Wings unlevel

Past due for an update! I haven't had a whole lot of modelling time, but I have been slowly chewing away at this elephant. I have pretty finished assembly now. Wingtips, flaps, tailplane, tailcone, bomb bay door, exhausts, instrument panel, windscreen etc all fitted... But speaking of fit... Mine wasn't the best. It's far from terrible but I have a few problem areas to fix and had a few along the way. The famous gap where the Blue Steel carrier bomb bay door insert is a few mm short of the bay length is the most obvious, but to get a good wing to fuselage join, there are some gaps and alignment issues with the two fuselage halves, the gap behind the nose wheel bay being the most obvious. They don't look too bad in the photos but the flaps don't sit neatly flush, the tailplane had to be coerced into position, and the windscreen didn't fit perfectly. There's nothing that more putty (I've made a start in a few spots already), Mr Surfacer and some plasticard can't fix up, and I guess some gaps and misalignments are to be expected with such a complex kit being assembled by a less skilled builder! But I love the shape and I'll get to a decent-enough result, I reckon.

Some great gen there Mark on the wing filling. And sounds like a fruitful trip. 👍

Some beautiful work there! Seems like one. Yours is beautifully built.

Ah no! There’s always something! (At least in my builds!)

Quick progress!

They went on really well.

Very tidy!

With you there. Had a few struggles with thin Airfix plastic with my current Bictor build too.

Looks terrific, Matt. What paints did you use?

It does, fascinating. Love the scheme too with the thick black bands at the wingtips.

An inspiring result Pete!

The interior has come together very nicely, Patrice.

That’ll be a fascinating comparison, Rob. Pretty sure the answer to this will be ‘most definitely!’. Make sure you drop some info about operation Statkey in your thread - I’ve not heard of it!

Excellent work painting the raised details.

Nearly there Steve, more quality work.