The guns have given me no end of trouble being far too wide at the base where they join. I had to trim a fair bit of plastic off before they lined up with the gaps in the turret.
Eventually I got them in the turret, stuck them in place with PVA glue & attached the turret base. I have been test fitting this all the way through the build with not issues...until now
Somehow it would no longer fit so I had to trim the turret housing just enough - too much & it would of ended inside the fuselage! Anyway, the next thing I knew it went clunk, straight in. Quite a snug fit.
The canopy is a really bad fit & will require plenty of PVA to fill the gaps (yes gaps). It only touches in a couple of places.
Then I was just carrying the Daffy over to the modelling workbench for a quick update photo, tripped over a startled cat & launched the plane on its maiden flight.
Remarkably I only broke one of the U\C legs. They don't make kits like this anymore!
So this is where I am up to:
As you can see from the drawings the turret supplied by Airfix is way too small!
Next up a few bits of repair work, another coat of black and she will be ready for decals. Speaking of the decals I am going with JTT even though I think the codes should be off-white rather than the bright white decals. Some weathering should tone them down.
Still need to find some better prop blades too.
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gutted that I forgot the landing lights on mine now, they really are an improvement!
