Sunday, 9 January 2011

Aichi D3A 'Val' - part 1

The same F-Toys set which brought the 'Kates' (whose build I covered in earlier posts) also contained some other Jap Navy types including two examples of the Kates' comtemporary, the 'Val' dive bomber.

Build proceeded smoothly - here is the first 'Val' awaiting drier glue and additional markings.
The components of the second 'Val'.
The second 'Val' nearing completion.  The fuselage halves were a bit reluctant to stay together - hence the unorthodox position depicted.  Probably best not to try this in a real 'Val'...
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6 comments:

  1. Paul9 January 2011 at 19:28

    These are nice Tim, and its good to see they have there problems just like any other normal modelkit.

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  2. Don M9 January 2011 at 19:29

    Yup that's the plane that brings back allot of childhood memories!
    Oh I will do that write up on my
    grandfather...my birthday is next Tue
    that will be a good time for it..)

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  3. Tim Gow9 January 2011 at 20:19

    Paul
    They're generally pretty good and make such neat models that it's worth spending a bit of extra time correcting the odd flaw.

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  4. Tim Gow9 January 2011 at 20:22

    Don
    In that case I'll post part 2 of the Val story on Tuesday! Look forward to hearing about your grandfather.

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  5. Geordie an Exiled FoG9 January 2011 at 23:52

    Hmm, these are rather nice :)

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  6. Tim Gow10 January 2011 at 12:04

    Geordie
    Thanks - a good result for relatively little effort.

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