Jinxman

A great kit - I did mine in the Oman scheme when it first came out.

Upper wing surfaces attached to the wingspar - it's a little 'flappy', but it seemed like the most sensible way of doing it, so the lower surface would conform. Wings primed up now to try and get to the stage where the wings can be put together. The u/c legs need to go in before that can happen, so they will be tidied up next. The guns can go in afterwards, and in any case the gun ports need quite a lot of fettling to look convincing, so best that way around.

Aren't the engine pods on the Hasegawa kit of an early version and therefore slightly smaller in overall dimensions than production versions?

A lovely scheme on a beautiful aeroplane - it looks fab.

What a line up!

The surface detail is lovely - not sure how accurate it is, just can't wait to get some paint on it. The tidying up of mould lines is a little tedious though....but can't complain, as it was a freebie!

Back on the bench - the wing surfaces have been cleaned up, and a test on the overall fit with the wing spar in place looks good. The fuselage behind the cockpit needs pushing out a little to get a tight fit with the wings, but that is easily resolved.

It's a lovely looking aeroplane - especially in those camo colours.

Cracking work.

That looks very smart indeed.

Well done Pat, I reckon all that training on crap resin kits gave you the fortitude to see this one through to completion.

Zoicks! I would try IPA on a cotton bud first - gently. See how that goes?

I like the CA approach on the tracks - great for a blitzing or otherwise.

Great result for a blitzbuild - nice one.

That's what I call a modelling bench - plenty going on there, about six builds on the go by the looks of it!