Jeff's Recce Parasol

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Jeff's Recce Parasol

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A little late to the dance. Also I have changed my mind on the entry.

I have gone with the HS126A moulded in 1977.

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Innards:

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Decals for two aircraft:

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Have you noticed the swastikas on the decal sheet?

Things are progressing well enough on the Hurricane that I will be moving on this build today.
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Jeff,

I'm really glad you're building this. In all my time on UAMF, Britmodeller and going to model shows, I don't think I've ever seen another one. I have a couple in the stash and I believe if it goes together like it looks, you should have a lot of fun. Cockpit sidewall detail on a 1/72 Airfix kit from the '70s? Really?

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Great choice Geoff - glad to have you here.
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Thanks friends. This kit seems loaded for bear. The engine detail is quite nice.
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Nice choice. Haven't seen one of those before so looking forward to your build.
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Making some great progress on this one. RLM 02 in the cockpit area last night, detailing and dry brushing today.

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And the fuselage is now together.

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That looks like rather a nice kit and a good job building it too :)
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great progress Jeff!
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Just about time to head to the paint shop.

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Liking this build a bunch.
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Very nice Jeff! That's looking good!
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Very nice and I'm surprised at the extent of the cockpit detail that it comes with.
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Yeah. You don't see many built up. If you do I guess it is the Italeri one. But the kit is a really dandy. Had it for years it it just jumped out at me. So many of those mid to late 70's kits were rather nice. I have read that until recently, that was the heyday of Airfix.

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Looking rather good.
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despondman wrote:Looking rather good.
+1.

It looks to have been a painless build thus far. Has that actually been the case?

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Hi Martin. Yes it is really a fun build. No vices as yet. Filler has only been needed on sink holes in the moulds.
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