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1/48 Hasegawa Arado 234 Blitz-After 3 years..Finally Completed

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  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 12:40 PM

Most exciting!  I'm looking forward to this thread!

Toshi

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 12:31 PM

Welcome back from your time in all things shiny and chrome. Count me in on this one.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 11:03 AM

Yeah I've been eyeing that. I guess it's a good thing that I skipped off to the automotive side for a couple of years as that's given me alot of practice in that area. lol

                   

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Posted by Nathan T on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 10:46 AM

Sweet choice Man! I built this same kit a few years back, but only used the Aires cockpit. Watch the fit of the cockpit to the rest of the fuselage. Not a fun area to putty and sand. 

 

 

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Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 10:36 AM

Thanks Lee. I dunno yet about which aircraft yet. That winter camo scheme catches my eye though.

                   

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Posted by nanookAK on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 10:29 AM

Looks like it will be a fun project! That's a nice kit. A tad fiddly in a few spots but nothing you cannot overcome.Big Smile When you get it completed and have any spare bits left over let me know...I could use some odds and ends to dress up my old Hobbycraft Arado.

Did you decide on which a/c to model from the decal sheet?

Good luck,

Lee

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Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 10:25 AM

Thanks Joe! I'm looking forward to getting back into the military aircraft swing of things again (although I'm having a total blast with the automotive side) .

 

I picked one of these up as well just so I could have some of the odds and ends out of it. (I've actually had all these items to include both kits now for several months to be ready for the finish up of my '54 Chevy)

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and a set of these:

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Posted by JOE RIX on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 7:34 AM

Great to see you back in the aircraft realm Joe. Your wonderful skills and talent for turning out highly detailed Luftwaffe aircraft has been sorely missed. I am very much looking forward to your build up of the 234, especially with all the sweet resin updates you have involved. I have the Pro Modeler twin engine version of the 234 in my stash. It's a rebox of the hasegawa kit. So, I'm going to pay attention as I know I'm going get a bunch of helpful tips on building mine. Bring it on!

"Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did". George Carlin

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1/48 Hasegawa Arado 234 Blitz-After 3 years..Finally Completed
Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 6:21 AM

It's been a long while since I've done anything aviation related so it's been really difficult to decide on what I'm going to do for an ice breaker for the last few months. I bounced back and forth from Ta-152 to an Fw190 D series to a 190 A series to finally .........this:

A Hase offering of the 234:
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I bought two of these because every time I start hackin' on a build for detail add ons like cockpits or engine displays or anything like that I have inherent problem of messing something up along the way to the point of being unrepairable so I just head it off at the pass with a spare parts kit. I don't know when exactly I'll get started on this bad boy as I still have to finish up my '54 Chevy Panel Wagon that I'm building in the Auto section here but I decided to post a Threadlocker anyway.

Here are the upgrades:

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with a masking set:

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and reference material:

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