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Stuart Malone
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Halberstadt D.II - 1/72nd scale Merlin kit
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December 04, 2021, 09:49:07 PM »
I built this initially many many years ago. With little reference, no internet, and a complete lack of skill, I painted it bright green and purple. I used straight out of the package evergreen strips for struts. I made all control surfaces pose-able. The rudder and elevator turned out okay but I butchered the ailerons. It was a mess. At some point over the last 30 years, I couldn't live with it in that state anymore so I took it apart and stripped the paint and placed it on the shelf of doom. With references, knowledge, and just a bit more skill, it is looking much better now. I hadn't yet painted the tires in these photos. Not my best effort, but it's off the shelf. My apologies for the lack of depth of field on these photos. My usually trusty old Nikon D50 was giving me fits, so I took these with my iPhone.
Stuart
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Rip Van Winkle
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Re: Halberstadt D.II - 1/72nd scale Merlin kit
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December 05, 2021, 01:50:06 AM »
Thank you for posting. I have a few Pegasus kits these in my stash. The Roden Albatros D.III has extra interplane struts that I may use for the Halberstadt if I ever get around to building it. A great effort to revive an older build!
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RAGIII
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Re: Halberstadt D.II - 1/72nd scale Merlin kit
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December 05, 2021, 02:51:21 AM »
Back in the Late 80s'/ early 90s' I had most of the Merlin kits in My stash. I was too intimidated to try and hack an actual aircraft out of the poorly molded plastic! You have done an amazing job on this one Stuart! Excellent Modeling skills were certainly required to get this result.
RAGIII
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"A man has to know his limitations": Harry Callahan
"Don't slop it on" Lynda Geisler
lone modeller
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Re: Halberstadt D.II - 1/72nd scale Merlin kit
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December 05, 2021, 02:59:38 AM »
An excellent model from a rather poor kit. I have only built one Pegasus kit and it was crude to write the least. However they did provide some interesting subjects - and yours id first class.
Stephen.
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KiwiZac
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Re: Halberstadt D.II - 1/72nd scale Merlin kit
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December 05, 2021, 06:10:21 AM »
Lovely work Stuart, with all the talk of people wanting to see new-tool Halberstadt D.IIs in all three major scales it's great to see yours restored to such a great standard. Top job!
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Zac in NZ
gbrivio
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Re: Halberstadt D.II - 1/72nd scale Merlin kit
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December 05, 2021, 06:27:18 AM »
Remarkable work on old kit, I have a few from past decades but no dare to retouch any of them
so thumbs up for your nice remake!
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Whiteknuckles
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December 05, 2021, 08:50:36 AM »
Nicely done Stuart, good to see an old bird resurrected and spruced up!
Andrew
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DaveB
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Re: Halberstadt D.II - 1/72nd scale Merlin kit
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December 05, 2021, 08:19:55 PM »
Great result from a less than perfect kit, Stuart - well done!
Regards
Dave
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WD
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December 08, 2021, 09:28:03 AM »
What others have said here Stuart, a wonderful result out of a pig of a kit.
WD
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pepperman42
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Re: Halberstadt D.II - 1/72nd scale Merlin kit
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December 09, 2021, 12:08:49 AM »
Silk purse nice!!
Steve
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Bughunter
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Re: Halberstadt D.II - 1/72nd scale Merlin kit
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December 11, 2021, 10:44:23 PM »
Nicely done in this little scale!
I need to add this type to my collection (from a Blue Max 1/48 kit).
Cheers,
Frank
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