Jessica Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 Wels Models brings us this wonderful little kit.
madaboutmodels Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 Looking forward. I have built one dc-3 and that's the little minicraft kit which is actually rather good.
kev67 Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 I very much admire Welsh model kits but one thing I wish denzil would stop doing especially in 1/72 is the all in one piece resin wings, I would much prefer he did it the way of Anigrand and in two sections that way you can put a metal support bars in the wings thus stopping the resin wings from warping, this is from my own experience though
AndyC Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 Nice to see another classic airliner in the GB
CliffB Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 A great choice Jessica. I made the corresponding DC-3 a couple of years ago - a sweet kit, but pretty pricey as I recall! Cliff
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Mike N Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 Interesting, I wasn't aware of this DC-3 variant... Mike
Viking Posted September 14, 2012 Posted September 14, 2012 Great choice Jessica, look forward to seing it built. Cheers John
Jessica Posted September 15, 2012 Author Posted September 15, 2012 Seeing that it's well past midnight GMT, I can open the box and take the starting pictures. This wee beastie will need quite a bit of sawing and filing to clean it up before I can start the gluing.
cuprar Posted September 15, 2012 Posted September 15, 2012 Good luck Jess, I can't stand the smell of resin being cut or sanded
Jessica Posted September 15, 2012 Author Posted September 15, 2012 Basc construction is complete. How hard can it be when you only have 5 parts to play with? A little boiling water will sort that port wing out, then it's on to the filling and sanding portion of the build.
Marcos Borges Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 Very nice model Jessica! I like very much those resin kits! Following it for sure. Cheers, Marcos.
Jessica Posted September 19, 2012 Author Posted September 19, 2012 A little Miliput sorts out the wide open chasms around the seams.
RNoAF Aerobatic Team Posted September 19, 2012 Posted September 19, 2012 Maybe I should finish my Minicraft one. Looks like a great kit, Jessica?
Jessica Posted September 19, 2012 Author Posted September 19, 2012 Well, it's very basic, so it's difficult to really screw up the assembly. On the other hand that means that you need to be very careful with the painting or else you risk ruining it.
Jessica Posted September 26, 2012 Author Posted September 26, 2012 A pair of engines and some white primer makes it look more like an airplane.
Graeme H Posted September 26, 2012 Posted September 26, 2012 I like it, except for the big gaps, seems a really quick build
living legend Posted September 26, 2012 Posted September 26, 2012 And here I thought my DC-10 build needed filler... Nice job so far!
Kev1n Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 wow.... this could be...ok it will be small...but a case of never mind the quantity, just check out the quality
Jessica Posted November 4, 2012 Author Posted November 4, 2012 It's up on its feet now. I had to plunge mould the landing gear doors because the kit doors were too thick to cut apart. It looks much better for that. Now to get some more primer on it to cover up the mess I left from the sanding.
Viking Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 Looks very nice Jessica, can't wait to see some colour on it! Cheers John
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