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BELLANCA CH/J-300

First look at Dora Wings 1/72 Bellanca CH/J-300 by Bob Housedon

KIT NUMBER: 72001

T

he latest Dora Wings kit

is the Bellanca CH-300

Pacemaker and comes in a

box with some very nice artwork

on the lid though according to

my refrences the colours of the

Bellanca CH/J300 on the box art is

far redder than the actual orange

colour. Although this is correctly

described in the instructions.

Inside the box you will ind

69 well detailed light grey plastic

parts on 4 runners, the rib efect

on the wings and control surfaces

look good as does the detail on the

well. There are also 2 resin wheel

spats, 23 photo etched parts and 3

clear parts. The kit also contains

a set of canopy masks and a nicely

printed decal sheet with 3 colourful

schemes, the instruction sheet is

also in full colour. All the parts are

well packed in separate poly bags.

Using the parts supplied in the

kit you can build three variations

on the basic airframe.

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  1. Bellanca CH-300 lown
     by 2 Lithuanian pilots from
     the USA to Poland in 1933
     which is orange overall.
  
  
  
  


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  2. Bellanca J-300 lown from
     New York to Istanbul in 1931,
     this is orange with a black
     cowl ring and fuselage top.
  
  
  
  


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  3. Bellanca J-300 East Boston
     Airport 1930, this has a
     light grey fuselage with
     grey blue wings and tail.
  
  
  
  

Out of the box this looks like a

very impressive package and

should build well. I have already

started work and a full build review

will follow in a future issue.

44 • DECEMBER 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

FIRST LOOK!