Model Airplane International - June 2018

58 MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL - June 2018

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

KIT BUILD

up I test fi tted the resin replacement parts,

which appeared to be a perfect fi t.

The forward fuselage and nose section

of the kit are supplied in three sections. The

upper cockpit sub-assembly has to be glued

onto the wheel wells. Once this was glued

together it left quite a large seam that I fi lled

with Deluxe Perfect Plastic Putty. The nose

was then glued in place. This fi t perfectly once

all of the excess resin had been removed,

requiring no fi ller. I glued the rest of the

fuselage together, fi t the resin dorsal spine and

fi lled all the join lines with Milliput.

Once this was done it was time to marry

both sections together. This did not pose any

issues and only a minimal amount of fi ller was

used in the process.

The next stage was to assemble and paint

The two resin

instrument

panels primed

using Mr Surfacer

Black 1500

The two resin

panels primed

using Mr Surfacer

Starting to add the detail using

Hataka Blue Line acrylic paint

up I test fi tted the resin replacement parts,

The forward fuselage and nose section

of the kit are supplied in three sections. The

upper cockpit sub-assembly has to be glued

onto the wheel wells. Once this was glued

together it left quite a large seam that I fi lled

with Deluxe Perfect Plastic Putty. The nose

was then glued in place. This fi t perfectly once

all of the excess resin had been removed,

requiring no fi ller. I glued the rest of the

fuselage together, fi t the resin dorsal spine and

Once this was done it was time to marry

both sections together. This did not pose any

issues and only a minimal amount of fi ller was

The next stage was to assemble and paint

Detail painted on both

panels- it looks much more

effective at actual size

Both panels glued into the aircraftBoth panels glued into the aircraft

BIG CAT.indd 58 04/05/2018 16:33