I'm building a
set of V Bombers for a friend and are all Out-of-box
build. This example XD 818 dropped UK's first H bomb. The instruction
sheet is an A4 size sheet with one side assembly instruction without any
reference number to the parts and the other side is the decaling &
painting instruction.
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Dry fitting
reviewed that the l eft fuselage length about 2mm longer with the
fuselage warp of some 5mm. The wings and air intakes need plenty
of attention. The moulding of the ejection seat did not came out right for
my example, I replaced it with Academy Hunter kit's 1/48 ejection
seat. I've also hollowed out both fuselage side windows and
replace them with a clear plastic as the kit supplied only one window and
looked far too thick. The cockpit canopy looked a little opaque and was
dipped into FUTURE floor wax to improve its clarity. A massive nose
weight of about 80g, placed just above the nose undercarriage well, was
required to counter balance the weight of the tail section.
The model
was painted Gunze white depicting anti-flash white.
Decals reacted well
with decaling solution and sealed everything with FUTURE floor wax.
This kit required
plenty of filling and sanding. One has to study the instructions and the
parts closely as there may be a chance of missing out one part during
assembly.
Leslie
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