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* Kit type: Multimedia kit (plastic, rubber piping, brass, etc), fixed pose (no real moving parts) | * Kit type: Multimedia kit (plastic, rubber piping, brass, etc), fixed pose (no real moving parts) | ||
* In-universe role: Aircraft, //Strahl Democratic Republic// or can be built as //Mercenary forces// variant | * In-universe role: Aircraft, //Strahl Democratic Republic// or can be built as //Mercenary forces// variant | ||
- | * Build date: ??? | + | * Build date: October 2022 |
This is a 20+ year old kit that I bought from Yahoo Auctions Japan (via [[http:// | This is a 20+ year old kit that I bought from Yahoo Auctions Japan (via [[http:// | ||
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- | ===== Background ===== | + | {{: |
===== Tools Used ===== | ===== Tools Used ===== | ||
+ | * Mr Hobby snips | ||
+ | * Badger ultimate sanding sticks | ||
+ | * Tamiya extra thin cement | ||
===== Colours Used ===== | ===== Colours Used ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Background ===== | ||
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+ | The // | ||
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+ | In the lore, the Fledermaus was an early design that the //Strahl Democratic Republic// used to great effect when suppressing the colonists of Earth in the beginning of the war. I suppose as time went on, it was surpassed by dedicated anti-gravity vehicles like the //Falke//, and flight-capable armoured suits which didn't exist when it was introduced. | ||
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+ | From an aesthetics perspective the // | ||
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+ | I picked up the kit from my favourite haunt on Buyee.com in mid 2021, having been an out-of-print kit for over 20 years. Oddly, the // | ||
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+ | ===== Box Contents ===== | ||
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+ | Contents: | ||
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+ | * Instruction manual | ||
+ | * 2x Painting guides / info cards (one for the //SDR P.K. 40 Fledermaus// | ||
+ | * 1x Waterslide decal sheet (with seperate decals for each variant) | ||
+ | * 6x Parts sprues | ||
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+ | * a (Hornisse), beige, landing struts etc | ||
+ | * b (Hornisse), beige, thrusters & engine parts | ||
+ | * c (P.K 40), beige, cockpit, guns etc | ||
+ | * d (P.K 40), clear canopy parts | ||
+ | * Figure, beige | ||
+ | * 1x Bag of multimedia parts (flexible tubing, copper rod, brass mesh) | ||
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+ | Instruction manual: | ||
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+ | Painting guide (x2): | ||
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+ | Main fuselage and clear canopy/ | ||
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+ | Thrusters, landing struts and detail parts: | ||
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+ | Seated pilot figure: | ||
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+ | Multimedia parts: | ||
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===== In-Progress Images ===== | ===== In-Progress Images ===== | ||
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+ | **[October 2022]** - Started building the Fledermaus kit. There' | ||
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+ | That said, it's a fairly clean design, and with a bit of thought, goes together relatively easily. Plenty of plastic cement and use of a file is needed on many of the seam lines to tidy them up. | ||
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+ | Lower and upper fuselage sections, with the cockpit partially completed. This is not according to the build instructions, | ||
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+ | Interior and the five main thrusters (which are all two-part designs): | ||
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+ | Thrusters fixed in place: | ||
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+ | Main engine attached to upper fuselage: | ||
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+ | Upper and lower fuselage temporarily in place (I haven' | ||
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+ | Assembled the pilot figure (minus his hand... which is rolling around my desk somewhere...) and started fitting the additional parts to the fuselage: | ||
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+ | **[Update 5th October 2022]** - Added 'fuel tanks' to upper fuselage: | ||
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+ | **[Update 9th October 2022]** - Started building front and rear landing gear: | ||
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+ | **[Update 12th October 2022]** - Completed landing gear and cutting cockpit canopy to fit: | ||
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