AboutClifford Bossie Expertise Model aircraft and aviation History and photography, Naval history and ship models, maritime and ships in general, Scratch building of models, Some military history
Experience I have built models for the better part of thirty five years, have taken photographs of U.S. military aircraft and ships for about twenty five years and am currently scratch building a 1/72 nd scale model of the USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80).
Organizations Local IPMS
Publications IPMS journal and local IPMS publication. Photos and drawing in Koku Fan, Deatil and Scale, et al.
Question Just a few questions I have nothing to crazy. Is this a re make of the AirFix kit that was made awhile ago? Does the kit come with window inserts. If I was wanting to light it with LED's is there enough room to you that I would be able to work with. And does anyone have an actual picture of it as a finished product? Thank you for taking the time to read this and I'm looking forward to hearing your response.
Answer Thomas,
I believe that the kit is the same from both Heller and Airfix. It dates from the time that they collaborated on kits.
If it is the same not all windows and portholes have insets. With a beam of 2 5/8" you could light it, but I would recommend using light fibers rather than LEDs. Even though LEDs don't produce a great deal of heat a number of them could be an issue.
As far as a photo of the completed model I do not recollect seeing one yet.
