1/48 Italeri U2-R 'Senior Span'

Gallery Article by Josu Arévalo on Oct 14 2003

 

This kit is reference number 864 of Italeri U2-R Senior Span, the model is constructed Out Of the Box with the only addition of some copper wire to simulate hydraulic lines in the wheels. 

Panting was carried out with Tamiya paint beginning with ref: XF-63 (Panzer Grey), my first intention was to use it as a Primer, but as I was adding ref. XF-1 (little by little) it resulted on the model here presented. I tried to highlight some panels using very different and diluted colors (i.e. blue, red, brown, grey) but I'm afraid I tried to be so subtle that this effect is hardly seen in the pictures.

The wheel gears have received a washing with black enamel (humbrol).  

 

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I'm a novice modeller and this kit shows plenty of mistakes, mainly poorly sanded joints and so on, but being such a 'greenhorn' I must admit I am pretty happy with this model.

The model is easy to build, but it is huge!  It measures 70 cm of wing span and about 50 cm of fuselage length, so I must say that if you don't have enough room in your shelves......... buy a bigger one!!! ;-p

Josu Arévalo

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Photos and text © by Josu Arévalo