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Valkyrie - she is done. No, not an XB-70. The other Valkyrie.

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Valkyrie - she is done. No, not an XB-70. The other Valkyrie.
Posted by Swanny on Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:32 PM
ESCI 1/48 B-26B Marauder


Whew!
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Posted by fightnjoe on Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:43 PM
love it when a plane has noseart like that. i am beginning to collect some photos of noseart from ww2. it is amazing to see the variety. very nice build. you represent the a/c very well.


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Posted by shrikes on Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:43 PM
For a moment there, i thought you were doing an XB-70 no one knew about! Great job on the marauder, swanny! Great job on the weathering! And where did you get the ground crew? Smile [:)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 12:48 AM
Swanny, another great job, real Cool [8D].
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, January 30, 2004 1:06 AM
I thought for an instant that you had also been building a XB-70.. Well, I'm a touch disappointed... But your Marauder is superb..!
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Posted by chasblake99 on Friday, January 30, 2004 1:33 AM
And who said blonds weren't more fun??
Great Job Swanny!
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Posted by nmayhew on Friday, January 30, 2004 5:37 AM
fantastic swanny!!Bow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]
Kind regards, Nicholas
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Posted by styrene on Friday, January 30, 2004 5:48 AM
Matt,
Really nice build! How does the ESCI kit compare with the Revell Germany kit, or are they shared molds? Any problems encountered during construction?

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 6:29 AM
Excellent job there swanny.
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Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, January 30, 2004 6:34 AM
Great looking Marauder, Swanny!
Excellent chipping and weathering.
~Brian
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 6:38 AM
looks awesome swanny!!!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 6:59 AM
Nice B26 but where's the XB-70? Just kidding, I love nose art!
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Posted by jay12472 on Friday, January 30, 2004 8:04 AM
great job it looks great the weathering came out great
Jason
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 8:12 AM
Very very nice!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 8:23 AM
As usual, looks good, Swanny !
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Posted by willuride on Friday, January 30, 2004 8:44 AM
awesome, againBig Smile [:D]. that thing looks great. i guess i'll have to do my 1/72
xb-70 valkrie soon.Smile [:)]

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Posted by Swanny on Friday, January 30, 2004 8:54 AM
Thank you, everyone. I really appreciate your comments.
Gip, I have both kits and will be doing a head to head review. They are not shared molds and there are a lot of differences between them. What was the hardest thing on this kit? Had to be the joints at the engine nacelles to the wings - real bad. Next would be the juncture of the fin and elevators.

The article on salting and weathering is up on my site now also.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 9:08 AM
Wow! that looks sharp! Where did you get the decals from? I have a Monogram Marauder in my collection and I think that nose art is cool!
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Posted by Swanny on Friday, January 30, 2004 9:27 AM
Rebel, those are Cutting Edge decals. They went on nicely but shortly after they dried they started to crack and peel. Very disturbing.
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Posted by allan on Friday, January 30, 2004 10:03 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by shrikes

For a moment there, i thought you were doing an XB-70 no one knew about! Great job on the marauder, swanny! Great job on the weathering! And where did you get the ground crew? Smile [:)]


I was looking out for an XB-70 too. But VERY nice job, Swanny! Great work on the chipped paint. The figures were well done, too. Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by nmayhew on Friday, January 30, 2004 2:56 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Swanny

Rebel, those are Cutting Edge decals. They went on nicely but shortly after they dried they started to crack and peel. Very disturbing.


what?![:0]Black Eye [B)] even before you had time to future them??Angry [:(!] you should tell cutting edge and get a refund...either that or i'm getting very worried as i've got some of their decals in my spares box.
regards,
nick
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Posted by gregers on Friday, January 30, 2004 3:14 PM
great looking bird there Swanny.
Greg
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 4:18 PM
She's a beut....... as usual great looking results! Man, I need to get a model done Swanny, you are putting me to shame.
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  • From: Malaysia
Posted by obiwan on Saturday, January 31, 2004 12:51 PM
Great job!
this has to be one of my favourites from your stable.
thanks for showing us your lovely build.

ps:I got some cutting edge decals too and like nick i am
getting worried.
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Posted by Quagmyre on Saturday, January 31, 2004 11:29 PM
Great Job on the salting. Thumbs Up [tup] Can't wait to read the tutorial on that. Amazing the speed at which you get these things done. I end up with Homer Simpson spice racks if I don't pace myself.


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