parts are the most problematic to
fit to the kit. They require that you
carefully drill and cut the upper
wing sections so as to remove the
integrally moulded gun bay covers.
The rear, bulging breech covers
that feature on each of the hatches
must, however, be left partially in
place and then chiselled carefully
away from the wing surfaces to
leave a flat area at the rear edge
of each bay. This is impossible to
do without removing some of the
wonderfully subtle rivet detail
that covers every millimetre of the
upper wing, so some re-riveting
work is necessary after surgery.
The instructions suggest that
each bay be secured to the inner
surface of the upper wings before
assembling the wing-halves around
them, but I decided to do things
differently. Feeling certain that
it would be next to impossible to
align the top edges of the gun bays
with the rectangular fuselage
cut-outs if I proceeded as directed,
I instead chose to glue the bays to
the fuselage halves. This meant thatonce the fuselage was assembled
and the lower wingspan cemented
in place, the upper wing sections
needed to be attached last of all
and the fuselage sandwiched
between them; this unorthodox
method worked perfectly.
The superb resin cannon
breeches were left out until after
painting, as were the barrel ends,
which I cut from the barrels’
mid-sections that pass through
the undercarriage bays to replace
at the end of the build, and so
avoid breakage and loss.
My gluttonous appetite was
further fuelled by yet more
treats, for lying at the bottom of
the ProfiPak box was a flat-pack
containing Eduard’s exterior details
etched-set (48937), and another
blister pack containing a pair of
bronze undercarriage legs and resin
doors (set 648379). The latter items
were, I felt, going to be essential,
as with the additional weight of all
the resin sets bearing down on the
lanky undercarriage provided in the
ProfiPak, I was concerned that theplastic legs would struggle to
provide sufficient support.
The last but by no means
least serving of extras came
in the form of a resin cockpit
set (648351), also well packaged
within its own neat black box.UNNECESSARY INGREDIENTS
In truth, Eduard give you
everything you really need within
the ProfiPak to build the perfect
Würger replica straight from the
box. The resin replacement sets
are, therefore, simply available
to provide those of us who relish
the prospect of ever-increasing
amounts of detail to add to that
inherent within the kit itself.
Many modellers reading this will,
I’m sure, deem the multiplicity
of accessory packs listed above
as at best superfluous and at
worst wholly ostentatious.
The cockpit is perhaps a perfect
example of such ostentatiousness,
for as is standard with a ProfiPak
kit, Eduard provides a colour-
etched fret with which to enhanceor replace the already wonderfully
moulded plastic components, if
such is your wish. The metal fret
provides replacement foot pedals,
levers, harness, and instrument
panels, and the resin set (648351)
provides you with all that again on
yet another etched fret, as well as
one-to-one resin replacement parts
for everything already supplied
in styrene within the ProfiPak.
The resin cockpit components
are, however, far more delicately
and intricately moulded than
are their plastic counterparts.
Construction of the resin
cockpit is simplicity itself,
the main tub being cast as a
single component to which the
remaining ten or so pieces are
added. As with the engine, once
the cockpit was assembled the
painting process began with an“EDUARD GIVE YOU
EVERYTHING YOU
REALLY NEED WITHIN
THE PROFIPAK TO
BUILD THE PERFECT
WÜRGER REPLICA”
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