Hasegawa P38-F
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This will be a bundle of joy!
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As you can see I had a bit of a fight with this instrument panel. But it still create a nice realistic effect with the glossiness of the dials.
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Komentarzy
25 22 January 2022, 19:43
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It's a fun kit Ben. But, being very old, I think the plastic as warped a lot. I need to use the clamps aswell as the putty a lot more than I expected on a Hasegawa kit.
30 January 2022, 23:47
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Thank you Roland. It's soon going to be ready for the paint booth.
I got to use this Magnifying helmet I got as a gift. Very useful for installing small PE parts.
2 February 2022, 01:41
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cockpit looks really great. you add all the rivets all over the wing? will look amazing after a wash.
4 February 2022, 23:34
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Thank Guy & Spanjaard
I was under the impression that the P-38 had flush rivet that was not seeable, I was surprise to discover how many there were. But that what I like bout the WW2 era.: A lot of rivets and a lot of small windows.
5 February 2022, 01:22
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Thank Micheal.
I'm mostly done with painting and have about 2 or 3 decals to had and I'll be ready the weather the models.
On the decals: I always had the worst experience with old Hasegawa Decals. This one was even worst. If I had to move the decal more than 2mm to adjust it's position, it would crack or decompose. At some point I apply old almost non sticky blue tac over a decal that was covered in varnished. It went away with the blue tac! I had to touch up the nose art with paint to make it look ok. Once they had dried, to slightest breeze would have then flying away, I lost few this way & I had to vanished the decal almost immediately after applying them.
At least the kit was a lot better than it's decals.
8 February 2022, 12:19