Beaufighter Mk.21 RAAF A8-124 (NOVO\FROG)

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May 24, 2024
Here we have a complete kit assembled from several different kits (plastic in 4 colors) and an old decal from Travers.
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May 24, 2024
I thought it would be a simple quick build. But when I got a closer look at the details of the hoods... I tried to "depict" air-cooled blinds - it didn't work out very well, let it be as it will be.
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May 26, 2024
I got distracted and put the partition in the cabin in the wrong place. 🙂
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May 27, 2024
After applying the black primer, something like an airplane appears. 🙂
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May 28, 2024
So, the first attempt at weathering was not entirely successful. I didn't quite get the color right either.
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May 30, 2024
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June 2, 2024
With weapons, it already looks more serious.
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June 3, 2024
Decals are applied. She's officially Marge now.
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June 4, 2024
"Marge" is almost ready. There are some small things left to do.
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June 5, 2024
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June 5, 2024
"Marge" is finished.
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June 5, 2024
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June 5, 2024
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June 5, 2024

22 24 May, 15:48

24 May, 18:12

Duster_d
I want to say that the kit itself is not bad. I liked assembling it, but the quality of the product, which was manufactured in the USSR, is just terrible! I feel sorry for Soviet modelers. Perhaps, I should have looked for an original FROG kit.

26 May, 12:35

Duster_d
Those parts of the kit that were made of green plastic are VERY FRAGILE and do not glue well. Apparently, this is the famous Soviet polystyrene with a yield coefficient of about 4 units (FROG used plastic at least 30).

27 May, 11:24

Duster_d
Here, I have moved slightly away from the "canons" of Soviet modelers and am making this "Beaufighter" with bombs, without a torpedo. This is a big "sin", by the standards of Soviet modelers from the 80s. 🙂

2 June, 13:53

Duster_d
There were great doubts about the successful application of the decals. They were quite old (about 30 years old), and previously, I had had a bad experience with Travers decals, but everything went well. I'm glad about that.

3 June, 18:45