Hasegawa P-3C in 1/72 scale
building report
kit review
The kit from Hasegawa in 1/72 scale is excellent and can be found in different versions and re-issues.
The P-3C built is of the Royal Netherlands Navy airwing which operated 12 aircraft.
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The Hasegawa
" P-3C Update" kit was used for this model. It needs some smal conversion
work.
The parts are OK, here you will see
the larger parts..
The rear housing for droppable sonar buoys.
The model required slight changes in the antennas and targeting pods.
The flaps were
cut-out and put in the opened position. It required some work, but the
red internal areas show of! A more close look from above including the
walkways.
A decal set from Dutch Decal #72015 was used for the Dutch navy markings. It has markings for RNethNavy 320/321 squadron at Valkenburg with Extra dark gloss seagray finish.
Note the completely sprayed lightgrey / off white walkways. The kit's decals were dark grey, so not usable for this depicted aircraft. The masking took a long time, the walkways being sprayed light grey.
The model needed al lot of stencil decals also. White dry "no step" markings from a different decal sheet being applied, but the result was worthwhile.
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The nose undercarriage
was also detailed with paint. Note the drybrushed grills in the fuselage
sides. The main gear bay was also opened in the forward area.
The model, being superdetailed, took first prize 1/72 at the Dutch IPMS Nationals of 1992.
Reference:
MLD P-3C Orion pictures at my site....
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Created this pageDecember 8, 2000