This
is Eduard's P-39L Airacobra in 1/48 scale, built entirely out of the box. I made a P-39 way back before from Accurate Miniatures (an Eduard
rebox) so I can say I had some experience with this kit.
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What
differs this kit from Accurate Miniature's offering is the ton loads of
goodies such as PE's, express mask and the necessary weight to keep this
plane on it's gears (I didn't notice this plane to be a tail sitter when
after I placed all of the gears on my older P-39Q from Accurate
Miniatures). Building this kit was a breeze, everything fits except for
the problematic gap between the fuselage and the wings. After puttying and
sanding, everything was fixed. One of the hard parts building this kit is
the amount of PE needed to detail the cockpit. Around 10-15 parts just for
the instrument panel and around 10 PE for the seat alone. PE experience
highly needed.
As
I had bought the limited edition "Eduard P-39L/N Airacobra in the MTO",
the box contained two kits with 6 different markings. Stay tuned for the next
P-39 that I'll be posting here on ARC.
Thanks
for reading
Ralph Emerson "Shonen
Red" Dabao
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