Bronzart Identification models

Military ID models 1:72nd, 1:144th, 1:50th scale { Luftwaffe} and others like the Topping IDs. Bryan Brown Identification model specialist and major collector is the moderator.
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Re: Bronzart Identification models

Postby grwebster » Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:00 pm

Here is a Bronzart P-40
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Re: Bronzart Identification models

Postby grwebster » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:27 am

Bryan, I have recently handled my Bronzart collection that has been, for the most part hanging in the same place for 10 years.
While I am not a capable craftsman and avoid doing repairs or restorations on anything I obtain, I did from the beginning decide to strip and then prime and paint most of the Bronzarts. Factory issued Bronzarts were unprimed and only a thin coat of paint was applied I had noticed that the exposed metal on some of the ids turned a darker shade and thought it best to cover the exposed model. I have not had any issues with the 'lead rot' problem, ie lead carbonate dust forming on the models. I will post today in the other thread { problems with lead toys} some surprising things I learned from an exhaustive article that Dennis Ramsey sent me.

For those that have not seen a Bronzart ID from 1941 here are a few:

B-17, refinished but not by me
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an original untouched P-40
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a Ju-52 stripped, primed and painted by me
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an original as found P-47
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another P-47 stripped, primed and painted by me.
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