Heller 1/72 J21A
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Heller 1/72 J21A
Here is my entry for this little lark:
As I said in the other thread, this was part of a raffle win at a model show, so, while I can't give a specific amount for what I paid, it can be found on ebay within the price range we are working with here.
I haven't opened it yet so I've no idea what I am getting into, although online reviews I saw were positive. I do love this about the kit:
How man parts? Eh! Who cares! We'll just approximate it!
Matt
As I said in the other thread, this was part of a raffle win at a model show, so, while I can't give a specific amount for what I paid, it can be found on ebay within the price range we are working with here.
I haven't opened it yet so I've no idea what I am getting into, although online reviews I saw were positive. I do love this about the kit:
How man parts? Eh! Who cares! We'll just approximate it!
Matt
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Re: Heller 1/72 J21A
..Sometimes you get "extra" parts once the box has been shaken/crushed/dropped and one part becomes two. Maybe Heller was preempting that....
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Re: Heller 1/72 J21A
And another aircraft, but not a surprise coming from you Matt.
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Re: Heller 1/72 J21A
What a curious looking bird! If memory serves me right, they were later upgraded by putting a jet engine in the back...
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Re: Heller 1/72 J21A
Philipp, that is correct. Shawn, what can I say, guilty as charged. Adam, no parts broken, but I didn't count how many I used so "approximately" isn't a bad count after all!
Construction for this is done. The kit had raised panel lines so I ended up rescribing it. It was pretty easy and I didn't fuss about wobbly lines and mistakes too much, so it went quick.
Anyway, here is where it sits currently:
The kit went together pretty well without much filler needed. The exception was around the nacelles but even that wan't bad.
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Construction for this is done. The kit had raised panel lines so I ended up rescribing it. It was pretty easy and I didn't fuss about wobbly lines and mistakes too much, so it went quick.
Anyway, here is where it sits currently:
The kit went together pretty well without much filler needed. The exception was around the nacelles but even that wan't bad.
Matt
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Come on Matt, you can't just show us a perfectly finished aircraft and leave us plane noobs wondering what kind of witchcraft went into this
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Re: Heller 1/72 J21A
Fini.
It's done and I am happy to have finished it rather then it sitting in my closet for untold number of years. Certainly not my best effort, but, if I had gotten bogged down in fixing some of the issues (The canopy fit in particular.) I wouldn't have finished it. So here we are:
Overall it was a fun little project.
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It's done and I am happy to have finished it rather then it sitting in my closet for untold number of years. Certainly not my best effort, but, if I had gotten bogged down in fixing some of the issues (The canopy fit in particular.) I wouldn't have finished it. So here we are:
Overall it was a fun little project.
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Re: Heller 1/72 J21A
Nice build Matt, the colour scheme with the big Swedish national markings is very appealing compared to our usual armour builds
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Re: Heller 1/72 J21A
That is a cracker Matt
Looks cool and fixing the little niggles isn't necessary, its part of the deal
Well done
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Looks cool and fixing the little niggles isn't necessary, its part of the deal
Well done
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