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The difference in length between the two Fuselage inserts allow different variants to be built from one common set of parts. Here you can see those additional parts and
variants is easy to see. the engraved lines within the fuselage half that help with the removal of the unwanted section.

In one of my models, the clear cockpit part had an unfortunate blemish. Luckily, the single lower side glazing of the -J meant that the There’s very little interior detail, only a blank cockpit floor and
flawed part would be covered up. an incongruously-detailed load floor.
can be completed, not forgetting the 10 I chose to add some nominal detail to the in, the it isn't too bad although on the C.5
grammes or so of nose weight.(I added 12 gm cockpit, salvaging some seats from my spares model with the older fuselage moulding, the
to the C.5 because of the shorter fuselage). box and scratchbuilding others, before making clear part appeared to be a little too wide,
There's nothing particularly tricky about the the instrument panels and centre consoles necessitating some sanding and re-polishing
fuselage joint, although experience on the irst from plasticard. The fuselage joint faces of the lower windows. No commercial masks
model led me to add some reinforcing strips to are relatively generous so gluing should be were available at the time of writing so I
the upper wing box joint which had sagged a trouble free although I did ind one or two scanned the original kit decals to include the
bit and necessitated some awkward places continued to show some optional blanking windows, re-sized them
illing. movement, with ghost seams appropriately and used them as patterns to cut
Before adding the persisting throughout the seventeen individual masks needed. For
large cockpit glazing the build and needing the -J that I was modelling the, the lower front
external superglue footwell window is covered over (as part of
reinforcement. the DIRSS system ?) and there's only a single
In the worst lower side window rather than the pair seen on
cases I ended the -A to -F so the raised framing for the latter
up gouging needs to be carefully scraped and sanded off.
out the
seams with Moving On...
a scraper The wing halves go together without drama,
and back although the very thin sections showed
illing with some warpage and distortion; I glued them
superglue. by clamping them to a steel rule to add
With all some support. The pre-existing holes for the
the seams external tanks can usefully be blocked off at
eventually this stage using short bits of plastic rod and
dealt with, the the turboprop exhausts can be improved by
glazing can be careful thinning with a knife and iles.
itted and blended Once happy with the separate fuselage

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