Hellenic T-33 1/72 Italeri / Platz
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MariusVery eye catching, congratulations for the beautiful model! A perfect example that no crazy weathering or complex shading techniques are necessary to achieve a great model!
I like that satin finish, it's perfect! What products did you use?
The photography is also very good!
ClementThanks to you both, appreciated 🙂
@marius I used MRP-126. It stinks like hell but sprays beautifully right out the bottle after a thorough shaking. Make sure to wear a mask and ventilate the room, this one is really nasty.
Łukasz GlińskiWhat a beautiful build and livery 👍 Pity the Platz kits are so hard to get
ClementThank you guys!
Łukasz, I actually got some of mine from Amazon Japan. If you get a few kits in order to offset the transport cost, you can really get a great deal. Platz kits have decals made by cartograph so you get some really fantastic sheets, the stencils are so much better than on the Italeri sheet for example.
David R. MeizosoVery stylish livery for this gorgeous kit! Love the subtle weathering for a well maintained machine. Congrats!
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Hello,
In general, it's definitely not a bad kit but it can fight you from time to time.
The cockpit is rather sparse, adding a PE set is a must, I wish I also replaced the seat with resin ones.
To be fair, I thought keeping the canopy closed would make the project easier but I now regret doing so. The open canopy would have added some life to the model. I should also have dropped the flaps. Oh well...
A quick inventory of the project
Italeri kit 1444
Eduard SS710 PE set
Eduard CX303 masks
ResKit RS72-0174 wheels (those in the kit are under sized and of the wrong type for Greek T-33s)
Armycast ACD 72 018 "Lockheed T-33 Silver Star in the World" decal sheet
Paints & varnish
Orange: 10 parts H14, 1 part H13
Grey: H311
GX112 & MRP-126
The pitot has been replaced by a piece of scrap photoetch
The fuel dump pipe has been replaced by a piece of stretched and flattened styrene cylinder
