Alright, so after a little pushing and prodding by Scott and others I sneaked out to the garage and cracked open this bad boy.
First thing up in the directions, the cockpit.
I also purchased the Eduard set for this I made sure to review the PE instructions as well.
Here's a close up of the cockpit zoom PE
First thing I did was clean up the cockpit tube. (There's a little bit of flash here and there)
Then a quick dry fit, everything seems to line up nicely.
Here is a quick pic to show the scale of this bird.
On to the shots of the PE. There were a few spots where I had to shave a little plastic off to get the PE to fit snug but nothing crazy.
The the flight controls are temporarily put in place in preparation for paint:
To finish things up I put a coat of Flat Black on all of this. I've checked my references and this is accurate. My problem is this. How do I bring out the details etc? I'm thinking to cover this flat black with a layer of Future and then give it a few washes, but with what??? And then what do I do, hit it was a flat clear? Any suggestions on the next step would be greatly appreciated. I will post pics of the flat black as it sits now. It was still wet when I came in from the garage.
Thanks for watching!
