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This is the original kit I made when I was 16-18 years old... 

Pickling with Mercadona oven cleaner. Perfect! 

 

Giving a bit of texture to the tower and the frontal of the barge 

 

 

 

 

 

Priming and first painting sessions 

 

 

 

We also had to manufacture a missing shock absorber 

 

 

After a few coats of gloss varnish I placed the stickers, some aging and building antennas and other elements 

I attach some images of the finished project. All the decals were made by collecting information and printing with a laser printer. It wasn't all bad. The problem is to print the white ones (because there is no white ink in the printers) and the yellow ones because they barely cover

 

 

 

I did not remember that the model brought the possibility of showing the engine. A repaint and a bit of scratch with good documentation and ready to give the kit a point of attention 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can imagine the state of Italeri rubber chains 30 years ago. When I disassembled them to repaint some links disintegrated. We had to improvise solutions using clay