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Offline Jicehem

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The very first vacuformed kits.
« on: November 22, 2008, 09:11:46 AM »
Hi all,  :-salut

Here you have one among six vacuformed kits issued under the label "Ventavia" in... December 1959.
They were from Ventax in Paris. The six models were : SNCASO SO 9050 Trident II, SNCAN N-1402 Gerfaut II, Gloster Javelin, Lockheed F-104, SM 62 Snark, and Convair 240.

The pictures show the SNCASO Trident II in 1/100 scale :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentII3Ventavia100_1.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


I built it in 2006.
1) You have to cut off all the parts :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentII4Ventax_constr.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentII5Ventax_constr.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


2) You assemble it, including stiffeners...

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentII7Ventax_constr.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


... and putty :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentII10.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


3) ,After good sanding, you obtain that :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentII13.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


4) Then, you paint the model after assembling the landing gear (these parts are injected moulded) and add the decals (made with spar decals because the actual decals were entirely dark yellow ! :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentIIN04F-ZWUK1.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentIIN04F-ZWUK2.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentIIN04F-ZWUK2.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


5) The final result :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentII6.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/SNCASOSO9050TridentII5.jpg
The very first vacuformed kits.


Cheers,  :-wave

Jicehem   :)

 

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Re: The very first vacuformed kits.
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2008, 09:47:44 AM »
This is oldest kit present on this site and build is really great!

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Re: The very first vacuformed kits.
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2008, 03:15:40 PM »
Thanks mate...
Great work and wonderful post  :-ok

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Re: The very first vacuformed kits.
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2009, 01:38:56 AM »
 Perfect! :-wave:-obey :-obey :-obey