Here is a plastic
model kit reissued by Hasegawa. It goes together well with no fit problems.
Extra detail was added to the cockpit: the bezel dials were drilled out on the
instrument panel and replaced with foil covered with clear red mixed with 5
minute epoxy. Buttons were added to the consoles with sprue and scrap plastic.
The pilot was modified to show the "thumbs up" sign and has added
harness belts. The rest was built straight forward, primed with Krylon in a can,
then airbrushed with Tamiya acrylics. Paint chipping was done with a sharp
dental pick, revealing the underlying primer. A wash of grimy black and
drybrush of Vallejo buff finished off the weathering. The eyes and sharkmouths
were hand-painted with Citadel acrylics. The engine was painted black,
drybrushed with rust and silver, then washed with brown ink.
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The base was
scrap perfect plank with Smith and Son's ballast sand, dried flowers from
Michael's, and rocks from construction site debris. The Raider is
suspended with a 3/16" brass rod in the base running through the
middle anti grav pod underneath the model.
All in all, this kit was a pleasure
to build, and I hope to see more kits like this from the Ma.K line in the near
future.
Dan Duna
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