Minicraft 1/144

I only took one photo of the finished model for some reason, but I've added a couple of extra shots I took before I minicraft 1/144 that I'd forgotten to paint the nose cone! Being a predominantly white aircraft, the blue background probably suits it better anyway, minicraft 1/144.

The review is here. Then I discovered that the kit was a rebox of the earlier Minicraft B, and in fact that kit was made from the Crown molds. So the model itself is over 30 years old. It would be unfair to judge this kit on just the plastic, so I built two models, one using the kit decals, one using "home made" decals. The Minicraft Kit Since both models are identical, the construction was almost simultaneous. The Crown kit came out well over 30 years ago, and has not aged well. Minicraft is not responsible for the errors and omissions in shape, detail and fit.

Minicraft 1/144

This is a very simple kit, and I've already done quite a bit of assembly work. Here's the fuselage, with the insides painted black, the nose wheel bay fitted, and nose weights fixed in place with Blu-Tack:. That's a total of 6 kit parts! And for those of you wondering why I bother painting the interior of the fuselage in black, notice the difference in colour between the fuselage and the wings. The plastic is translucent enough that you can see a hint of the internal black colour on the outside. The point of doing it, though, is to lessen the number of coats of paint you have to use on the outside to eliminate any translucency effects. I like it Kev. Nice kit Kev. How do you apply window decals and such when most airliner kits seem to have the carrier all across the whole sheet? The would be close to 4x larger than this little Electra, Brian, so you've got quite a beast on your hands! Here's my best attempt at a comparison I left the Minicraft in its wrapper for expedience :. The is pretty close to twice as long as the Electra, and would be about the same in wingspan too, I reckon. It's a deceptively large aircraft! Kit decals will usually be of the traditional screen-printed variety, but aftermarket sheets can be all kinds of things.

The smaller ones fit in place, but they are flat vice the curved surface they should be, minicraft 1/144. This kit is in the 'intermediate' PAA scheme with a minicraft 1/144 upper fuselage and tail. These do not fit at all well and so I had to use judicious amounts of glue to get them in place in each fuselage half.

Like airliners. Anyway, I decided, upon looking at the toy-like wheels, that this one would be built gear up as I did the B-1B. First thing I did was to glue the main gear doors onto the nacelles. The larger doors fit perfectly with no problem. The smaller ones fit in place, but they are flat vice the curved surface they should be. I then went to the nose gear doors. These do not fit at all well and so I had to use judicious amounts of glue to get them in place in each fuselage half.

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Minicraft 1/144

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The engines come as 2 parts per nacelle, and the part fits the interior of the nacelle very tightly. While I was working on the major subassemblies on what was going to be the Tu-4, I went to a World War 2 roundtable at the local American Legion. If you would like your product reviewed fairly and fairly quickly, please contact the editor or see other details in the Note to Contributors. There is an interlocking system for the two wings, but I found that to be more of a hassle than a help so trimmed them down. The tail gunners position was glued in and also puttied and sanded. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. David H Posted February 9, Go to topic listing. Well actually one B and two Washingtons. Since I was going to be using aluminum Metallizer for the rest of the scheme, it meant that the entire aircraft would get a gloss finish.

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The larger doors fit perfectly with no problem. The blackout lasted all night. The point of doing it, though, is to lessen the number of coats of paint you have to use on the outside to eliminate any translucency effects. One thing I noticed on my sheet was that the clear coating on the decals was missing from the very far right part of the sheet. I test fitted the clear part for the nose, and it was pretty awful. Sign in Already have an account? There is no difference at all in the parts of this kit and the previously issued KCG kit. I'll have to get it out at some point when I need another break from tiny wires and hoses. If you would like your product reviewed fairly and fairly quickly, please contact the editor or see other details in the Note to Contributors. Share More sharing options Frankly, this old Crown kit is 30 years old and shows it. Placement of the rest of the decals was straight forward.