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AUSTER ANTARCTIC
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...24 decals on the fuselage of this little model...15 on this side ...9 on the other....got a couple of these upside do...
Project: Auster Antarctic
29 29 November, 14:31
Robert PodkońskiWatching with interest! (I have the same kit in my stash 😉 ) Great job on framing!
1 29 November, 15:03
Lochsa River Authorwelcome all! ....the interior framing is the key modeling moment for this aircraft....much more complex than i was able to do in 1/72 even with .5mm styrene
...but, its a fun kit and will have some scratchily mirth along the way...
1 30 November, 12:01
Lochsa River Author...i see now an additional internal brace needs to be added to the ski supports....back to work....and the wing struts might be made better...mine are square...they should be flat....and now i see a little set of supports for the struts....down the rabbit hole....again....
5 December, 05:58
Lochsa River Author....serious operator error....reached for the wrong thinner to clean the windshield and crazed it...have to order a new kit....total mess....
5 December, 12:24
Lochsa River Author...note to self...if you use a water based gloss coat...it will be dissolved when you go to remove your water based panel line "ink" made of water, detergent and paint...works fine with other overcoats...i forgot this one...back to Mission Model or Microscale Gloss....just licking a q tip with saliva was enough to take the overcoat and the paint under it off...not too bad here....it can be repaired....but Future may not have a future if panel lines are needed...
7 December, 01:55
Lochsa River Author...looking at the real thing...there aren't any panel lines at all at 1/72 scale or even much at 1/32 if its ever made...there is a real difference in bringing out a panel line and bringing out the junction with a horizontal stabilizer or wing slat...they have a real boundary.....this little 50 year old mold is going to have way out of scale "panel lines"...
7 December, 02:10
Lochsa River Author...remind me to wear the closeup glasses if decaling!!....somehow...Mr Dyslexia got BOTH the Trans Antarctic Expedition decals upside down...good thing there is another kit coming with the replacement canopy...those decals will get scanned....i should make that std procedure.....
10 December, 08:41
