Heres one for all you masochists out there, the airfix 1/72 dh 88 comet racer! This fantastic looking machine has just been re-issued with new decals for the black magic comet as flown in the 1934 macrobertson air race by jim and amy mollison (nee johnson) The kit is a real blast from the past (some might say a blast is what it needs!!!) dating from 1957!! and as such is an exercise in kit bashing skills. The kit consists of 23 parts in a light grey soft plastic and one clear.Obviously due to its age the kit is very basic ,ie. no cockpit aperture just heads moulded on each fuselage half, but with a bit of care and extra detailing hopefully it can be made into a reasonable model. The fit and finish of the kit reflects the age of the mouldings with a few poorly formed parts and quite a bit of fettling to be done (not to mention filling!!) I have started by assembling the engine nacelles to the wings and after cleaning up and a lot of dry fitting and filling theyre nearly ok. I have still a bit of filling to be done round the nacelle front/prop area. In the air intake i glued a cut off piece of electrical socket screw to represent the engine cylinder gills and fill the void a bit. Ive also cut out the cockpit opening and started to build bulkheads and floor . More progress as it happens, meanwhile heres the pics.
View attachment 30018
View attachment 30019
View attachment 30020
View attachment 30021
View attachment 30018
View attachment 30019
View attachment 30020
View attachment 30021