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I'm going to take a shot at this old Vintage Classic, see what I can make of it. Issued first in 1968, there's no doubt that the kit is of that era. Raised surface details, some more raised than others, empty cabin, and working control surfaces. The Dominie is the military version of the 125 executive jet which started life as a product of the genius that was de Havilland. Superbly successful and long lived, I'm sure there are plenty still flying - apparently the RAF retired them in 2011. Don't know if they replaced them with anything? No Harriers, Buccaneers, Jaguars, Tornadoes..... not sure what they've got other than Typhoons and the Red Arrows. I did see a couple of the VIP transports depart Southampton after the Big Day celebration in Portsmouth a while back. One for the Royals and one for Theresa May etc. Is it still referred to as "the Queen's Flight"? Nice looking planes, I guess they took over from these 125s? Anyway, I'm trying to make a civil version here. So the main issue to begin with is the requirement for 3 more windows in the starboard fuselage side. I've made some holes in the plastic, but they are a bit clumsy to be honest. The kit supplies transparencies as a 6pane strip for the port side and a 3pane strip for the back windows on the starboard side, plus a single pane for the escape hatch position. They are all HEAVILY dimpled on the outside. Here's the parts in question, and the 6pane strip has been abraided to some considerable extent. My plan..... my Strategy..... 😅 is to fit the 3pane piece in my 3 new holes so they help me to make good the openings around them, and then glaze the back 3 openings, probably with pva. Something I'm hopeless at is Masking little windows like this so I'm setting myself a serious challenge with this. It could all go very wrong. But look, that's not the attitude to take, is it ⁉️ Faint heart never............. ...! (complete as appropriate) 😎
