Continuing the lockdown builds with the fresh Zvezda kit of the A350-1000.
I'm aware that Aeroflot has (and only will have) 350-900 and I initially planned a conversion, but it turned to be way too complicated than just shorting down the fuselage so I went with a kind of 'what if' Aeroflot 350-1000.
Pas decals livery fitted fine but the livery turned out to be not so simple as I expected. I had to copy the decals for the tailcone masking of grey/blue border (second time lucky).
The kit fits very well except for the cockpit windshield which fits horribly wrong. Probably should have gone for the decal one.
Gone through every airliner modeller's trial and error of masking the windows with a silicone masking liquid ended up quite bad. Never again.
Other than that it's an enjoyable build, highly recommended.
*THAT* winglet
two of my last build together, as a random coincidence they're exactly the same length 1/144 and just 40 cm apart in real life
Cheers,
Steve