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G'day people, Well, Projo 1 is done and dusted and it seems I may have time for Projo 2so looking through stash at Chez Pappy I pulled this one out: The box was absolutely filled to the brim with styrene, half the kit contents comprise stores, however although this may seem generous, as I will describe later, all is not what it seems..... Kitty Hawk kits seemed to have developed a reputation for fine detail and difficult construction in equal measure. Their Jaguar kits in particular have a fearsome reputation for being a difficult build and whilst I agree that KH kits can be complex and require careful dry fitting an clean up, I think that the kits I have experience with so far have actually fit very well however, in this case, the reputation may be well deserved. The problem seems to be that KH have intended that all the 'features' such as the two complete engines, the two port avionics bays and the main gear well/speed brake doors are all designed to be displayed open. The difficulties begin if the builder wishes to have these panels closed as the fit is less than stellar. Naturally, my jet will be in flight, although I was thinking of a take-off configuration as I want to show off the complex landing gear. I have made some small progress today, installing the kit supplied PE to the cockpit side consoles as well as adding a few extra bits and pieces from reference pics. No point going crazy though as the canopy will be down It looks nice but I am not sure that there will be sufficient relief to pick up the edges during drybrushing. The kit tub is too shallow. This is one of the reasons I decided for an in-flight configuration (the other is that it is just dead cool!) and unless you want to shell out for a resin cockpit, it will be very obvious with an open canopy. KH must have realised the problem and fudged a fix by shortening the height of the ejection seat. The seat headbox also looks weird and a little undersized, probably to accommodate the too shallow cockpit tub If you were to use a resin seat, it would be too tall, even with the canopy open. Jag cockpits, like Model T fords come in every colour as long as they are black! with the canopy down and a pilot installed, I think I can live with the kit supplied detail which is otherwise very good, cheers, Pappy