Something a little different - Eduard 1/72 Stripdown L-4 Cub

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Something a little different - Eduard 1/72 Stripdown L-4 Cub

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Just put the finishing touches on tonight. Whew! :)

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Wow!
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Oh, I should have mentioned - this is what it looked like at the beginning. ;-)

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Blimey!
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That's a build and a half.
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That looks excellent, and very fragile!

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But you left out half the kit?

Only kidding. That's impressive. It must have been really fiddly.
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:wanw
Besting 60 years of mediocre building of average kits in the stand off scale
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Strewth as they say in the colonies :)
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Mwaaaaaaa...... :shock: :wow
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Where did you find that huge penny? It must be 3' across.
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ejboyd5 wrote:Where did you find that huge penny? It must be 3' across.
LOL! Aww...you caught me.

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Wonderful! Painstaking work.
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Excellent! That looks an awesome kit......

I wonder if you could skin it with tissue and dope?
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Amazing.

Bravo,

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