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Article by Greg Buckley |
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There’s
not much to say about this kit, except it threw itself together in a weekend.
Fit was generally excellent with the exception of the cowling to the
fuselage where some trimming of plastic was required to get it in place and
square.
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I
replaced the kit seat with an Airwaves etched version as the plastic one was far
too thick. Etched belts also came
from the Airwaves set.
The
cockpit was finished in Zinc Chromate as specified in the instructions, but I
have seen kits finished with black cockpits.
If anyone could shed some more light on this I would be grateful.
The
paints used throughout were Lifecolour acrylics thinned with Halfords windscreen
wash. The final varnish coat was
Xtracolour flat and satin mixed 50/50 as I think that their flat is a bit too
flat!
