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Summertime WIP #1...AMtech HS 123 Finished 12/10/22

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Summertime WIP #1...AMtech HS 123 Finished 12/10/22
Posted by DasBeav on Monday, May 18, 2020 12:45 PM

 I got his off of Ebay for $12. It's a ReBoxing of Esci/Ertl, but comes with AM resin cockpit set and a detail set of landing gear to be used "Unspatted". I will be using neither, so again, PM me if anybody would want them.

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Posted by RadMax8 on Monday, May 18, 2020 10:55 PM

Good luck! Hopefully this one doesn't fight you as hard as the MiG!

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, May 18, 2020 11:03 PM

Another build of yours that want to watch... have this one in the stash as well. Just like your Mig-3.

 

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Posted by DasBeav on Sunday, February 28, 2021 7:53 PM

Well, since I made the mistake of deleting a bunch of pics off of IMGUR this is what the box looks like...

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Posted by DasBeav on Sunday, February 28, 2021 7:56 PM

...and now the start of the CP. Pretty bland but ok for me. The resin AM stuff that came with the kit have found a better home in AZ!

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Posted by DasBeav on Sunday, February 28, 2021 8:03 PM

...and now going to the mancave to do a wash on CP since the future should be dried and cured.

...and now for something completely different. Me with a beard to win a dinner bet.(I lost...couldn't make it a month)

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Posted by DasBeav on Friday, December 9, 2022 12:04 PM

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Posted by DasBeav on Friday, December 9, 2022 12:07 PM

Almost finished after two years...this model sent me into the building doldrums. I will post more bad picks and give a review in a few days. 

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Posted by GMorrison on Friday, December 9, 2022 2:56 PM

Definitely better with spats!

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, December 9, 2022 8:50 PM

Looks good Beav! It may have taken you a few months longer than intended, but it sure ended up very nice in the end.

 

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Posted by DasBeav on Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:23 AM

GMorrison

Definitely better with spats!

 

Bill

 

I agree. That got me to thinking about my next build after finishing my Queens of the Shelf. I have a Gloster Gladiator that has skis, Finnish or Swedish markings. I had so much fun doing this bi-plane, might give it a go.

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Posted by DasBeav on Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:29 AM

stikpusher

Looks good Beav! It may have taken you a few months longer than intended, but it sure ended up very nice in the end.

 

From a distance, maybe. I was gone so long from the bench it was covered with cat fur and spider webs!

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Posted by DasBeav on Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:30 AM

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Posted by DasBeav on Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:43 AM

Sorry for forgetting how this posting works. This is my HS 123. Not a great pic because instead of a good camera, I bought myself a new driver and 3 wood for my Xmas present to myself. Theres always next year. The kit went together great and had one of my better paint jobs until....I had to glue the top wing upon the struts. I knew it was going to not work out well for me during dry fitting. There was like a 1/8th inch gap between top wing and inner struts. It seems to me that the top wing should have had a little bend in it. But end of story...because of my mentality and past steroid abuse, I tried to make it fit. Broke inner struts, had myself a cry, let it sit for a year....

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Posted by DasBeav on Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:46 AM

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Posted by DasBeav on Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:53 AM

 Oh, yeah, the decals suck. A lot. Unimaginable. Do not use them. Luckily, they gve you lots of Iron Crosses to use. My plane is not historically accurate by way of markings...The IC on the left was torn sometime after I put it on and didn't realize it until I was spraying Clear. Leaving it as a scar!

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