How do you say FINISHED in Russian?? Repopulating the Forums with something I wrapped up not too long ago.
This is the old Heller kit in 1/72,raised details, but very well done. Good fabric effects where required. I drilled out the exhaust ports & added some stretched sprue there. It was also my first attempt at rigging with stretched sprue, a little thick perhaps but I was happy with it. (yes, I tackled it in 1/72, I'm slightly masochistic I suppose). Kit decals were a little rough and off-register, I trimmed the excess red from the stars and used them, all other decals were scrounged from an older Hasegawa Yak-3, so, not correct, but I just HAD to use that Cyrillic script somewhere.
For those requiring a little something in the photo for scale, y'all know what Cuban coins look like right? RIGHT??!?
Oh, you don't?? Maybe something Canadian, ehh.
And sitting with it's new BIPLANE BUDDIE
Similar span, Polikarpov a little shorter
Merci monsieur Heller!
1/72 Polikarpov I.153
- VanceCrozier
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1/72 Polikarpov I.153
I am a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, smothered in Canadian bacon.
Re: 1/72 Polikarpov I.153
A beautiful tiny Tchaika you have made there Vance!
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On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
https://www.facebook.com/GrundAsk-Scale ... 721218708/
On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
https://www.facebook.com/GrundAsk-Scale ... 721218708/
- VanceCrozier
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Re: 1/72 Polikarpov I.153
Thank you KSaarni. That was a fun little kit, some of those older Heller kits are real gems. I seem to be on a bit of a biplane kick right now for some reason?
I am a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, smothered in Canadian bacon.
Re: 1/72 Polikarpov I.153
Vance, excellent work. You Canadians are a unpredictable bunch, Eh?
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: 1/72 Polikarpov I.153
lol, what can I say, I like a variety of subjects!
I am a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, smothered in Canadian bacon.
Re: 1/72 Polikarpov I.153
Seems that i lost losts of finished gems (even if this probably already seen on facebook?)
About perfect finish Vance, also i love polikarpovs
About perfect finish Vance, also i love polikarpovs
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Re: 1/72 Polikarpov I.153
That is one sweet bird. Way to go. Well done tackling the rigging too. I have a little F4-B4 I'm gonna try to rig. I can only hope it turns out as well as yours.
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Virtuoso of Miniatures
"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.
Re: 1/72 Polikarpov I.153
Wait a minute, I have seen that one before!
I still like it very much, a slogan on the fuselage is so architypical for Russian aircraft.
I still like it very much, a slogan on the fuselage is so architypical for Russian aircraft.