/10. It requires a lot of sanding and filling the gaps with putty. Also, the assembly engineering of the kit is pretty basic too, so dont expect tamiya level of allignment. I'd say it's worth about 20-30 euros, not the 40e tag that it is keeping right now.
11 January, 17:01
Łukasz GlińskiAh, PAŻP livery, lovely! I'm not going to be the first one 😭
Where did you get the decals? I'm looking for a set too 👍
(PAŻP = PANSA = Polish Air Navigation Services Agency)
I won't tell them, I promise, honest! 😉
30 January, 20:39
inkilas32Hi, Lukasz. Keep tracking the progress and you will find out about the decals (:
31 January, 12:36
inkilas32Well, pic 10 refers to the fact, that this is a model of Beech 350 SP-TPU, "Parrot" flight calibration airplane owned by PANSA. I'm planning to gift it to the flight crew next time I meet them, so it would be nice if nobody told them about this project until I finished it (:
1 February, 17:48
inkilas32Big thanks to everybody for support, now the model is finished and is patiently waiting for its new owner. Again, please dont spoil anything to them about this project.
21 February, 13:28
Łukasz GlińskiBrilliant! I'm surprised to find out the Turbolet decals are almost the size required for this plane too 😮 Which simplifies my plans a bit 😄
21 February, 19:47
vernicatorVery nice build! For some reason, the props in the kit are molded unfeathered. It's funny because even the box art shows them correctly as feathered when the engines are not running, a characteristic of the Pratt & Whitney PT-6.
28 April, 13:42
SkyhikerNot sure how I missed this one but really nice results. Love this plane. Great addition to your collection.
1 May, 10:22
