1/72 Italeri MB 339 A

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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A

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Nice work Shane, those seats look fantastic! Excellent work on opening up those pod openings. By the way, they are rocket pods, shooting 2.75" rockets if I recall.
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A

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Thanks Duke, and I don' much about the pods, I'll do some digging

Anyhow, I added some weight to the nose before I joined the fuselage halves together

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It looks like a jet plane now

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Looking very sharp Shane! :shoutout:
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A

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Nice, that does look good - I like how those seats came out, good for 1/72.
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A

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The looks great!
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Thanks Guys!
I'll work on the canopy next and then address the seam line
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Duke, I found out some info

The under wing gun is a Gunpod 30mm (DEFA 553)

And the rocket pod is a LR-25 rocket pod with ARF/8M3 50mm rockets
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A

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Thats awesome.
The RNZAF flew a bunch of these as advanced trainers. I can probably get some close up detail photos for you of one of ours if it would help.
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Thanks!
Most cockpit photos show the instrument panel, I need some shots of the rest of the interior.
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Re: 1/72 Italeri MB 339 A

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Excellent Shane! Thank you for the information.

By the way, what other options does this kit offer in the way of decal schemes?
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