BUILDING A 1966 REVELL KIT
The kit that I used is the original 1966 issue. The decals were not useable, so I bought the SBS sheet number 72-018.
A very simple basic kit but I love building the oldies from my childhood.
Raimo usually had a beer when he built his kits, so I had one at the start date for him!
Very rare back in those days, but many Revell 1:72 kits had a complete engine in them.
The engine looks very good for such an old mould.
Engine in place.
Zinc chromate primer done, ready to assemble the airframe.
No need to glue the cowl or prop on. That way they can be removed to view the engine.
I had to scratchbuild two gun barrels, the kit only had two but this aircraft had four in my reference pictures.
Primed with Alclad 2 white.
RLM Yellow sprayed as needed.
Underside gets RLM65 Lichtblau.
The upper side is first sprayed Dark Green overall.
The Black is sprayed on next. I used Tamiya NATO Black.
Starting to look the part!
I decided to put the pilot in the cockpit as I used to in my early builds.
Raimo in the cockpit!
I was going to use the kit stand, so I primed it in white. I wanted to attempt to replicate the Revell logo in the correct colours.
First some yellow.
Then the red stripes.
Finally the Royal Blue background.
I was quite pleased with the result.
Gives a nice look to the model.
The old Revell kit makes a nice replica.
I had some photo etch ring and bead sights, they sure are tiny! A nice Oldie Goldie for my buddy!
The antenna is EZ Line.
The kit pitot tube was incorrect for the Finnish aircraft, so I modified it. Ready for flight, Raimo!
Kommentarer
15 9 January 2022, 20:58
Norm SheppardI really enjoy the ancient kits, takes me back to the simple time in life.
11 January 2022, 22:02
Jorge FerreiraThank you for sharing this with us . I have a few old kit`s in my stash . I build them all when I was young and now thanks to ebay I have them again all new in their boxes. I will not build them again. It`s my memories bank.
11 January 2022, 22:31
Neil PatrickSuper job Norm and a fine tribute to your friend. I share your feelings about the joy of simple old kits. I find great pleasure in giving them the TLC we normally reserve for todays uberkits. The perfect remedy for AMS induced stagnation.
12 January 2022, 10:25
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My online buddy Raimo Leino died suddenly in May of 2021, so I built this Finnish Curtis Hawk in his memory.
