Kittyhawk progress

First step is cutting off the tail of the plane to replace with the correct one for the Kittyhawk. 

Tailplane assembled and ready to glue to the fuselage. 

There is a bit of a gap that will have to be adressed later with putty. 

THe gun sight was molded in non clear plastic, so it needs some modification. I prepared for a bit of transparent plastic film provided in the Eduard PE set, that will be applied later on. 

Some of the cockpit PE parts assembled. 

I'm using the Eduard flaps for this build. Here are the parts for the wings. 

Some more Eduard detailing for the wheel bays. 

I had to drill out the gun barrels with a pin vise drill. 

This is a riveting part of the build 😉 

All parts for the cockpit painted. 

I'm using the Eduard PE parts for attaching the bombs, so there was some filling and sanding to do. 

Bad luck! 🙁 The decal sheet had some defects/smearing of the insignias for the propeller. I will have to cut the smearing away during application. 

Most of the small details have been finished, including the propeller. The decals came out fine after all 🙂 

There was some filling and sanding that needed to be done around the wing roots and wheel bays. 

Cockpit is in 🙂 

I will put the pilot seat and the gun sight in when the rest of the model is finished. 

Flap inserts in the wing are in place. 

Also the engine cooling flaps are in place in the open position. 

I had to modify the masking a bit as it was made for the hasegawa kit. We will see how it looks when the plane is finished. 

I love this azure blue color! 🙂 

Top side camoflage finished too. 

Ready for a clear coat and decals. 🙂 

Decals are on with a protective gloss coat before weathering. 

Eduard PE flaps finished and painted along with the wheel bay covers. 

The small levers that control the flaps glued into place. 

Kittyhawk finished! 

With its 112 squadron brethren on the shelf 🙂. Mustang IV, Mustang III, Kittyhawk, Tomahawk.