I got the kit from a stash sale at the local hobby shop.
I'll be doing mine as an RAF Mustang II, as the machine portrayed on the front of the cover sheet. It's an aircraft of II (AC) Sqn. RAF.
I've been told that Roman numerals must be used for II Sqn., and I mustn't forget the AC - Army Cooperation. The squadron was one of the first three squadrons raised for the Royal Flying Corps in 1912, and claims to be the oldest fixed wing squadron in existence. I Squadron was originally raised as a balloon squadron and didn't get aircraft until later, and 3 Sqn. loses out in the seniority stakes, apparently. Thei job was to provide low level tactical intelligence for the army, so they had a camera fitted in the wireless space behind the pilot's head armour. The Allison-engined Mustang was excellent in this role, as it had very impressive low level performance.
It's a very simple kit. No wheel well detail, but this will be an in-flight one anyway, so that doesn't matter. The Frogman pilot will probably get replaced with a Revell RAF pilot.
I seem to have acquired a bonus canopy in this kit. That's handy, because I need to make a hole for the camera!
The moulding is not perfect, there are a few sink marks which will need to be dealt with. The one on the radio doesn't matter because the camera and other equipment needs to go where the radio is positioned. I assume that it's the radio which the US version uses. This was removed in RAF service and replaced with a British version, but not in the same place.
The decals might need replacing. Sunlight is bit feeble here at the moment for bleaching decals. I'll rummage around for spares.
The exhausts are a bit weedy. I'm tempted to replace them with some resin. I'll see if I feel like splurging when the build starts...
I also want to do some research on the black and white recognition stripes, and how the sky coloured band merges into them. I'll paint them on - they just look much better than decals.
So there we are. Roll on the First of December.
cheers
Andrew
But the sun is so low in the sky that there's not much direct illumination of the little casement windows in the basement lab 
The transparency is very thick, and so anything to give the right impression will do for me. That bit will have to wait until the pilot can be test fitted into the seat. I'll also install a coaming over the panel.
The Nelsonian Eye misses no rivets!!
