1978 Miss Budweiser U-1 - 1/25 Unlimited Hydroplane

Robban · Post by **Robban** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:51 pm

Would have been nice if the boat kit was in 1:32 scale, then you could use the lovely tamiya merlin

P_Budzik · Post by **P_Budzik** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:51 pm

Love it...Your doing a great job.

I've had one of those sitting around for many years, seeing your work sure makes me want to finally build it.

alexpayne · Post by **alexpayne** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:54 am

What a fab paint job, looks very

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Atb,AlexP.

ewestra · Post by **ewestra** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:57 am

What a nice livery and you naild it pefectly by masking and spraying. It looks great. Like you I love the sound of this engine. Here I can here it so now and then when the Mustang P-51-D flying

Eric

chaparral2k · Post by **chaparral2k** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:43 am

I was happy with how the masking job came out, but all day I wasn't happy with the width of the white line....it was too wide.....so I went back and redid it and thinned up the width. It's a lot better now....a lot more accurate now!

fangio · Post by **fangio** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:14 am

That's dedication... Looks awesome.. I love these oddball kits...

I have my eye on the recently re-released 1/24th scale Revell Simba 8x8 Airport Crash Tender. I had one years ago - sold it on before I ever built it, but it was very cool, and VERY big....

harveyb258 · Post by **harveyb258** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:30 am

Wicked paint job

H

Eagle50 · Post by **Eagle50** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:28 am

Yes, wicked paint job. Wow! The masking looks perfect!

Chris

jmpsebring · Post by **jmpsebring** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:06 pm

This will be the best version of this model ever built! Nice job! Like many of us, I also have a passion for hydros and saw many classes run over the decades. Since this was a 1/25 huge boat, I put a 1/12th Matra and bike rider figure in one to make it a smaller hydro. Early 80's I have one new one on the self, and one Dumas mahogany boat ready for a Matra as well.

What happen to my 1/12th Protar Mp4-2 model?? I cut up the top bodywork to fit it to this model. The life of a kit basher

chaparral2k · Post by **chaparral2k** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:02 pm

I forgot to update this.

I got most of the decals on! Michael P. helped me out on most of them and they are AWESOME! Thank you so much it really made my day! I just need to fix the side of the cockpit and add the driver signature and some chrome edges around the boat. also need to fix some parts of the paint job....the gold is really hard to fix as it comes out different shade when you try to touch up small spots.

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