Subject: Re: Academy's Thunderbolts in 1/72... straight out of the box!
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Raul Corral" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:10:13 -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: Raul Corral 
  To: Steve Bamford ARC 
  Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 4:15 AM
  Subject: Academy's Thunderbolts in 1/72... straight out of the box!

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  Academy's Thunderbolts in 1/72?

  straight out of the box!

  by Ra?rral
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  ?Hola amigos!

  Here you see some pictures of my just finished Thunderbolts from Academy, in 1/72 scale. What could I say... they are amazing! Apart from two or three small things we should correct easily, the kit from Academy is a great value for the pocket. One of the two Jugs costed me online just 3.85 US Dollars!?

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  They were very easy to build on. I used simple technics to finish them and they look just fantastic. The general level of detail is very good for such a small scale and low price. You can follow the step by step construction and more pics on my small homemade website www.webmodelismo.com (in Spanish but with hundreds of step by step pictures!)

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  I used just some paper to build the seat belts... the rest came in the box of Academy (including the decals). I can not even imagine how could they look if you add some after market parts!?

  I will build more of these beautiful Jugs in the next months. Revell and Tamiya have the best Jugs in this scale but Academy represents a great value for our pockets (it is cheaper and good). If we are thinking for instance in building four or five Jugs at the same time to make use of all markings from a Decal Sheet go for the Academy kit!!

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