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NIce work on an aircraft that is totally unfamiliar to me! And great find on the missing part. I'm always pinging things off into abyss. Even with the short industrial carpet, some things never turn up. UNTIL after the build is complete, of course!

Here's a test fit of the clear parts. Looks A-Ok except the sliding canopy doesn't always want to sit flush on the fuselage. May have to resort to glue in either the open or closed position... we'll see! https://i.postimg.cc/sft6x9Tv/IMG-5813.jpg Jumping over to the underwing rockets. I picked up a ...

Thanks guys! Here is the bottom wing after surgery. https://i.postimg.cc/6qMXxRpw/IMG-5800.jpg The flaps were removed with a razor saw. A thin raised portion along the trailing edge of the wing tops also needed to be shaved down to accept the PE flap enclosures. https://i.postimg.cc/76D8CXCw/IMG-580...

Thanks Tom! Appreciate the kind words! Hey, you're no slouch yourself! Honestly, I think the cockpit details here are a little "heavy-handed" but I think that is residual from my 1/32 scale builds. It's hard to adjust the detail level to this scale because everything is so much smaller. Bu...

Fantastic work as always John. Even in this scale! Thank you John! I appreciate it! Repair....I don't see no stinkin' repair. Looks great, you'd never know you had an issue Thanks Johnny! Because of how the part broke, I was able to align the breaks so that the parts fit back together naturally. Th...

Thanks guys! Last night, I went a little further and tried to get the instrument panel into place. https://i.postimg.cc/hjWc23Wk/IMG-5757.jpg A little too much pressure and the starboard side sidewall collapsed. https://i.postimg.cc/GtbrC8pz/IMG-5759.jpg I managed to get the tubular frame back toget...

Time to start cobbling the cockpit parts together. Here is the floor board with the foot rests and control stick in place. https://i.postimg.cc/BZgCV53y/IMG-5748.jpg I've decided to use the decaled instrument panel instead of the photoetch. Detail is noticeably heavier than the PE but this might be ...

Moving along now, I've painted most of the cockpit components separately. The green color is AK Real Color RAF Cockpit Grey Green (RC293).


The tail wheel well has been painted and weathered.

The Eduard resin exhausts are nicely detailed despite their small size. Each array is about 1/2 inch long and I was afraid of them dropping into the fuselage when it came time to install them. https://i.postimg.cc/fRx2FRd8/IMG-5739.jpg So I boxed in the area with small pieces of sheet styrene. https...

Thank you Remco! The parts with PE enhancements have been given a coat of Mr Primer Surfacer 1000 including some scratchbuilt levers on the throttle quadrant. https://i.postimg.cc/rpQpb17s/IMG-5736.jpg The other cockpit parts are here including the footrest, tubular sidewall structure, seat and rear...