Y5 Nanchang
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Overview of the kit.
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Side door cut and extraction pins corrected with Tamiya putty
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Cockpit painted, assembled and washed,
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View of the control panel, with a scratchbuilt pedestal.
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Scratchbuilt of bulkheads and stringers with plastic and soldering wire.
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Parts under painting process.
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Installing fish lines to simulate the cables.
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Lower wing placed.
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All basic structure ready, and some scratchbuild to improve engine.
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Decals and clear bright varnish applied for weathering.
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Decals and clear bright varnish applied for weathering.
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Engine cowlings.. I have lost the lower one somehow, and had to build one from scratch.
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Washing done, although a little to much for my taste..
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Cowling white glued in place for painting. It will be removed for engine/propeller placement.
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Belly washing
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Top whashing
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Belly washing
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Model completed.
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Model completed.
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Model completed.
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Model completed.
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Model completed.
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Model completed.
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Model completed.
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Model completed.
Comments
8 6 October 2021, 12:10
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Nice job! I like the added detail in the fuselage, plan to do that one my kit too.
27 December 2021, 13:05
Album info
Building of a Trumpeter 1:72 kit of the Y-5 Nanchang, which is the chinese version of the An-2 Colt.