Private Pinto jet
Lead slab underneath the cockpit
Some PE in the cockpit
Fuselage closed. I'll have to scratch build the seats. The ones in the kit don't really look like my reference pics.
Making of attachment points for the wings, because there were hardly any
It's a tiny, pretty jet.
Instead of scratch building the seats I got a pair of Pavla Escapac seats for the A-4 Skyhawk. They look rather similar to the ones used in the Pinto.
A piece of transparant rod was used for the landing lights. Shallow drilling, filled with chrome paint and super glued to the nose. Then a lot of grinding, filing, sanding and polishing.
Some detailling inside the canopy was pulled in from outside
Ready for primer
Hopefully it shows through the aluminium finish
That was a real crap idea. Back to primer and again metal finish.
Varying aluminium colors on different panels. It involves a lot of masking.
Scratch built undercarriage
Final result! I had a lot of issues with the metal finish, but I'm in a learning curve.
It has Dutch registration as I would have liked it for myself to fly in.
Comments
14 17 January 2021, 14:12
Klaas van der Wielen
It sure looks a lot like one, but Iskra is from a later year. Anyway, Iskra is on my list because it's a beauty!
It sure looks a lot like one, but Iskra is from a later year. Anyway, Iskra is on my list because it's a beauty!
2 April 2021, 07:41
Neil
Looks great and your album has helped me understand metal painting techniques/style also ?
Looks great and your album has helped me understand metal painting techniques/style also ?
2 April 2021, 09:38
Klaas van der Wielen
Thanks a lot! Special Hobby has it's nice little exotic kits. You have to work for it and it can turn out good.
Thanks a lot! Special Hobby has it's nice little exotic kits. You have to work for it and it can turn out good.
5 April 2021, 10:17
Album info
Since I didn't like any of the liveries of the model, I decided to make it my own private jet in aluminium with red lettering.