surfaces, you have to add Parts A
and A37, which are integral wing
spars, and the wing flap supports.
At this stage, you will also attach
the landing light bay. The landing
lights, their covers, and the wing
tip navigation and formation lights
are all provided as clear parts.
Another part that is positionable
are the flaps, which can be displayed
raised or lowered. As I was going
to fit them in the lowered positionand did not want to have them
knocked off as I handled the model,
I left the flaps off at this stage, but
I did fit the separate ailerons.
Before the wing assembly is
attached to the fuselage, you have
to add the pilot’s entry hatch/
ladder, but again, if you are
fitting the torpedo, the hatch has
to be closed (how did the crew
get in the aircraft?) The wing
assembly fitted reasonably wellto the fuselage, requiring just a
little filler around the nose seam
and the rear of the belly panel.
We now come to the power
plants and their cowlings. Both
banks of the twin radials are
provided, and you get the option
of open or closed cooling gills.
The only thing that is really
needed to enhance the engines
would be the ignition harness.
Surprisingly, no open option isprovided to display the engines,
even though the cowlings are
comprised of three separate pieces.
I found there were some fit
problems; I just could not get
the cowlings to close up neatly
around the engines without a little
adjustment, but this may have been
sorted on production samples.
The “power eggs” fit to the wing
nacelles via keyed peg and slots
which ensure correct alignment.Airframe assembled, canopies
masked, and the interior colour
applied to the framesThe undercarriage bays
also have an impressive
level of detail. Note the
separate flaps“THE LEVEL OF DETAIL ALLOWS
FOR AN EXCELLENT OUT-OF-THE-
BOX BUILD FOR ANY NEW OR
INEXPERIENCED MODELLER”
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