Spee died, along with his sons. Anything in that gift shop that is historic abt the first Great war, grab it son. We can settle terms immediately. In a small bit of irony, the German cruiser Graf Spee was sunk at Montevideo, not so far from the Falklands, in December 1939.
Got the Pucara model today. Looks like it has good shapes, but it's an old model and a flash monster. It will be a good challenge. The bang seats are nicely done, and there's a bunch of sort of blackened PE to go in the office.
NO WAR LOAD. But I knew that, from reviews. That one's a bit of a puzzle since I don't often model anything nearly this modern and don't have too many spares. I have a bunch of old Revell iron bombs from a B-52 that might work.
The canopy is one piece and will have to stay that way as I'm sure it's thick and don't much feel like sourcing/ making a vac one. It's big and should show off what's inside, and I'm not big on detailing pits anyhow.
Frankly this kit doesn't seem to have any one outstanding feature, but it does look like an airplane, which is important, and it has a pleasant shape. Kind of like a big Beech KingAir.
The solution to the mystery of the oilcan scheme blue tail has been a subject for me. As Jeremias pointed out, it's aluminum. But it's anodized aluminum. That's the default color of Pucaras, including in all the bays and wells etc. Anodized aluminum of course admits to colors, but in this case it seems that a dull gray was the overall color of these things. It does take paint well.
I will do the A-515 she of the blue tail. Jeremias why do you think they were painted in the home country, and if so, what do you recommend as the green and brown? One source I found listed Peugeot paint colors. I once owned a 404, but it was white. Nice car in a durable way, even had a hand crank.