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Sorry folks, there's been an awful of boring grown up stuff to hinder my posting including a sick wife.....But all is well.
A bit more of what's in the box.
Some very nice plastic
A bit of resin. The exhaust is very well represented and the clear pieces are very nice as well.
The decals are quite nice and crisp and in register. Not many options but there was not in real life either.
My only complaints is that there are no seat belts and no instrument details.
While looking through the spare box I found the needed items. First, the Eduards belts
For those of you that are wondering, i"ll explain. New unopened PE. and this is what I found. The envelope states "1/72 " and the instruction claim they are 1/48 . HELLO ! ! ! are you guys awake at Eduards ?
After freaking out they proved to be 1/72 so , forward we went.
They are very dainty and they would prove to be extremely fragile as the chains broke more than once while manipulating them . :vmad But eventually I triumphed.
For the instrument panel Mike Grant decals came to the rescue. Very nicely product. A small problem there again as the diameter of the instruments and the depressions in the panel are not in agreement. I don't know who's mistake it is but I just fudged it.
Not too bad but a lot of effort had to go into it . :S
I chose to re scribe the complete exterior so that the panel lines would accept the pin washes after the paint coats.
The inlet and outlet pieces in the oil cooler decided to disappear for a period equal to the amount of time that it took to open up the gills and manufacture/install the new parts.
Oh well, they look better than the kit one since they turned up.
At this point, I thought I was ready to glue the wings together, however Sword made a small error in their kit. Something in the geometry the landing gear and the mounts is angled wrong since it can't be folded in the wells.
Don't think I'm gonna correct it. It will just have to be assembled with the gear down
Yuuk. I hope it survives my big fingers !
Added some home made detail to the the cockpit .
While building the interior, I decided that it would be just as easy to build the rudder pedals and bracket than to clean up the kit item. I also made the missing stirups.
The seat, floor board and rear bulkhead are ready to go in the fuselage.
OK, I'm ready to see if that still fits together . :java
Hope you enjoy this wip. Comments are welcomed and appreciated.
Cheers, Christian B)