A very nice little limited
run kit from Brengun. I also used their etched set and
vacuformed canopy. At only 2 1/2 inches long with a 2
inch wingspan, this one will surely tax your eyesight
and patience, but it does turn out well.
Paint is Model Master enamel
RLM 83 Lichtgrun, RLM 81 Braunviolett and RLM 78 Hellblau
with RLM 66 Schwartzgrau in the wheel wells and cockpit.
Landing gear legs and wheel hubs are RLM 02 Grau. The
nose was sprayed in Tamiya Flat White but it was well
nigh impossible to mask for the red area so this was handpainted
in Humbrol 60 Matt Red. The black stripe is a decal. Kit
decals were used and these went on very nicely. I also
used a Master turned brass pitot probe and stainless steel
tubing for the cannons.
I crammed as many 1mm lead
weights in the nose as I could with a few more behind
the engine fan and this was sufficient to prevent a tail-sitter.
Cockpit under construction.
The etched seat and nose gear well are an improvement
on the moulded kit parts, but nerve-wrackingly tiny to
deal with.
Somehow I lost one of the
main wheels and despite an extensive ground, sea and air
search, it was never found. I duplicated it with superglue
in a mould made from plasticine which worked surprisingly
well. The red colour of the duplicate casting comes from
the plasticine.
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