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Time to return to 1/32nd scale.... Am impressive kit, finely moulded in a hardish grey plastic. Why build a model of an aircraft that was built in small numbers and didn't last much beyond 1944? Because it somehow captivated me ever since I built the old Airfix Kit back in my youth. The originals were built locally in Yeoville and but for the non availability of Rolls Royce Peregrine engines it might have been in service before the war started: with a pair of Merlins it might have been as good as the DH Hornet. This project has also been a source of inspiration... https://www.whirlwindfp.org/ Another 1:1 scale kit. The videos are all worth watching. On with the build! The instructions are clear...to a point. They assume the modeler has a degree of knowledge and experience. The cockpit is the start..... There are very few positive location points and great care is needed, as in step 4 where the two bulkheads have to be glued into the fuselage before much else goes in. Looking at the cockpit of the actual aircraft the layout is chaotic, with instruments here and there. The moral has to be test fit, sand if needed and test again! The paint is Tamyia interior green, it mat be a bit dark when compared with the paint used on the replica..... The project's website has many videos, No 14 is particularly good at this stage as it details the cockpit fit out. More over the next few weeks...!
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