Piper Cherokee 140 N1872T

What I’m trying to make… 

 

The kit is a serious tail-sitter, so I’m adding weights wherever they’ll fit. 

The seatbacks should be flush and will be visible.  

Adding some weight and then putty to fill them out. 

This flash on the right fuselage blocks the instrument panel and needs to be removed. 

It’s in a really awkward place to remove. 

Here’s what the cockpit should look like 

How to mimic velour…? 

Instrument panel. 

Visible sink marks on the tail landing gear 

The sprue joins on the tail landing gear are awful. They’re gonna need a lot of sanding once assembled… 

Also, why do these have the same part number? They’re literally mirror images of each other 

Another terrible sprue join 

From the front, the figures look pretty good aside from some flash. 

From the back it’s a different story. It looks like the molds weren’t lined up properly - a lot of cleanup will be needed. It’s the same story for most of the smaller aircraft parts. At least the wings and fuselage don’t have this problem. 

This shows how off the molds were.  

And what the hell happened to the mechanic’s head??? 

Another view showing how offset the molds were. There shouldn’t be a seam in her hair. 

Why are these curved lines in front of the propeller blades here?? 

I messed up gluing the wings together. ? I don’t think this won’t be easy to fix… 

Another view after I tried to clean the glue and putty out. Hopefully it’ll smooth out….