Academy 1/48 CH-53E Super Stallion

adampolo13

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Good afternoon,

I promised Norm that I would do a quick review of the kit once it came. Well I have to say this thing is absolutely freaking huge!!!

Check out the dimensions of the finished product!

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The entire kit is very well molded with absolutely no flash. Academy did a pretty good job putting options in the kit.

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This is the only downside to the kit:

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I will start construction of this beast after I finish my M-ATV, I am also going to be ordering Eduards Big Ed kit for this thing.

Thanks for taking a look!
 
This is going to be interesting. I'm following.

Cheers.
 
I had won one of these in a contest a few years back. I ended up selling fearing Id never have enough room to display it. I will have to get another one eventually. Looking forward to watching this build come together.
 
Those tiny ejector marks are a cinch. A dot of putty with a swipe of Testors liquid cement and they are filled and gone. 8)
 
Good news folks, Eduard just shipped out their Big Ed set! T-Minus a few weeks and I'll begin construction!!!
I would start before that but there is so much PE and it goes everywhere!
 
Haha, your probably not too far off. Im pretty much an alcoholic as it is so i figure I will either be bald or blind at the end of June. Hahaha
 
Hope your ordered items come quickly and safely through the mail.
Bet your chomping at the bit to get started. Good luck on the BSC!
Bill
 
Hey Panzerman, I am very excited! My Big Ed set literaly just arrived. I had to take a quick break from the M-ATV as it is trying my patience. So im thinking ill be starting this thing in a few weeks. :)
 
Thanks guys. I will try to post some pics of the PE soon... I will say it came in very nice! I am probably going to purchase a PE bender before I start on this build. :)
 
Here are pics of the PE. I didn't take pics of all of the stuff included in the Big Ed. Just the stuff for the interior. There is a lot of really nice stuff in there.

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Can't wait to start this one. Who knows, maybe I'll quit the M-ATV.....
 
Yeah, i agree with schweinhund - it represents soft fabric good, just fill those ejection marks and sand them and it will be great.

Cheers!
 
Starting this now....

Sorry BSC, I'm just not motivated to complete my M-ATV......

Here we goooooooo......
 

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