Private Pinto jet
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Lead slab underneath the cockpit
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Some PE in the cockpit
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Fuselage closed. I'll have to scratch build the seats. The ones in the kit don't really look like my reference pics.
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Making of attachment points for the wings, because there were hardly any
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It's a tiny, pretty jet.
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Instead of scratch building the seats I got a pair of Pavla Escapac seats for the A-4 Skyhawk. They look rather similar to the ones used in the Pinto.
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A piece of transparant rod was used for the landing lights. Shallow drilling, filled with chrome paint and super glued to the nose. Then a lot of grinding, filing, sanding and polishing.
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Some detailling inside the canopy was pulled in from outside
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Ready for primer
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Hopefully it shows through the aluminium finish
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That was a real crap idea. Back to primer and again metal finish.
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Varying aluminium colors on different panels. It involves a lot of masking.
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Scratch built undercarriage
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Final result! I had a lot of issues with the metal finish, but I'm in a learning curve.
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It has Dutch registration as I would have liked it for myself to fly in.
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Commentaires
14 17 January 2021, 14:12
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It sure looks a lot like one, but Iskra is from a later year. Anyway, Iskra is on my list because it's a beauty!
2 April 2021, 07:41
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Looks great and your album has helped me understand metal painting techniques/style also ?
2 April 2021, 09:38
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Thanks a lot! Special Hobby has it's nice little exotic kits. You have to work for it and it can turn out good.
5 April 2021, 10:17
Album info
Since I didn't like any of the liveries of the model, I decided to make it my own private jet in aluminium with red lettering.