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Pardubak
Alec K (Pardubak)
US

Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune, 147967/PJ-12 VP-69 US Navy
NAS Whidbey Island, 1975

Scale:
1:72
Status:
In progress

This build is very much a homage to my youth. Growing up in Czechia during the “era of realistic socialism”, one was accustomed to consumer goods lacking variety and being in short supply and it was no different with plastic model kits. From time to time, one could get models from western manufacturers like Airfix, Matchbox, Heller etc. I am not sure how he managed it, by my dad somehow got his hands on the Hasegawa kit of the Neptune. I think he bought that one for me once I attained the prerequisite level of skill. I vividly recall sneaking into the closet to look at it when he was not around. The SIZE of that thing! This was the biggest kit my sheltered eyes have ever seen, packaged in that delicious yet frustratingly impenetrable sealed plastic bag and thus barring it from my so-desired tactile inspection. It remained in this virgin state until our departure from the worker’s paradise…

Alas, thanks to Ebay and some fool’s complete lack of appreciation for the said masterpiece of Japanese engineering, I was able to procure an identical copy decades later. True, the box was slightly creased and the decals aptly yellowed with age, but the rest was all as I remembered. Still sealed, there was no one to stop me from popping the bag and finally subjecting the plastic to my inspection. The kit was as big as I remembered it! Glorious.

See my project inventory below for references. I do not have the Schiffer book, likely a grave shortfall but in light of my "mostly OOB" initial goal, I’ll live with it. Unless you already have it, I would not bother with the Squadron title. Walkaround links on SCM were invaluable.

Some great online Neptune references:
P2VNeptune.org- p2vneptune.com/
US Navy Patrol Squadrons- vpnavy.com/aircraft_p2_128.html

Project inventory

Full kits
K6
Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune Anti-Submarine Patrol Plane
Hasegawa 1:72
K6 (K006 K006:1800) 1975 New decals
Detail and Conversion sets
73035
Seatbelts USAAF WWII STEEL
Eduard 1:72
73035 2016 New tool
672238
HVAR rockets
Eduard 1:72
672238 2020 New tool
72364
Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune - PE Interior Detail Set (For Hasegawa/Revell)
Eduard 1:72
72364 2001 New tool
AL7020
Lockheed P2V Neptune - Racks (for Hasegawa)
PlusModel 1:72
AL7020 2017 New tool
AL7019
Flaps for P2V Neptune for Hasegawa
PlusModel 1:72
AL7019 2017 New tool
AL7018
Wheels for P2V Neptune
PlusModel 1:72
AL7018 2017 New tool
Decals
AL7021
Lockheed P2V Neptune - Stencils for light, white-grey camouflage variant
PlusModel 1:72
AL7021 2017 New tool
Masks
CX137
P2V-7 for Hasegawa, Frog, Minicraft, Revell
Eduard 1:72
CX137 2006 New tool
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Project colors

Exterior
107 Character White
Mr.COLOR
10ml ()
Satin
Lacquer
325 Gray FS26440
Mr.COLOR
10ml ()
Satin
Lacquer
Interior
317 Gray FS36231
Mr.COLOR
10ml ()
Matt
Lacquer

Project references

P2V Neptune (Squadron/Signal Publications 1068)
P2V Neptune
In Action No. 1068
Jim Sullivan
1985
Lockheed Neptune (Warpaint Books Limited 51)
Lockheed Neptune
Warpaint Series No. 51
Kev Darling
2004

Photoalbums

Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune WIP
123 images
View album, image #108
1:72
1:72 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune - PE Interior Detail Set (Eduard 72364)1:72 P2V-7 (Eduard CX137)1:72 Flaps for P2V Neptune (PlusModel AL7019)6+

Comments

1 14 February 2018, 00:13

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