And we're off, after spending the day at work positively itching to get started I have spent my afternoon carefully reading and following the instructions to the absolute letter, there will be no deviating during this build
We start by cleaning up the fuselage halves and cementing the area around the cockpit only:
Looks like some serious warpage doesn't it
however the plastic is both brittle and flexible so both halves can be joined together without resorting to hot water, but this is a later step down the line.
Next I need to paint the cockpit and install it into the fuselage from below. And what a cockpit the kit provides
:
5 pieces in white metal with some astonishing detail, check out the throttle quadrants and rudder bar:
amazing when you consider this is a 25 year old short run kit.
Some of the plastic parts are quite rough however:
and the fit leaves a little to be desired straight from the box:
but ten minutes per side with a file and sandpaper gives a convincing improvement:
More as it comes gentlemen.
Regards
Tom
I thought that this was going to de-rail my build progress for a few days until I remembered the tube of 'proper' poly cement that a family member had put into my Crimbo stocking last year 
