klr Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Well, this seemed like a good idea at the time. How tricky could a simple little kit like this be? I should have known better. To quote Puck from "A Midsummer Night's Dream": Lord, what fools these mortals be 🙄     Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 I knew there wouldn't be much to see through those typically thick 1970s Airfix transparencies, so no need to go to town on the interior: Â The lower port wing needed a lot of work: Â From the top, things looked better: Â ..., and eventually, from the undersides as well: Â ... and from head-on. Dry-fitting confirmed that the propeller unit should only be attached to the shaft after the fuselage had been assembled. Â The windscreen was a poor fit, although quite how poor was not apparent at first. Â Ready for painting, which I thought would be easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 I had only intended painting the wheel wells and undercarriage doors as the first step, but since they were gloss white like most of the airframe, I just kept on going, and going. Â Â Of course, it took about four coats of very slow-drying white paint: Â Â Now to the decals, which looked to be good, based on my previous experience with these 1990s Airfix decals. Oh no ... the stripe decals on the wings and fuselage were a nightmare, and even the roundels were temperamental. I also realised too late that there wasn't enough nose ballast, despite my best efforts: Â Last of all the undercarriage was painted and attached. The main wheel to undercarriage joins were very, very "loose". Also, the windscreen join still needed more work at all points. Â For the stripes, I had to cannibalise some spare walkway markings from an Italeri B-57 Canberra. Being printed by Zanccheti, these were of very good quality, but much wider than the original stripes, and I am still overpainting them down the the "correct" width. And that windscreen still doesn't look right ... Â 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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