very fragile rudder pedals sticking
vulnerably proud of the cockpit
floor - need to watch out for these.
Decals are supplied for instruments
and dials on the side consoles and
for the instrument panel itself. In
fact, the only things missing as far
I was concerned were seat belts.
Eduard to the rescue as usual!
I absolutely loved the bomb
bay; it’s like a miniature cathedral
when finished, and lends itself to
some subtle weathering, most of
which will be invisible once it’s
installed in the fuselage. Bits of it
can be seen through the windows,
though, so it is worth doing well.
At this point, I decided not to
include the bombs in the bomb bay.
The only parts visible would be thetail fins, and they’re really too thick
to look good; it would be different
if you added some photo-etch fins.
Once all the internals were
painted, scuffed, and dirtied,
it was time to join the fuselage
halves (I did remember to remove
the inner masks). Apart from a
minor warp in the gondola, they
slipped together exquisitely.
Cleaning up the joins on the
top was simple enough, but whose
bright idea was it to include the
dipole aerial as part of the port
side? This makes cleaning the join
on the underside fraught with
problems, which could have been
simply solved by supplying the
aerial as a separate part. I made use
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