Author Topic: Ansaldo SVA 5 - 1/72nd scale Pegasus kit  (Read 845 times)

Offline Stuart Malone

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Ansaldo SVA 5 - 1/72nd scale Pegasus kit
« on: December 13, 2021, 04:05:44 AM »
Another one off the shelf of doom.  After I finished it, I sat back and thought to myself, I might actually be a half way decent modeler.  I then looked at the pictures I took and, well, nope, probably not.  Close up pictures of your work can be very humbling.  It makes me appreciate what everyone else here accomplishes all the more. 

I realized the wheels had gone crooked after I took the pictures.  During construction I drilled them and the spreader bar to accommodate piano wire, so a quick bend straightened them out.  I didn't have any micro sol decal film on hand and thought I could get by without it as I didn't see any cracks in the decals.  I was wrong.  They disintegrated.  I pieced them together the best I could and used about 1/4 of a bottle of Solvaset to get them to de-curl and lay flat.

On to the next shelf of doom model.

Stuart









Offline lone modeller

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Re: Ansaldo SVA 5 - 1/72nd scale Pegasus kit
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2021, 07:42:39 AM »
I can see nothing to be concerned about with this model. It looks very good to me!

Stephen.

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Re: Ansaldo SVA 5 - 1/72nd scale Pegasus kit
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2021, 06:22:50 AM »
What can I say but Great Job on yet another difficult build! It is Really terrific to see you finishing of these old stalled builds Stuart! By the way really nice work on saving the cracked decals!!
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Offline Rip Van Winkle

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Re: Ansaldo SVA 5 - 1/72nd scale Pegasus kit
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2021, 09:03:36 AM »
Great effort on a Pegasus kit. They are not very easy to build.  Nicely done!

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Re: Ansaldo SVA 5 - 1/72nd scale Pegasus kit
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2021, 10:13:30 AM »
Agree with the 3 comments above !

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Re: Ansaldo SVA 5 - 1/72nd scale Pegasus kit
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2022, 05:27:50 AM »
Quit beating yourself up Stuart, Pegasus kits are not easy builds. Add to that, you've even assaulted those Merlin kits.
My hat's off to you sir!

WD