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anti-glare panel and painted it Tamiya Rubber

Black TS-82, as this gives a better scale effect

than pure black before removing all the masks.

I now hand painted the undercarriage legs

Aluminium and added the wing struts which

I had already primed and painted in Tamiya

Orange. These are perhaps a bit too thick for

the scale, but look good enough to me and

needed no trimming. The wheels are designed

in such a way that one does not need to adjust

the angle, so attaching them was no problem.

Finally, I decided to add some “extras”.

Starting with the exhaust pipes made from

pieces of 0,5 mm diameter hypodermic needle,

and a black blister on the spine painted with

a sharpened toothpick and thick black paint,

and an aerial made from Uschi van den

Rosten black fine elastic thread. The above-

mentioned well-defined panel lines need no

accentuating, so I painted only some exhaust

stains with Tamiya Smoke. The last piece to

be attached was a propeller, painted black

and silver, and my model was finished.

CONCLUSION

Building this model took me around four days

(mainly because I wanted the primer and paints

to dry thoroughly) and I must admit it gave me a

lot of pleasure. I know that it has its innaccuracies

like the overscale panel lines but in my opinion

these are inevitable in this scale. It is a nice and

welcome addition to the collection of more famous

or better recognized military airplanes in 1/144th

scale. This kit is so good I would recommend

it for a beginner, assuming she/he has a good

eyesight (or a good, adjustable magnifying

glass, like me! ) and a set of good tweezers.

I would like to thank Miniwang and

the Editor for giving me the chance of

adding this model to my collection.

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