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Test fitting

Doing multiple iterlations of test fit. This kit has well tought design but tooling is not the state of art for late 2010s.

Start with front bay.

surface has damages

Cockpit is simple and good enough

Doomsday!

Front is single wheeled in this kit. Had to drill every pivot and brass rod so that suspension works.

Box travelled from Poland to Japan

Painted with brownish-bronze-gold, inspired by box-art.

This kit has no joint/supportive structure at all.

Remove 35 years old paints

Started ordnances first, then cockpit.

Hasegawa's advertisement poster for January 1977 release of the kit.

Current state as of April 30, 2022

Test fit.

Tamiya's crisp cockpit.

Test fit surrounded by modern fighters.

legs

I did test fit and realized that wings are different size (upper and under halves )

It seemed impossible.

I painted black over white, then scrubbed black to raised lines appear in white.

Box