Subject: Re: submission S-3B
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jo Han" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:19:52 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jo Han 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:04 AM
  Subject: submission S-3B

  Gallery Template #04

  "1/72 Hasegawa S-3B Viking" 

  by "Samuel Lopod"
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  Hi, this is a model of a Viking I completed about three years ago. The model is the old Hasegawa kit, with superficial detail and raised panel lines. I built it OOB, just added lots of pieces of plastic, streched sprue and metal bits and pieces. 

  For the cockpit I took the ejection seats from a Fujimi TA-4 box and added seatbelts and other details. I wanted to have the stairs in the open position, so I cut through the plastic blocking the interior from the airstairs-bay in the kit, and made a spartan rendering of the aft compartment, because it would be too dark inside to see it properly.

  The landing-gear well interiors were improved with mostly streched sprue. The folding steps on the side of the starboard rear fuselage were fixed down. Lastly, most time-consuming were the folding wings. The folding mechanism and wing 'insides' were made with plastic, copper wire and plastic sheet. I learned a lot from this phase, next time I'll have to give more attention to details like this.
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  I decided very late in the proces on the colours this Hoover would have. Or rather, the lack of colours, namely a grey bird from VS-32 on board the USS America during the early nineties. I used a Superscale sheet for the job, after painting with good old Humbrol enamels. Weathering with the dry-brush technique with a small brush was done between two flat cotes. Hope you like the model..!

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