1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
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SigEp Ziggy
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
I'm not finished yet, but getting closer. This could be the first completed model in over 40 years! The last completed model was a Monogram 1959 Corvette, I hand painted everything but the body. I spray painted the body in my bathtub in 1982!
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Shane
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BlackSheep214
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
Looking good 
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
Looking good!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Stikpusher
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
A 40 year break... wow! 
Well, your little MB looks really good for the "I'm back!" project.
Well, your little MB looks really good for the "I'm back!" project."Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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SigEp Ziggy
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
Well, Stikpusher, I have 'Started' at least a dozen model projects, some are here on this forum, however, zero have been completed, so I am excited to get this close and to cross the finish line!
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Shane
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Duke Maddog
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
Wow, this is looking fantastic! Man, I've been wanting one of these forever! Looking forward to seeing this cross the finish line!
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
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SigEp Ziggy
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
I'm getting real close...
The front wheel looks too tall
Should look more like this
The front wheel looks too tall
Should look more like this
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Shane
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
That looks fantastic!
I see what you mean by the nosewheel - looks like they might have moulded it in the extended state...
on the ground
as opposed too...
I see what you mean by the nosewheel - looks like they might have moulded it in the extended state...
on the ground
as opposed too...
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SigEp Ziggy
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
Stuart, I think you are correct, in flight with gear down, so I will shorten it.
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Stikpusher
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A
Yeah, that nose wheel strut oleo sure looks to be in "unloaded" extension.
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