b757captain Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Hi guys, I finally got the KH T-28 finished. I was somewhat overwhelmed with the color/decal options in the kit and at the same time underwhelmed at the options. I settled on the target tug scheme but during the painting process I kept thinking there are so many different colors it's like painting plaid! The kit: Built straight from the box with a few additions/changes. I added the G Factor gear and fixed what I thought were the two biggest visual failures of the kit. One was to fix the flaps when in the down positions. Most photos I found showed the flaps down on the ground for pilot access to the cockpit. KH did not offer a flap down option and if done the kit setup with the flaps down is completely wrong. I did a write-up on this here: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/76309-kh-t-28-flap-fix-not-a-full-build-thread/&tab=comments#comment-1067220 Second was to fix the forward canopy orientation when posed open. The real aircraft has very prominent tubular rails for the canopy slides on both the forward and rear canopies. KH depicts these rather anemically on the cockpit sidewalls. on the full size aircraft the forward canopy leading edge is angled up when open whereas KH will have it flat. So, a little work with some plastic rod and all fixed. I don't think I got the canopy angled up enough but to my eye it looks much better. The rest of the kit is a good build with a few foibles noted on other guys' builds. Paints are Tamiya and Mr. Color throughout and the kit decals went on very nicely. I never could definitively determine if this paint scheme had the protective paint on the fuselage to cover exhaust stains so instead I just depicted exhaust stains. Kinda hard to tell the difference! On to the pics: More to come, Thanks! Mark Stormer, Gazzas, Old Dog and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b757captain Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 More pics: Thanks for looking! Mark Rocat, Kagemusha, dora9 and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Very nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Beautiful build, Mark! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Super nice! It's a great fitting kit in general, with some minor niggles. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Excellent work Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 ...dude, this is looking soo cool..., what a great looking model..., totally inspiring.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Looks cool Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Sweet build! Great job! Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Very nicebuild Mark! Lovely!! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 That is a knock-out! Great show. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Very eye-catching! Really nice work. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Beautiful scheme! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b757captain Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 9:15 PM, LSP_Kevin said: Beautiful build, Mark! Kev Thanks Kev! On 9/19/2018 at 9:19 PM, Out2gtcha said: Super nice! It's a great fitting kit in general, with some minor niggles. Well done! Thanks Brian! On 9/19/2018 at 10:32 PM, LSP_Ron said: Excellent work Mark Thanks Ron! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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