Richard,
All the effort on that RE8 has paid off superbly - the 'plane itself is a wonder to behold
But I would like to particularly praise the figure work - if only more people outside of railways were aware oof Preiser
The only real shortcut I made was the Scarff ring, which is Eduard, and the Vickers, which is Aeroclub
Aaand once the were in place and perfect, I managed to drop the fuselage of my Hurricane prototype right on them and bent them over...
I'm now debating getting a cheap old
Airfix DH4 to convert to a Ninak, or find an R.1 kit, and the
Airfix 504 K to 'silver wing' - Or just pay three times the price for something more modern...