Special Hobby IAR-81C 1:32 – build review

Feature Article by Aaron Scott

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A note from Geoff…
Just in I have a few photos of Aaron’s completed model and thought you’d like to take a look – note the very subtle and effective camouflage effect that he’ll explain later all about how he achieved it – impressive Aaron and thanks…

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Motivation for this project

When I saw Special Hobby was releasing this kit I knew it was something I really fancied a crack at. The box art alone sets the mouth-watering with a beautiful painting.

Upon opening the box there’s a plastic bag containing the sprues and another with the resin, a nice set of instructions, a small PE fret and decals complete the contents.

With the plane being slightly left field I decided I needed some reference. A quick online search and Radu Brinzan has produced a one-stop book for the 80 and 81 fighter. Amazon had it at a great price and a couple of clicks and 2 days later it arrived.

This book turns out to be a huge help getting everything correct and as you’ll see a nice quirk to the build.

On with the build…