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Gallery Article by Gareth Phua
on Aug 9 2003 |
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Singapore National Day
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This is
the Planet Models 1/72 SIAI Machetti S.211 resin kit. The model was given to me
as a gift. It was started on but only halfway. I worked on the cockpit, cleaned
up the seamlines, scratchbuilt new intake splitter plates and added the pilots.
The aircraft depicted here is one from the RSAF's 130 Squadron, based in RAAF
Pearce.
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Somehow,
the biggest problems were with the cockpit area.
I had an extremely tough time getting the pilots to fit into the whole cockpit
tub. Not all 1/72 pilots are created equal it seems.
Decals
were quite flimsy and I managed to damage 2 of them, though I'm lucky to be able
to find replacements but certainly not from the distributors who never even
answered my email requests :-( .
Gareth Phua
Wingnuts Singapore
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