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John E
Nice build. How did you like this kit? I haven't built it yet.

Anthony Jordan
Thanks John. I like the kit, I just wish my building skills were better! It is nicely detailed, and the final product looks good, to my eyes. Decals apply cleanly, although I would recommend some sort of setting solution such as decal fix, especially for the fuselage codes, given the profile of the area over which they sit. I was surprised how few stencils there were, but perhaps the FAA didn't go in for them? The moulding of some parts is very fine, which is great, but it does demand particular care in removing them, as the plastic is inclined to both bend and snap! The outer wing struts have a subsidiary strut behind them, and I broke both whilst extracting them, so I eventually abandoned my side cutters for the finer pieces. From the instructions I wasn't sure how to assemble the cockpit tub and made the wrong choice, making it slightly too wide, which it then needed a lot of glue, clamping and brute force to correct when I put the fuselage halves together. The efforts made by Airfix to simplify the assembly of the wings were effective, though. Overall a very good kit.

Anthony Jordan
Further thought - if you follow the placement of the "B" code shown in the French profile, then placement and settling of these decals may be a bit easier.

soheil moghisi
Nice job.

Anthony Jordan
Thank you both!

John E
Thanks for the tips, Anthony! I will use them if and when I build that kit. I really dislike it when things gon't go as planned. 😉

Anthony Jordan
John, you're very welcome. This build for the first time I 90% finished painting the fuselage and inner surfaces of the wings before putting them together, which I found substantially easier, and will try to remember next time. I wish I had thought to put on the lower wing decals at the same time!