I started off the year with a couple of mondern (ish) US aircrfat and i will be ending the year bang up to date with a MV-22B of the USMC. I stared this build just over a week ago but have been taking it easy, finally a build i don't have to rush.
This is the kit.
And i managed to find a couple of pics of the aircraft i am doing. The instructions give a date of 2011, and according to some research, the unit, VMM-165, formally HMM-165, was renamed and equipped with the Osprey in March of that year. So given that, i assume these tail markings are special ones to mark the units new piece of kit. With that in mind and the photo below clearly showing a very clean aircraft, i will keep weathering to a minimum and will try and resist filling in the panel lines.
So, as usual, i strated with the pit, and this is mostly Eduard PE. The only kit parts are the seats and control sticks. The entry compartment is mostly kit with a few PE parts. There is a lot of pre coloured PE which will of course be added after painting.
So then it was primed and painted and i added a flory black wash and some light dry brushing and then all the Pre coloured PE. So this is the pit just about ready for fitting.
On the entry compartment, i still need to add another coat of red to the fire extinguisher. I can't find any pics of this area so have no idea if i am mssing anything. Any suggestions would be welcome as it will be a couple of days before i close the fuselage.
And finally the PE, whcih is the kit part painted black and with the PE added.
And thats it for now. Thanks for looking, and as always, all comments are welcome.
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