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Hi this is my first RFI for a while - I did not get around to doing a WIP - the Kinetic Super Etendard SEM was built mainly from the box with the exception of fitting the Aires resin cockpit set and a couple of small scratch built items. The resin cockpit took a lot of work to get it to fit into the fuselage and involved removing quite a bit of resin from the cockpit sides under a running tap to stop the resin dust. The back of the casting also had to be cut away to fit over the nose wheel bay and the front needed tapering to fit in. As mentioned in other modellers posts the windscreen/canopy are a little narrow and needs some gentle persuasion to ease into position - I also cut along the panel line just below the sills to enable them to be eased in to meet the windscreen and lessen the stress on it - I did ended up with some crazing on the RH side when viewed from a certain angle but not too bad so it needs careful handling. Once the cockpit was in the rest of the build was pretty straight forward & pleasant - the instructions are a bit confusing in places with some misnumbering of parts in the diagrams. I also inserted brass rod/tube on the tailplane hinge as the plastic pins were a bit fragile - The Aires Ejection seat etch is very fiddly with individual buckles to thread onto the belts but makes up into a very nice model - I did make the parachute pack a little bulkier with putty & added some back padding referencing photos of Martin Baker MK6 seats. Intake covers scratch built from card & brass wire Paints used were Mr Hobby aqueous acrylic FS35237 & FS36118 - I mainly used kit decals although the lighter grey numbers and MARINE lettering came from Berna decals BD48-47 sheet - the kit decals don't provide them in the lighter grey - I still need to add the four reinforcing strips to the radome when I get a sheet of Xtradecal silver decal stripes. I wanted to fit some L'Arsenal ALKAN flares launchers but they are still transiting the universe's postal system somewhere Finally parked next to my FM Alize - I know the camouflage schemes are from different eras but they sit nicely together I think. Thanks for looking CJP