Finished at last! My first, and probably last, 1/144 kit. Highly recommended if you like tiny stuff - very little cleanup needed, no fit issues at all, very little filler needed, nice crisp moulding on the canopy frame so it was fairly easy to mask. Instructions get a bit vague when it comes to the underwing stores, there's no guidance on which weapons are appropriate to the RAF or German schemes, or which stores use which pylons, so I had to do a bit of guesswork research.
Should have been an easy paint job as it's the same colour all over, but my jar of Tamiya XF19 seems to come out a slightly different shade every time I use it, in spite of stirring with a Badger stirrer. I damaged the paintwork on the starboard side of the vertical stab after fitting the decals, so touched it in, but it looks pretty awful.
Most of the decals were a waste of time as they're invisible - can you see any of the 36 "NO STEP" decals? Thought not! There are also two decals on each of the 4 fuselage-mounted AMRAAMs, which I'd applied in accordance with the instructions, but they're on the side of the missile that's glued to the fuselage!
Thanks for watching
Pete
Should have been an easy paint job as it's the same colour all over, but my jar of Tamiya XF19 seems to come out a slightly different shade every time I use it, in spite of stirring with a Badger stirrer. I damaged the paintwork on the starboard side of the vertical stab after fitting the decals, so touched it in, but it looks pretty awful.
Most of the decals were a waste of time as they're invisible - can you see any of the 36 "NO STEP" decals? Thought not! There are also two decals on each of the 4 fuselage-mounted AMRAAMs, which I'd applied in accordance with the instructions, but they're on the side of the missile that's glued to the fuselage!
Thanks for watching
Pete
