Graham, Thanks for your interest, don't plan to have the world record text as the font needed would be extremely small. Much of the Aires cockpit was cut away, so the weight wouldn't be that significant. However this is the first 'modern Jet' that I have made that was not a tail sitter, primarily because of the pitch of the undercarrage.
Patrick, Apart from the Aires cockpit fit, the rest of the Kit was a fairly good fit, the only filler area was about 10mm on the underside of the port air intake, and a very small area at the nose. I used Plastic Weld for all the plastic joints, this allows you to work your way around the model an inch or two at a time in order to get the best fit. The
decals are a little on the thick side, so needs some Micro Sol to bed in, other than that, I would not put anyone off buying this kit. It comes with about 6 Aircraft
Decals so I was able to chop them up to get my XT858. Will list the paints I used on the final posting. Thanks for your interest.
Jim, Thanks for your kind comments, you have highlighted my big mistake. If anyone plans to do this model, I would suggest temporarily fitting the undercarrage doors closed with say blue tack, painting and fitting the
Decals, and use a knife with a new blade to slit the
decals, then open the doors and carry on as normal. It was fun!!! trying to visualise and cut the
Decals in the correct position.
