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Started by The Rat, December 16, 2020, 04:22:26 PM

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The Rat

Okay, first pictures. This is the venerable Airfix P/F-80, which, apart from some quirks, builds up rather nicely. Even better if my ham-fisted attempts at construction aren't inflicted on it.  :rolleyes:  This will be an interned aircraft rather than captured, anybody want to guess the new owners?

Initial paint

20201215_223506 by Dave Bailey, on Flickr

Add some detail, like walkways and nose radar

20201216_175629 by Dave Bailey, on Flickr

And then cover up what would have been the original markings.

20201216_181930 by Dave Bailey, on Flickr
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Hedley Lamarr, Blazing Saddles

Life is too short to worry about perfection

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PR19_Kit

Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

The Rat

If you can find those markings cheap and easy, my hat is off to you!  ;D  But no.
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Hedley Lamarr, Blazing Saddles

Life is too short to worry about perfection

Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/46dpfdpr

Dizzyfugu

With that all-green livery my first thought was Portugal, but that would not make much sense in a "captured context". Sweden, maybe?

Rick Lowe

With that green, and the 'interned', either Swiss or Swedish.

Should look interesting with red and white stripes.

zenrat

Quote from: The Rat on December 16, 2020, 04:32:08 PM
If you can find those markings cheap and easy, my hat is off to you!  ;D  But no.

I've probably got some to spare if you're interested.  Is free cheap enough?   ;)

Can't guarantee they'll get to you before the end go the GB though.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

Nick

Taiwan / Nationalist Chinese forces? or the Communist Chinese forces?

sandiego89

I vote Soviet.  Maybe a lost F-80 from Korea/Japan
Dave "Sandiego89"
Chesapeake, Virginia, USA

kitbasher

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Quote from: sandiego89 on December 17, 2020, 06:52:49 AM
I vote Soviet.  Maybe a lost F-80 from Korea/Japan

Yeah, Soviet.

Post rethink edit: no, interned not captured is the clue.  So Swedish or - maybe - Swiss?  Green uppers point in either direction.  I don't think Finnish, but yer never know.
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Romanian. Love this aeroplane. Looks good already Rat !
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The Rat

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on December 16, 2020, 11:41:33 PM
With that all-green livery my first thought was Portugal, but that would not make much sense in a "captured context". Sweden, maybe?

WINNER!  :thumbsup:
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought, cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Hedley Lamarr, Blazing Saddles

Life is too short to worry about perfection

Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/46dpfdpr