With the moderator permission I'm attempting a race build near the end of the GB
I'm entering with the very nice Hasegawa kit + Fireball Modelworks decals + Maestro resin Sanders smoke pods, so here are images of the starting point:
....no, no images: Photobucket is currently down, will add them later
I started the kit yesterday, it is really a gem with very fine details and few pieces. I painted the cockpit black and the seats a slightly lighter shade, will add later the seatbelts. Decals are supplied for the consoles and instrument panels, they are enough since the canopy is closed.
Closing the fuselages requires some care to position the cockpit tub in the right place, unfortunately the instructions are quite small and vague in this respect. Before glueing the underside panel I attached with Patafix a pair of 10g weights to balance better the model on its skids.
Cheers Fabio