I did some serious reinforcement on the landing gear on mine.
Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
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Re: Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
Go for it, Mark!
I did some serious reinforcement on the landing gear on mine.
I did some serious reinforcement on the landing gear on mine.
Re: Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
Those are lovely pieces of work! Some day...maybe.
This little beastie is not a bad kit, for the most part. Just lost a piece of the seat frames...about 10 mm wide and .5 mm tubing size. I have no idea how I'm going to fit those. But, being an Air America aircraft and what I can remember from the movie, theirs did not have a full complement of seats. Could not haul the coke...
As is Roden's way, not much for locating the fuselage halves. So I added some.
Drilled a bunch of holes, only hit my finger once.
Some are off by a few 100ths of a mm...
Got the windows in the doors. Started to mess with the seats. Blew a piece of dust out of the way and a seat frame piece zoomed off. It is on the desk. Somewhere. Fortunately there are extras in the sprues. More later.
This little beastie is not a bad kit, for the most part. Just lost a piece of the seat frames...about 10 mm wide and .5 mm tubing size. I have no idea how I'm going to fit those. But, being an Air America aircraft and what I can remember from the movie, theirs did not have a full complement of seats. Could not haul the coke...
As is Roden's way, not much for locating the fuselage halves. So I added some.
Drilled a bunch of holes, only hit my finger once.
Some are off by a few 100ths of a mm...
Got the windows in the doors. Started to mess with the seats. Blew a piece of dust out of the way and a seat frame piece zoomed off. It is on the desk. Somewhere. Fortunately there are extras in the sprues. More later.
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!"..
Re: Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
Drilling holes in a kit no matter if it's one or one hundred I will have one off and hit my finger many times lol.
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Odin's sons... Attack!
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Re: Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
only took me about 4 hours....1 seat, doors will probably be closed, although given the scene in the movie of them hauling cocaine and a bag opens...i may dust the inside with talc.
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!"..
Re: Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
for some reason, pictures are not displaying for me right now. it is embedded, i assure you.
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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Re: Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
I can see the pics fine.
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Re: Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
Works here, too. Your monitor must be broken, Kyle... 
Re: Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
I don't know. the new pic displays in Preview, but not when posted. It will flash by if you hit F5 to refresh. Not gonna sweat it too much.
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!"..
Re: Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
Can see it on my end too
March as one, Don't look back
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
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Re: Roden 1/48 "Air America" Pilatus PC-6/H-2 Turbo Porter
I can see the pics fine too. I love the idea of dusting the interior with talc!
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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.