Many many moons ago I was given this kit by a friend about the time it was first released. When it first came out there was a big to do about the outer wing dihedral which, of course, I bought into and completely bodged. And we all know what happens to CA when it hardens and sits around for a long time..........So since then every so often I've pulled it off the shelf and done a little here and there to fix things up.
It's not a bad kit, but it's also not a great kit either, as in oversimplification does not necessarily equal ease of assembly, while the main components fit together well enough though the fiddly bits are still fiddly, the wheels are horrid and the guns........not even close. The turrets would have been better off with those ugly little space men holding the cheap imitations of cheap imitations masquerading as guns. More or less it looks like something designed and produced by an accountant more interested in the next golf game and looking for another job. With all that in mind it's a good kit to practice some new ideas and paints on.
And that horrid black plastic......
The wings cut to "adjust" the dihedral
I had previously began painting the fuselage using humbrol enamels, so I sanded that all down. The last time I painted a British plane in DE/DG I used Polyscale paints, so now I've been looking around trying figure out what I'm going to use, preferably without mixing anything. For this build I've settled on Vallejo, and my mix of Tamiya/Gunze Night.
Like I said, the wheels are horrid, as I also have the Hasegawa and Airfix kits I stole the ones from the Hasegawa kit which needed a bit of modification to fit
And fixing the wing
It's not a bad kit, but it's also not a great kit either, as in oversimplification does not necessarily equal ease of assembly, while the main components fit together well enough though the fiddly bits are still fiddly, the wheels are horrid and the guns........not even close. The turrets would have been better off with those ugly little space men holding the cheap imitations of cheap imitations masquerading as guns. More or less it looks like something designed and produced by an accountant more interested in the next golf game and looking for another job. With all that in mind it's a good kit to practice some new ideas and paints on.
And that horrid black plastic......
The wings cut to "adjust" the dihedral
I had previously began painting the fuselage using humbrol enamels, so I sanded that all down. The last time I painted a British plane in DE/DG I used Polyscale paints, so now I've been looking around trying figure out what I'm going to use, preferably without mixing anything. For this build I've settled on Vallejo, and my mix of Tamiya/Gunze Night.
Like I said, the wheels are horrid, as I also have the Hasegawa and Airfix kits I stole the ones from the Hasegawa kit which needed a bit of modification to fit
And fixing the wing