The gaps at the wing-roots were packed with plasticard ‘shims’ to help fill the voids and also bolster the wings as their locating-tabs were quite narrow. ‘Perfect Plastic Putty’ was then applied as the final dressing.A touch of ‘Green Putty’ was used to remedy a profile-issue on the spine just behind the cockpit area.
Time To Prime
A first-stage priming coat of Mr.Surfacer 1200 Grey’ Acrylic/Lacquer showed pleasing results to the main construction aspect of the build.
Time for some smaller details:
The kit’s plastic Pitot Probe has been replaced with a length of 0.6mm.Nickel/Silver Wire cut to length and the same used to add the twin ‘Spine Aerials’.
The ‘Instrument Coaming’ took a bit of careful alignment in order to ensure it didn’t cause any fit-issue with the Windshield.
The masked Windshield and Cockpit area ready for the next painting stage.
Only a small amount of ‘Perfect Plastic Putty’ was required to fill the minute gap along the forward edge of the Windshield.
The kit’s one-piece resin part for the ‘Jet-Pipe’ area is nicely-detailed and slots into place perfectly. This will be painted separately and fitted later.
Rob Ruscoe says
Simply excellent Paul. This is not a kit for the faint hearted and you have made a lovely job of it. I think that, like myself, producing a good result from a limited run kit gives you more satisfaction than assembling a mainstream kit. Superb! 👌👏👍