Hajo L. Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 The TR-1A by Special Hobby is one of their earlier short-run-kits and can not be compared with their latest releases. Anyway, it´s still the best TR-1 in town and I was lucky to get one by a fellow modeller. The cockpit is in Resin and nicely detailed. With some painting skill you can get a decent result! I drilled the holes into the fuselage to allow for some reinforcements for the wing-montage. The aircraft is quite big with the mounted wings! I planted a nice forest of antennas on the belly and one of the wing-pods: The pilot also took a seat: Woaaah, black as the night! Matt black 8 of Revell. After seeing this really nice black I decided to put the decals directly on the aircraft (and without a clear coat). This worked like a charm. I put some matt coat (Vallejo) directly on the decals to keep the deep black. Under sunlight of course the effect fades a little bit. Since this TR-1A will loiter in my office over my desk I didn´t put on the gear. The clear parts are made of blister, and I was quite happy to get this rather complicated thing on my first try. A little resin-chip unfortunately showed up AFTER I had closed the canopy. Lots of wing span, this can´t be kept at home. This aircraft was used as a "Scud-Sniffer" in the 1991 Gulf War. Enough antennas for all TV and radio-stations! 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 Then it was time to launch the black bird in my office: It´s keeping a nice formation with my B-1: And now and then the aircraft is taking a look outside the window: HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Da SWO Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SakisG Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Very beautiful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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