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Warning... There is no informative or useful content in this post... I just wanted to have a little rant among people who understand. So I was hoping to get final assembly on my Airfix Blenheim, done up in Coastal Command livery and looking proper 'ard, bristling with lots of .303s and bomblets. Putting the four pieces of the glassware in polace looks like it will be a barrel of laughs. If they line up anywhere close to where they're supposed to I'll buy a Cuban cigar in celebration. When you mask these things off you tend to forget that two days later you'll be trying to get those dinky little pieces of tape off without scratching the perspex... Not sure which is harder, putting it on or taking it off. And, of course, one of the undercarriage legs came slightly adrift while I was manipulating the kite for painting. What kind of sick, twisted demon from the last circle of Dante's Inferno designs the undercarriage for these kits anyway? It's been fixed with approximately 3.7 litres of CA followed by a generous dollop of Bostik... Not actually excessive under the circumstances. (Note to self.... NEVER drink coffee before attempting to assemble undercarriage). Then there are the paint fires to put out. Every time I look at it I see another spot that didn't get covered properly but escaped my notice at the time. Hopefully, one more coat on the black side of the bottom should get it ready for filling a couple of holes I drilled too big then drilling them again in the hope of actually getting the tiny sticky-out bits of antenna and pitot tubes (not to mention the pilot's tea dispenser) to stay on more than five minutes. What other pitfalls await? I'm afraid to go into my workshop! The missus says I'm mad. I think she may be onto something. Why didn't I take up stamp collecting?
