Finally finished..........................
This came within a hairsbreadth of going in the bin, several times!! The kit itself, goes together well, despite it being a short run kit, the fit & detail is pretty good. I chose to add two AM pilots, which caused space problems - there isn't actually an instrument panel in the cockpit - no room! I certainly didn't help things by breaking the main cockpit canopy ( big feet ). Luckily, I found a stand in part from an Airfix Jet Provost, which looks OK in the open position ( but not it in the closed ).
The major problem was the decals, they either came off the backing straight away, or took up to 5 minutes soaking before reluctantly letting go - this wasn't at all consistent, so that the long wingwalk decals were a real pig to deal with. Once they came off, they were very fragile and quite a few had to be carefully persuaded to be lined up. The majority of the stencils I gave up on!
The kit, although, short run - no location pins etc., is not too difficult, BUT, the decals need replacing. Xtradecal do sheets for the T.4/T.5, so that's not too difficult. The kit itself can be picked up for around £15, so pretty good value.
Thanks for looking in - I'll shortly be moving onto part 3 of my project, with the brace of Vampires........................
Dave
This came within a hairsbreadth of going in the bin, several times!! The kit itself, goes together well, despite it being a short run kit, the fit & detail is pretty good. I chose to add two AM pilots, which caused space problems - there isn't actually an instrument panel in the cockpit - no room! I certainly didn't help things by breaking the main cockpit canopy ( big feet ). Luckily, I found a stand in part from an Airfix Jet Provost, which looks OK in the open position ( but not it in the closed ).
The major problem was the decals, they either came off the backing straight away, or took up to 5 minutes soaking before reluctantly letting go - this wasn't at all consistent, so that the long wingwalk decals were a real pig to deal with. Once they came off, they were very fragile and quite a few had to be carefully persuaded to be lined up. The majority of the stencils I gave up on!
The kit, although, short run - no location pins etc., is not too difficult, BUT, the decals need replacing. Xtradecal do sheets for the T.4/T.5, so that's not too difficult. The kit itself can be picked up for around £15, so pretty good value.
Thanks for looking in - I'll shortly be moving onto part 3 of my project, with the brace of Vampires........................
Dave
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