This
is the good old Italeri EF2000 kit. I built this as part of a ‘Blitz Build’
organised by a friend from my local club. The Build Blitz idea was not his; he
got it from on of the online forums. Basically you need to try and finish an
unstarted kit in a 24 hour period. I did not quite make the deadline but
finished it over the course of the weekend I made my attempt.
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I
can’t account for the accuracy of the kit and in fact I didn’t care
about it. I dug the kit out of the stash and just hooked in. The kit
went together quite quickly and then I decided not to use the kit decals.
I dug through my decal stash and decided on a RAAF ‘What If’
representing 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU). 2OCU is currently the
RAAF Hornet training squadron and its aircraft display a tiger’s head as
part of the squadron markings.
I
used standard RAAF Hornet colours for the scheme so the decals I had would not
look out of place. The tail was masked and sprayed with the tiger stripes and
decals applied. I finished it off with a light panel wash. I was happy with the
result and will more than likely participate in the next Blitz build the club
organises.
Ray Seppala
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