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free to rotate, I decided that

I’d rather glue it in position.

With the upper turret, Airix

threw some really nice details

here. After I had removed the

window mask, I cleaned the

windows with Novus 1 Plastic

Cleaner. When the windows

were cleaned, they were glued

into place. I then added some

Ushi Van Der Rosten rigging,

which I had been wanting to

try out, and it was perfect. The

engines have some beautiful

details to them. They honestly

reminded me of resin quality

pieces. A lot of the detail is

diicult to see through the

smaller cowling opening

and the larger propellers.

So, I painted them XF-1 Flat

Black, and dry brushed some

silver onto the raised areas.

One problem I encountered

was the pins that hold the

propellers in place. They are

a bit too thin, but this was

easily solved. Once the engines

and cowlings were added to

the nacelles all that was left

was to add the propellers and

this model was complete.

CONCLUSION

This is such a fantastic kit, that

I really can’t get over how well

everything is designed and

its. So, all I can say is that I

hope Airix will bring out more

variants, because this is a kit I

want to build again, and again.

Ushi Van Der Rosten Rigging Thread was used for antenna wire

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