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With all the small details painted, instrument decal
not wait to start it. The only extras I added applied, a drybrush and a wash, the cockpit was
to the kit were the HGW seat harnesses and done. I didn’t want to completely weather the cockpit
masking set, along with the Eduard BRASSIN up with pigments and oils too much as I wanted this
build to be rather clean so show the kit off.
wheel set.
The Build
Construction begins with the assembly of the
cockpit. With this being a larger scale model,
there is a lot more detail and parts that go
into the construction of the interior parts.
Rather than doing a bit of building, then a
bit of painting, I decided that I would try and
complete as many sub-assemblies as possible
before painting began. The front bulkhead,
seat, instrument panel and pilot's
controls were all removed
and cleaned-up before
painting. I thought that
the cockpit had a nice
level of detail but
could have perhaps
been spruced up a
little bit with some
lead wire, especially
behind the instrument The nose cannon assembly was
very simple, and the detail was
panel. I used my new
very nice for what was included
Dspiae pin vice and drill in the box. I thought adding some
bits to drill out the rear of the detailing in the form of wires
instrument panel bezels so that I could add really spruced things up and
added that nice little detail that
different sizes of Plusmodel lead wire. I used
was missing from the kit.
a mix of 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 mm to create interest
and variation. To add a little more interest, I
twisted some of the wiring together to create Test-fi tting these two major internal parts before gluing was
very important. They both provide most of the internal strength
a braided appearance. The wiring was glued
and shape of the fuselage. A little bit of clean-up on both parts
in using Zap medium CA glue and Zap Kicker. was needed for the fuselage halves to fi t correctly.
Whilst I had the CA glue and kicker to hand,
I took time to add some much-needed
nose weight. This aircraft, with its two aircraft. I am not sure on how much weight I
fully-detailed engines was always added specifi cally, but I made sure I added
going to be a tailsitter and I would more than I thought necessary. I
not have any other opportunity went to my go to weight which
to add weight if I didn’t do it now. is air-rifl e ammunition. It’s
The front nose section that houses lead, so it’s easily pliable
the front landing gear and nose and weighs enough to
cannons has an abundance of counter the imbalance of the
space available for you to add the aircraft. With all the interior
necessary weight to balance out the parts prepped and ready

With both the cannons, cockpit and wings fi tted, most of the construction was completed.

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