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List of parts 7 Make small windows for undercarriage bays and partition. 297a 302a 314 312...
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Hobby Color list Gunze Water Based Acrylic Based Yellow Green H 11 C 62 Flat White H 12 C 33 Flat Red H 13 Flat Red H 47 C 41 Red Brown H 27 C 44 H 58 C 27 Interior Green H 77 C 137...
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Photoetched accesories Eduard etched parts have this symbol Use cyanoacrylate glue...
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Seatbelts parts assembly 2x Pilots Radiooperator and Navigator Operator...
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Seatbelts parts assembly 2x Folding seat (side gunners) 4x Gunners 1x Front gunner 1x Rear gunner 2x Side gunners 4x Deck chair...
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Small transparent parts position For a proper placement of transparent parts you will need to adjust both the part and the hull surface!
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Interior assembly - ribs, bulkheads and longitudinal strips inter. green inter. green MC218 aluminium inter. green inter. green inter. green Place this part from the other side. inter. green inter. green...
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Interior assembly - ribs, bulkheads and longitudinal strips symmetrical mounting inter. green inter. green direction of flight Stick longitudinal strips to the marked places inter. green...
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Interior assembly - ribs, bulkheads and longitudinal strips inter. green 9 10 inter. green inter. green inter. green The same for both left and right side The same for both left and right side inter. green inter. green...
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Navigator‘s desk inter. green Stick the HGW seat belts here...
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Radio Operator‘s desk and shelves with tools flat black inter. green inter. green inter. green inter. green flat black flat black inter. green E103 flat black flat black...
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Radio Operator‘s tools flat black inter. green inter. green inter. green inter. green flat black inter. green inter. green Place these on the table...
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Radio Operator‘s section - tools position...
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Radio Operator‘s section - final view flat red...
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Navigator‘s section - tools position MC218 aluminium flat black flat black flat black flat black...
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Cocpit parts inter. green inter. green Stick the HGW seat belts here red brown inter. green...
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Cocpit parts plastic rod or 1 mm wire inter. green inter. green flat black flat black flat black inter. green inter. green flat black inter. green plastic rod or 1mm wire inter. green inter. green...
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Cocpit parts possibility of using the etched parts E1 and E3 flat black inter. green create a construction according to the back side inter. green yellow MC218 inter. green aluminium flat black inter. green inter. green...
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Cocpit parts inter. green inter. green inter. green inter. green 1. Set the brackets onto the rail door undercarriage bays 2. glue the parts no. 359...
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Front gunner and bombardier flat black inter. green 116a 116b inter. green inter. green inter. green inter. green inter. green flat black inter. green flat black flat black inter. green...
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Operator‘s section inter. green inter. green plastic rod or 0,5 mm wire 12 pcs 234a flat black flat black inter. green 234b inter. green flat black inter. green flat white inter. green inter. green...
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Operator‘s section MC218 aluminium inter. green inter. green...
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Operator‘s section clear plastic rod 0,5 mm 4 pcs E39 E40...
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Side gunner‘s sections inter. green inter. green inter. green The same parts positions for right side flat black inter. green...
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Side gunner‘s final view flat black inter. green...
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Side gunner‘s - transparent parts (left side) E113 302a E116 E111...
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Side gunner‘s - transparent parts (left side) 22 mm 22 mm 297a E113 E116 E111...
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Rear gunner section shorten as needed inter. green inter. green MC214 dark iron inter. green MC214 dark iron 2x Master-Model cut the part 7,7 mm caliber and adjust the angle inter. green...
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Engine assembly front engine cylinders MC218 aluminium H306 C306 gray MC218 MC218 aluminium aluminium front engine rear engine rear engine cylinders cylinders cylinders 403a 403c H306 C306 gray wires 406b 406a flat black H334 Rust Drill holes electrical for the guide wiring from wire the wire...
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Main left and right wing section and float assembly left wing Right wing the same procedure for the right wing Right wing Drill holes for the guide wire...
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Main central wing assembly MC214 dark iron the same inter. green procedure for the left side abrade panels for inserting metal parts on both sides H334 H334 Rust Rust...
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Main central wing assembly E106 E105 inter. green inter. green Stick the guide wires Drill holes for fixing the wing struts Same for on the bottom of the wing. the right side Check the drilling angle by polyurethane parts.
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Main central wing assembly lower part of the wing stick both Glue metal coolers to the strip on both left sides upper part of the wing...
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Fuselage and rudder assembly inter. green inter. green Drill holes on both sides to accommodate the elevator.
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Elevator assembly 318R 318L Drill holes in visible positions and glue the wire for better attachment to the fuselage...
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Front and main gear assembly C137 tire black SM 06 chrome silver inter. green inter. green inter. green symmetrical mounting inter. green SM 06 chrome silver inter. green inter. green SM 06 chrome silver inter. green Undercarriage bay is only used as an example of the assembly.
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Front and main gear assembly C137 tire black symmetrical mounting symmetrical mounting inter. green...
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Exterior parts assembly wire khaki green 10 mm radar antenna ø 0,5mm length 10 mm flat black flat black MC218 aluminium radar antenna wire ø 0,5mm flat black length 12 mm 12 mm MC214 dark iron inter. green MC214 dark iron MC214 dark iron 2x Master-Model...
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Exterior parts assembly MC218 aluminium inter. green inter. green 1. Machine gun turret red brown on the left side. inter. green 2. Stick parts number 262, 268, 269 in the opposite of the right Use as a template to make the holder for turret.
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Exterior parts assembly MC214 dark iron MC214 dark iron inter. green 2x Master-Model 7,7 mm caliber...
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Glueing the fuselage and wings For the right fit of part no. 308 it is important to grind fuselage wall and roof. Properly prepared parts should not elongate. 17,7 mm 6,8 mm 25,6 mm...
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Glueing the fuselage and wings E102 Left bottom wing E101 E100 symmetrical mounting...
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Glueing the fuselage and wings 379a 379b E110 E104 E107 Antenna bracket. Top wing. Same for the left wing. Part of the leading edge. Bend carefully the required length and add another piece of polyurethane part.
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Glueing the fuselage and wings Glue the lens reflector + framing (part no. E61) E119 For the right position of the transparent part stick a plastic prism (max. 0.5 mm) E119 Check the symmetry!
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Glueing the fuselage and wings E123 E121 E114 E115 E118 E117 E120...
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Recommended Reading Book AJ - Press Consolidated PBY Catalina cz. 1 - 2 PBY Catalina in detail and scale Squadron Signal PBY Catalina Walk Around No. 5 Squadron Signal PBY Catalina in action AN. 62...
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