1/53 Lockheed 10 Electra "Amelia Earhart Aircraft"

Gallery Article by Bill Dedig on Jan 17 2018

 

      

How about those raffle winnings,huh? Yes this was a raffle winner and so I had no monetary interest, which usually means I throw tons of after-market cash and huge investment of "AMS". This model kit is designed with raised rivets for panel demarcations. If you thought replacing raised panel lines was a challenge try rivets. Enter Archers resin rivets. Since the actual aircraft was made with raised rivets I decided to stick with the raised rivet application.

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I will admit I this was fun and not horrible. I built an Interior with the extra tanks and the navigators table in the rear. Can't see anything!!!  I thought the windows would be more effective. The fit of the kit was bad and since it was to be natural metal lots of finishing effort was required.

Smaller photos show some of the construction such as the Archer Rivets (Great), added metal pushrods for visual enhancement of engines and some windscreen construction graphic. 

Bill Dedig

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Photos and text © by Bill Dedig