Italeri 1/48 Lockheed TR-1A

US Air Force, 9th SRW, USA c.1981

TR1A_004 TR1A_014

Right, a break from the pink Gulf War I aircraft: the black Lockheed TR-1A. This is Italeri's kit, which I bought because I thought such a large aircraft in 1/48 was very cool. No aftermarket used on this one — everything is from the kit. It has raised panel lines, which at the time I didn't mind too much, but now I would rescribe. This was a nice kit but I built it in a sloppy manner. A lot of the joints (mainly the pod-to-wing join) are quite rough. Finish is acrylic black with no clear coat. The plane is missing its periscope which got knocked off at some time in the last ten years, never to be seen again...

TR1A_013 TR1A_010 TR1A_017 TR1A_007 TR1A_018 TR1A_019

TR1A_006

Year bought: 1995 (Antics, Guildford)

Year built: 1995 (Send Marsh, Surrey, UK)

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