Many of you will know that the MB Gnat is a much better than the old Airfix one that is currently rattling around many a starter kit box. At the very least it has room for the pilots!. Overall shape seems to be very good, though the bulges where the tailplanes attached are a little under nourished. The annoying things is that two panel line makers seem to have been at this kit. The fuselage lines are as bad as people assume, however the control surfaces are represented by quite fine, if soft, lines. If it had been visa-versa there wouldn't really be a bad word to say. I'm actually going to fill all the fuselage panel lines as there aren't visible on the pictures of XM693 I've seen.
I started with the undercarriage inserts. After giving the wheel wells a quick coat of Aluminium mainly to get at the deepest corners, the inserts were added with some card to fill the gap at the front. The intakes were pre-painted black for the same reasons. The wing shoulder encroaches into the intake mouths and needs to be trimmed back.
The underwing tanks, which is another thing the MB has over Airfix, are rather blunt and need sanding to a more delicate point.
I've now turned my attention the the cockpit which typical sparse!
No harm done.
