Pavla 1/72 Culver PQ-14A

[LyleW]

Never tried a Pavla kit. May never again! Wow, this thing is tiny and it has a PE fret! I have no idea where this will end up, but it should be a challenge for me.



I immediately thought of BSYamato, but I don't know why.....



The mold quality is, well, you decide....



The instructions are quite helpful, too! not.





put in two BBs for nose weight...that is al that would fit. This rascal is only 3.5" (8 CM) long



I'm sure there will be new words invented on this one. Oh, a vacuform canopy for the first time!

[Sprue-ce Goose]

My first thought upon seeing the size of that kit was: "Don't sneeze"

I must presume the pilot who had to fly the original aircraft may have had something a bit more colorful to say.

Looking forward to following your build progress.

[LyleW]

Patience, Grasshopper...Patience.
I have to figure out how to sand off some excess CA in some tight places. I'll get it.

Tail feathers are not positioned quite right...Testor's tube glue works really well on this plastic. Used it to tack the pieces and there was no moving them.



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there are NO attach pins, holes, markings at all. So it is all basically freehand.



Wing taped on. Yes, that is a 6" ruler.



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[LyleW]

Flash was included. Looks like they "injected" it by pushing it into the mold with their hands. Interesting little aircraft. Hint. Hint. The B-2 is awaiting decals. Not in the mood to put, oh, a gazillion or so, "No Step" decals in place. I put together the F-117 and I think it has more "No Step" decals than parts!

[VanceCrozier]

Never tried a Pavla kit. May never again! Wow, this thing is tiny and it has a PE fret! I have no idea where this will end up, but it should be a challenge for me.

Challenge... yes, that's the word that came to mind. Interesting little machine though.

I immediately thought of BSYamato, but I don't know why.....

Because Bsyamato, maybe fermis, are the only ones who can fix this stuff lol.....

The mold quality is, well, you decide....

Mold-ish, may be the word here.

The instructions are quite helpful, too! not.

Maybe if you spoke Czech?

put in two BBs for nose weight...that is al that would fit. This rascal is only 3.5" (8 CM) long

Do you have access to that "liquid gravity" product? I've never tried it but it sounds like the sort of thing you could make use of here.

I'm sure there will be new words invented on this one. Oh, a vacuform canopy for the first time!

Looking forward to the new additions to the modelers' dictionary!!

[LyleW]

Vance, thanks for the insights! just taking my time, trying not to muck it up too bad and enjoying the little successes, like getting the PE canopy rails in place!
Ta-daa

[Handiabled]

Cool beans Lyle, she's looking like a bird more and more!

[LyleW]

Thanks, Brent...maybe a hummingbird!