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I've been itching to get started on this since Santa dropped it down the chimney. Thankfully it survived the fall and with the Beaufighter done as a warm up I cracked the box open today.
By all accounts it's a very well engineered kit so providing I don't do anything particularly ham-fisted it should go together well. I doubt I'll have it finished by the end of Ian's Group Build though, hence me posting it separately.
Firstly the box.
As usual I doubt I'll be totally historically correct, but I'm aiming to build the F version in a similar colour scheme.
Following the instructions I started at the cockpit. So far the parts have fitted together perfectly, although I left some apart for ease of painting, and assembled them after. Sides were left on the sprue for now so they are easier to handle.
Decals seem to be settling down nicely, annoying mould line visible at high magnification!
And made a start on some of the detail painting. New glasses are helping tremendously.
I've got a busy day tomorrow but hoping to get a bit of dry-brushing done to pop the details out a bit and maybe add a little wear & tear.
By all accounts it's a very well engineered kit so providing I don't do anything particularly ham-fisted it should go together well. I doubt I'll have it finished by the end of Ian's Group Build though, hence me posting it separately.
Firstly the box.
As usual I doubt I'll be totally historically correct, but I'm aiming to build the F version in a similar colour scheme.
Following the instructions I started at the cockpit. So far the parts have fitted together perfectly, although I left some apart for ease of painting, and assembled them after. Sides were left on the sprue for now so they are easier to handle.
Decals seem to be settling down nicely, annoying mould line visible at high magnification!
And made a start on some of the detail painting. New glasses are helping tremendously.
I've got a busy day tomorrow but hoping to get a bit of dry-brushing done to pop the details out a bit and maybe add a little wear & tear.