YF-117A FSD "Scorpion"
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October 1, 2022Very poorly moulded plastic. Uneven thickness and very little detail.2
October 1, 2022The top fuselage half has a crack across the rear with holes. Needed to be repaired.3
October 1, 2022Fuselage damage and moulding issues while still on sprue.4
October 1, 2022Fuselage damage and moulding issues while still on sprue.5
October 1, 2022Had to use sprue goo to fill the gaps so as to maintain flexibility of fuselage as it also had a slight bend.6
October 1, 2022Fuselage repairs.7
October 1, 2022Fuselage repairs.8
October 1, 2022Fuselage repairs.9
October 1, 2022Very poor cockpit detail and terrible fit. Lots of scrapping and filing.10
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October 1, 2022Very chunky bombs.12
October 1, 2022Weighing down front. Not called up in Polish language instructions but does need quite a bit of weight to stop tail sitting.13
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October 1, 2022Canopy detail was not the best. Although it was reasonably clear.17
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October 1, 2022The plastic pitot tube and sensors are poorly moulded and very overscale. I cut them off and replace with brass tube and rod.19
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October 1, 2022Looks much better!23
October 1, 2022Big mistake!! I CA glued the bomb bay doors on the outside instead of the centre. the instructions were not clear on the position and I did not check my reference photos. I had to use CA as this plastic did not take well to the cement.24
October 1, 2022Tail fins did not fit well and were very poorly moulded. Lots of filing and filling.25
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October 1, 2022Finally reached the priming step.29
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October 1, 2022Chunky wheels.32
October 1, 2022Canopy did not fit well. Had to dod a lot of canopy and cockpit filing to get a reasonable but not great fit.33
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October 1, 2022A bit of preshading/35
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October 1, 2022Went for the 3 camo scheme so needed to mask up.37
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October 1, 2022Not really happy with this one.42
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October 1, 2022Finally finished. Decals were a nightmare, they kept falling apart.46
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