Spad XIII 1/72nd Scale - fe!$#~!g tiniest of birds...

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Hi all

Well, with a bit of trepardation I give you my £1.75 Academy Spad XIII effort. It was a quick build for the sake of my impatient 7yo son who incidently, wants to play with it later. Well, he's welcome to it actually as the model fit was awful with gaps on every joint, even the undercarraige sockets were out by 3mm either side. Not impressed, but my son is though

Photo's of the Spad, finger and spoon (why? I really don't know...thought it would be fun to add them for some reason) are attached.

Chris

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[yak face]

looks ok to me chris,has he destroyed it yet? did you enjoy doing it though, even though it was a dog ? sometimes you can get a lot of pleasure out of a simple cheap old kit,but maybe thats just me(simple,cheap and old!!!):lol:

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Thanks Yak

Naw, he hasn't yet, he's handled it with a surprising amount of care actually. The experience was alright I must admit, especially as my lad was looking over my shoulder during most of the build, asking questions about that era. However, my 1:48 Italeri A10 is taking a little longer to finish though and he's lost interest with that one heh.

You'll have to wait another month or so for pics of that one as we're off on our hols soon. Though, I'm off to the Southport Airshow in September so there will be plenty of model's bought there I hope.:wish:

Chris

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Thanks YakNaw, he hasn't yet, he's handled it with a surprising amount of care actually. The experience was alright I must admit, especially as my lad was looking over my shoulder during most of the build, asking questions about that era. However, my 1:48 Italeri A10 is taking a little longer to finish though and he's lost interest with that one heh.

You'll have to wait another month or so for pics of that one as we're off on our hols soon. Though, I'm off to the Southport Airshow in September so there will be plenty of model's bought there I hope.:wish:

Chris

Looks good really, the weathering on the spoon is even more impessive.

Andy

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heh, you noticed the tea stains on the teaspoon eh? took me ages to get that effect...

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heh, you noticed the tea stains on the teaspoon eh? took me ages to get that effect...

Couldnt resist mate. lol

Andy