1/48 Roden PC-6 Turbo Porter

Gallery Article by Busolini Massimo on Sept 26 2012

 

 

The kit that I present is a PC-6 Turbo Porter Air America, the American airline that operated throughout Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.  The model is by RODEN, good quality, with recessed panel lines.  I added the rivets, as in the original mold did not have them, the first marking them with the riveting of the Trumpeter, and then one by one marked with an awl, and after I did the washing with tempera all the panels and rivets were accented.

 

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The construction is relatively simple, and painting posed a dilemma: use all the decals or those totally airbrushed the model? Well I chose the latter .... with the Tamiya tape I made all the necessary masking and using colors Gunze-Sangyo I made the coloring. At the bottom of the model I applied the Model-Master Metalizer Aluminium and polished with the power drill.

The base is made of plastic from EDUARD, and after it has been colored, dirty, and washed, was ready to accept the model.  Not happy I bought a can of Tamiya dedicated personnel of World War II, with a surprise inside ..... a beautiful Willys Jeep, not advertised on the cover of the box. With several changes to the sketches and a color in keeping with the Willys, you can make a nice diorama.  Then I added some drums and some cash Verlinden and the job is done.  I wanted to dedicate this work to all those pilots and specialists who have worked in those years in that difficult situation, and they have done their job with honor and pride!

Busolini Massimo

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