Lou's P-3C III Orion

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April 14, 2020
VP-66 Goal
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April 14, 2020
Checking out the kit
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April 14, 2020
Starting the horizontal stabs, wheels & cockpit
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April 14, 2020
Tape for the backfill of the holes
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April 14, 2020
filling ALQ-78 holes with the melted sprue
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April 14, 2020
Sonobouy mount - before
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April 14, 2020
Sonobouy mount - after
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April 15, 2020
My helper!
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April 15, 2020
Flight deck!
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April 17, 2020
Opening the intakes
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April 17, 2020
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April 17, 2020
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April 19, 2020
Goal
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April 23, 2020
MK-46 Torpedos
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April 23, 2020
Flight deck chairs
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May 1, 2020
No Decals avail so..
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May 1, 2020
masking
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May 1, 2020
like the masks so far
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May 5, 2020
Cockpit install
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May 5, 2020
Bombay install
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May 5, 2020
WORST fuselage warping I've ever had!
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May 5, 2020
Cockpit seen thru glass
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May 5, 2020
Harpoon & Rockeye
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May 5, 2020
Bomb Bay
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July 21, 2020
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July 21, 2020
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July 21, 2020
A lot of decals ..

Kommentarer

3 14 April 2020, 20:42

Treehugger
Oh, raised panel lines? I had no idea.
I've heard that one can re-scribe into a layer of primer paint, but I haven't yet tried that out mysef. Method was suggested by Paul Budzik, who had made some nice scale models.
I have a Viggen kit that I plan to test that technique on.

23 April 2020, 07:05