Pavla's
1/72 scale
Vultee BT-13A Valiant
by Tetsuro Matsuo
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Vultee BT-13A
Valiant |

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This is Pavla’s 1/72 scale BT-13A.
Surprisingly, the recessed panel lines of this kit are very sharp. I
only added rivets.

I scratch built the inside of the
cockpit. The seat made of the resin. I based the shape on the seat on a
1/48 scale AT-6 kit.

The spinner, propeller assembly and
cowling are converted from Hasegawa’s IJN bomber Type 96, with some
modifications.

All markings and the nose arts are
painted by myself.
I wanted to make this shiny silver
airframe look as realistic as possible. Despite the striking finish
though, this plane’s real charm is the nose art on both sides. I can
only ask forgiveness if there is a copyright issue after duplicating the
artwork from a photo!

The model was finished in silver paints
over a base of gloss-black, dark area : Creos super-fine-silver, light
area & spinner: Creos Super-Metallic chrome silver. This was my first
attempt at depicting polished metal using Creos’ new silver paints.
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Model, Images and Text Copyright © 2007
by Tetsuro Matsuo
Page Created 17 December, 2007
Last Updated
17 December, 2007
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