Complete resin kit. Very fragile translucent propellers and landing gear.
Used brass pins for durability and strength on every join especially ‘beaching-landing gear’. Beautiful resin castings. Big problems with red paint bleeding thru into white paint. Great support on replacement propellers I damaged more than once.
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That looks very impressive Clarence
Very nice work on a big plane, I watched a video on the Mars recently and would love one of these kits but cant find one anywhere. Cheers Bob.
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Bob,
Thanks for your comments. That kit was in my ToDo stack for more years than I’ll admit
so I don’t know how long it’s been OOP? Or if? Probably the most beautiful resin castings I’ve ever seen. Just found this Canadian site. I emailed an inquiry @ this kit. Will let you know their reply.
I did fit a brass tube ‘main wing spar’ as well as my usual brass pins at all joins including the wing floats. I try to build strength wherever I can as it doesn’t take that much effort to add considerable defense against my own periodic lack of coordination. I put apx 20 brass pins in the engine subframe of my 1/8 Jaguar E Type Goodwood Coupe, a necessity to keep it from falling apart as soon as the warranty expired…
https://westcoasthobbys.com/product/kit-build-1144-martin-mars-tanker![IMG_2242|666x500](upload://mUUUKjmm9q7aFxnholBaglkUCUp.jpeg)
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to me
Hi Clarence … the only one that I carry anymore is the 1:288 kit ( about a
8-9" wing span) USN desk top model. Rob Stevens
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