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Evening all. Picked up a few kits from the Cambridge Modelzone before it finally went under last week, one of which was this.
It's not a bad little kit ( a whole lot better than the old one, anyway !!) though I have to say, it's bloody fiddley !! The engraving is a little heavy, and the fit isn't brilliant, but it's got a nice amount of detail.
Anyway, made a start and got the cockpit together. The seats are basically right, but added a bit of detail and some tape belts. Also tried the twisted cotton method for the bang handles, but I'm not too happy with them. I haven't twisted them hard enough, and the pva glue just seemed to lift the fibres out. Maybe some more practice needed !! The canopy's going to be closed, so I think it'll be ok for this project.
So pit and main gear done, got to add a bit of weight to the nose and the halves will be ready to go together.
The thing is really tiny, so hopefully this won't take as long as some of my previous projects!!!
Cheers, Neil
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It's not a bad little kit ( a whole lot better than the old one, anyway !!) though I have to say, it's bloody fiddley !! The engraving is a little heavy, and the fit isn't brilliant, but it's got a nice amount of detail.
Anyway, made a start and got the cockpit together. The seats are basically right, but added a bit of detail and some tape belts. Also tried the twisted cotton method for the bang handles, but I'm not too happy with them. I haven't twisted them hard enough, and the pva glue just seemed to lift the fibres out. Maybe some more practice needed !! The canopy's going to be closed, so I think it'll be ok for this project.
So pit and main gear done, got to add a bit of weight to the nose and the halves will be ready to go together.
The thing is really tiny, so hopefully this won't take as long as some of my previous projects!!!
Cheers, Neil
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