Thanks for those pics Evan - great stuff.
In addition to those pics that Vic posted in #11, I have a number of others taken from different angles as well as close ups of the tail.
As to sprue shots, here you go. The model is about 10 years old, the decals and instruction sheet being printed in 2002.
Here are some close ups of the parts. The kit includes two recon cameras which will go into the spares box as my subject was not a recon bird.
Plenty of opportunity to add detail to these rather sparse wheel wells:
The cockpit tub is pretty nice. A little bit of added wiring will bring it to life.
Surface detail is not bad but I think Eduard hold the unsurpassed honour as the best in this scale in my opinion.
Not suprisingly, the decals are barely adequate. Despite being readily evident in many pictures of F1+MT, the WNr decals are omitted for this marking option and the M and T are a bit too elongated. I think I will make do though and make my own WNr and use the kit decals as the photos show that these were oversprayed a bit with the sloppy application of the RLM 76.
Lots of clear parts here. The nose area is arguably the most interesting feature of this aircraft so the glazing will need to feature prominently. The parts assemble into a complete fuselage/greenhouse that connects to the rest of the fuselage just ahead of the wings. Some areas of the clear parts therefore need to be painted the solid camo colours. On the real aircraft, the canopy framing was on the inside and the glazing was attechd to the outside of the framing with aluminum coloured flush rivets. The kit parts have the framing standing proud of the glazing - not quite realistc but adequate. Maybe the vac-form parts that Terry has offered up will be better.
Not readily seen here is a bit of a downer on the nose cap. This part should be completely clear glazing but unfortunately there is a very thin mold line running right down the vertical axis that will need to be sanded away and the area repolished.
There you go. A tour of the kit.