The original pan
was to build this one straight OOB “Out Of the Box”, and one thing lead to
another., I
end up with a major plastic surgery, additions to the kit were modify, add-on
detail and scrap building.
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People say a “picture
is worth thousand worlds”, so let me be brief on the construction
progress, and let the pictures tell the story, here we go.
Add-on detail in the
Cockpit area, using Styrene, Brass wire, and Milliput epoxy, scrap build safety
seat belt, using Aluminum foil and PE buckets, reconstruct seat frame, using
Piano wire and Brass wire.
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Add-on Engine detail
using Styrene, and Brass wire, and lead wire, scrap build oil cooler, carburetor
intake duct using styrene and brass screen (see pics directly below).
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Separated cowling
and reconstruct Fire wall area, using Styrene, Aluminum foil, scrap build engine
support frame using Piano wire, brass wire, and lead wire (see pics directly
below).
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Separate flap from
the wing and reposition to flap down position, separate control surfaces and
reposition, using brass tubing for rocket tube (see pics directly below).
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Finish the model
with Gunze and Tamiya Acrylic color, clear flat with Model Master Acrylic and
pastel weathering, decorate the model with decal came with the kit, depict the
VNAF O-1E Bird-Dog (51-14981), 124th OS, landing on the USS Midway,
April 30, 1975 (see pics directly below).
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With all the hard
work and crazy ideal, the reward is not too bad at Modelmania 2005 model show
and contest (see pics directly below).
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Today the Bird-Dog
(51-14981) resign at
Naval
Air
Museum
in
Pensacola
,
Florida
, if you have a chance to stop by, and say Hello to the old friend.
Enjoy!!
MODELMANIA 2005, Houston,
Texas
.
The IPMS-Houston,
(International Plastic Model Society) called MODELMANIA, we host a Model show
and contest around Winter/Sprint on every year, last year we have over 600
models entering contest, and over 3,000 guests, beside model contest we have
vendor/demo area, and you can find a lot of goodies in this area.
This year MODELMANIA
2007 will be on
March 24, 2007
at
Stafford
Center
,
10505 Cash Road
,
Stafford
,
TX
77477
, for more information go to www.ipms-houston.org
See ya there.
Peter
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