jeaton01
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This is my second Texan completed, the first was the Aurora kit in about 1955. I do have an Academy 1/72 kit on the Shelf of Doom, or Woe, whatever. Every time my 5 year old grandson sees it he asks me when I'm going to finish it.
I painted it in the colors of VN-3 in early 1942. The kit has pretty good fit, and good detail. The engine moldings are a little soft which makes it harder to paint but it is a pretty accurate R-1340 with nice exhaust detail. Alclad II polished aluminum was used, but I find it is not as durable as their ALC-101 Aluminum and doubt I will use it again. I recoated the fuselage ahead of the red band by rubbing SNJ aluminum powder in and then a coat of the ALC 101. A lot of Tamiya tape died on this model. The yellow is Gunze C329 and the red is Model Master Italian Red. The 73's were masked and painted while decals were made for instrument panels and the rest of the markings. The pitot tube was replaced with .032 music wire with a shark fin molded on. Unbelievably I never broke off the wing machine gun.
I painted it in the colors of VN-3 in early 1942. The kit has pretty good fit, and good detail. The engine moldings are a little soft which makes it harder to paint but it is a pretty accurate R-1340 with nice exhaust detail. Alclad II polished aluminum was used, but I find it is not as durable as their ALC-101 Aluminum and doubt I will use it again. I recoated the fuselage ahead of the red band by rubbing SNJ aluminum powder in and then a coat of the ALC 101. A lot of Tamiya tape died on this model. The yellow is Gunze C329 and the red is Model Master Italian Red. The 73's were masked and painted while decals were made for instrument panels and the rest of the markings. The pitot tube was replaced with .032 music wire with a shark fin molded on. Unbelievably I never broke off the wing machine gun.