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I can't beleive how fast Rob's build went. Whew!
Ha, yeah, seems fast for sure in terms of days, but, the hours I've poured into this guy was quite a bit. I have the fortune of not having much to do other than build...lol!
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On the Bench: Nothing on the go ATM
I'm done. The Mavis was quite literally too big for me to photograph, so, my final pics are not the greatest. This was a great build and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought her a turkey upon initial view of the kit, but, after the fact, it was great. The fit was remarkable for an older Hasegawa mold. The biggest issue I had was the seam on the top of the fuselage, but, I dealt with that pretty well. Having a zillion rivets was an issue when sanding, but, I managed to salvage them for the most part. The clear parts were not great. VERY thick and the windows/portholes fit just OK, but, not terribly noticeable. So, all in all, I liked it. I'm happy with the results and it's going to be a 'huge' (literally) addition to my 1/72 collection. I'd love to take a badge and big shout out to those who've finished, are on route to finishing and above all our host!
Superb, Rob! And one of the fastest builds I have ever seen on a forum! Congratulations!
“Ya ya ya, unicorn papoi!”
Rob, fantastic work on this kit. You really hit a homerun with this build. You have every right to be very proud of the work you did here. I will use the first pic for the front page. Awesome looking build.
BK
On the bench:
A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!
2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed
14 / 5 / 2
Fantastic Rob, your as fast as Toshi.
Steve
Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.
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Rob, congrats on a fine build, love that knackered look you gave her.
I would never of guessed it was an older tooled kit, and sheer size combined with the paint work must be something to behold in person.
regards,
Jack
Thanks folks, it was an enjoyable experience for sure!
The Seiran is completed. The dolly wood graining was done in acrylic basecoat and oils. I'm pleased how the hairspray weathering came out on this unusual late war scheme.
As usual, there are tons of talent in these GBs as seen in the completed entries. Well done gentlemen.
Please use any picture you like best for the completed gallery and thanks for letting me play.
Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!
Well done PJ. That is such a cool looking plane.
Thanks Steve. The greenhouse and front remids me of a JU87G.
Bloody awesome PJ, superb workmanship...well done
Rob, thats a corker alright, great looking build, now, where are you going to put it.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
Thanks Rob. You did a killer job on the Mavis. It looks very cool.
Great build there PJ, really nice job on the trolley as well.
Some really great builds coming out here guys.
PJ, that is one super impressive build. She looks incredible. The weathering and attention to detail is just awesome. Truly a wonderful job.
PJ, both the floatplane and dolly are friggentastic, excellent work!
Bish Rob, thats a corker alright, great looking build, now, where are you going to put it.
Thanks guys for stopping by and taking a look and commenting.
Well Gents, I can finally say I am done with this one. This is the 1/48 Hasagawa F1M "Pete" recon bi-plane. It was a really fun kit and very detailed. The kit is challenging so it's not for beginners, but anyone who has a few kits under their belt would enjoy it. The rigging is part of a seperate PE set offered by Hasagawa and does not come with the kit but is meant soley for this kit. It really adds a great level of detail to the build, but at a cost of increased difficulty, as this is not an easy PE kit to work with.
I opted to not weather this one up and leave it fairly clean as all the photos I could find of this kind of plane showed them in pretty decent condition. Some of the photos were pretty poor so there may have and most likely were some in rough shape, I just didn't see any. Also with the complexity of assembly this kit requires to paint and whatnot, I didn't want to make it more work by weathering it up. So, it's mostly clean.
I hope you like it. Thanks for looking.
Hi Brandon, she looks great even in clean style build.
I think stretchy thread has spoiled me, and would not dare use PE for the rigging wires, but looks you did a fine job there.
Great looking Pete BK, great job.
Fantastic Brandon. What a beauty! Well done, Sir....
Really nice looking build BK, i don't blame you for keeping her clean.
Well done PJ and Brandon!
Nuts, I'd better get on with my build...
Thanks G.
Thanks loads Gents, I enjoyed the kit. It was a bit challenging to assemble and paint and made me move slow, but it was worth the time. Thanks again for the kind words.
WOW!!! A few excellent finishes here!
Rob I hope that when I get to my Mavis it turns out half that well! Awesome work!!
PJ The Seiran looks awesome!! Love the weathered paint!
BK The Pete is just great! Love the weathered white ring on the upper Hinomarus!! The first time I looked I though it was a bad silvering case lol. I see now that is not the case! Excellent work!!
Hope to get a coat of greyed silver on the E7K tonight, will post pics later if I get it done.
s34
Thank you sir.
Fantastic work Rob, PJ and Brandon.
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