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Hi all! It's a while since I did my last WIP, but I've been itching to build this! It arrived at my parents' house just before Christmas, indeed the same day my girlfriend and I turned up! To say I've been excited for this is quite an understatement. I really should learn-I got similarly worked up about the Trumpeter kit back in 2008- and just look what a disappointment that turned out to be! Still, I just get the feeling Airfix have made the most significant kit of their revival to date- so on with the build! One slight disappointment upon opening the box is that they've not put nearly as much interior detail into this kit as some of their other recent efforts-thinking Harrier GR1/3 in particular. So out came the plasticard and fuse wire on the tub. I'm particularly chuffed with the throttle box-seems to have come out well. Sorry about the poor photography! The sidewalls, which are devoid of detail, got the same treatment. I've also beefed up the structural detail in the very nicely-done nosewheel bay, and added the mechanism which closes the undercarriage doors. I've also filled one of the two pairs of ejector pin marks. I decided to leave the other pair at the back ends of the wheelbay, as I really don't think I could clean them up well in such a confined space-and with the undercarriage leg in place they'll hardly show. In spite of the instructions telling me to leave them until later, I've also added the cannon inserts now, as it's easier to blend them in before closing up the fuselage. I found that if you fit them as the kit would have you do it, they stand proud: The trick is to slice off the tabs round the edge of the hole, and very lightly rub down the edges of each insert. One slight niggle I have with the moulding of this kit is that Airfix's occasional pebbly plastic finish makes an appearance with this kit. Not a problem on a camouflaged WW2 fighter, but with a polished NMF Lightning this will be really noticeable. So I've also spent ages rubbing down the fuselage, taking care to avoid the little vents and other protrusions. It's a bit irksome really-they've shown with the Typhoon, 109e, etc that they can mould absolutely smooth plastic- so why revert to pebbly finish for the Lightning and Hurricane I? Still, a small gripe. Otherwise I'm enjoying this kit immensely-until next time!