IAR-80 Model Assembly Guide
IAR-80 Model Assembly Guide
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14b Though being not so well known as Mustangs, Messers
and Spitfires are, this Romanian fighter participated
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successfully in many military operations on the Eastern 100
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7b bomber raids as well. The most successful operation of
the yellow crossed IAR-80 C fighters during WWII was
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14c 5c on June 10, 1944 when 26 of them managed to shoot
down 24 P38 J Lightnings from 15-th USAAF Wing near
Bucharest.
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Study the drawings of assembly steps carefully before starting the work on exhausting pipes 23
the model. Make sure you understand the purpose and place of every
140 part. Assembly the lending gear 24 - 28. Cut the wheels parts 26 from thick 140
card, glue them together, round their edges with sandpaper and paint
The assembly requires some basic tools, such as scissors, sharp them in black.
modeling knife, blunt knife for scoring the fold lines, ruler and needle.
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Additional materials you need are one pin to make the airscrew shaft and Complete the model adding remaining small details - carburetor intake 130
one piece of cardboard approx. 0.3 mm thick for reinforcing elements and 30, antenna mast, tail support, Pitot tube and armament.
wheels. You'll need of course suitable cement too. For cement application If you prefer flying model, assemble it with retracted undercarriage and
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is most suitable if you have one). model’s balancing - its center of gravity must be on approximately 25% of
Start with the central fuselage segment 1. Do not forget to cut the holes the average wing chord.
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on it where the wing longerone 7 will be placed. Glue the connecting Now yourmodel is ready. Enjoy your IAR 80.
stripes 1a to the backside of the segment and glue it in cylindrical form.
Place formers 1b and 1c in its edges, keeping coincidence of the lines
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Continue with the segment 2. Carefully form its exhaust sockets, giving
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them concavity, following the shape of the former 2a. Then glue it to 1. 90
Add the vertical stabilizer 6, 6a, keeping the symmetry of the model.
Prepare wing's longerone 7 - 7b and insert it in the holes of 1. Glue it to
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1 and then place two wing profiles 7c,d on it. Assembly the wing halves 70
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