1/48 Italeri S3-A Viking

by Shawn "Phantom" Weiler

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Once again a group build model. Gone but not forgotten this time. This is a Italeri 1/48 S3-A Viking built out of the box. Add ons are two pilots from a Hasegawa F-14 and another camera stand so I could do this model in flight. I received the Aeromaster extremely hard to find S3 decals from Sony Ken, thanks KEN!!!!!!

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Only hard part was closing all the weapons and wheel doors. A fair amount of putty over 3 sessions was required for a smooth enough body. Its really different seeing one of these guys wheels up, don't know of anyone else who has tried this one.

This model was built as the original (701) was damaged some time ago. I tried fixing it, but it never looked right. Best option was the rebuild. I feel 702 actually turned out MUCH better. No show winner but its still nice to see who much ones models improve over the years, when you use the skills you can learn here on ARC.

Shawn

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Photos and text © by Shawn "Phantom" Weiler