The second build to get finished is the Polikarpov I-153. Hasegawa did a superb job with this kit. From start to finish, this aircraft was a joy to put together. There were no issues to hamper any progress other than my own blunders.
The second build to get finished is the Polikarpov I-153. Hasegawa did a superb job with this kit. From start to finish, this aircraft was a joy to put together. There were no issues to hamper any progress other than my own blunders.
Petite!
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Extremely! I can’t imagine it going up against really anything. God bless those brave pilots.
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They were indeed brave!
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Great build! Congratulations.
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Thank you!
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Nice job!
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Thank you!
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I think that is one of my favorites of all the planes I have seen of yours. Very nice.
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Well thank you!
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You have made a beautiful job of what is a really tiny and fiddly aircraft. Well done! Incidentally, it must have been fun flying with an open cockpit in the Winter War in Finland!
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Thank you! Tiny indeed. At least it doesn’t take up a lot of room on the shelf.
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Very nice- interesting to see it in a rare Finnish scheme too.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thank you! That’s part of the reason that I built it.
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Hehe. The Finns were quite good at capturing Soviet material and then using it against them. I always thought this plane was unusual because you rarely see biplanes with retractable gear. Great job on this one.
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Thank you! This one just screams interesting. It looks like a fat seagull sitting there! Makes me want to delve much deeper into the Polikarpov world.
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Oh yeah. Lots of schemes for the I-152 as well.
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Certainly nothing wrong with that!
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