Not!!!
I got this in the Falklands set.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes011_zpsd11769d6.jpg~original)
And this is what it's supposed to end up looking like.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes012_zps2250ab0c.jpg~original)
I had to set my camera to wide angle to get all the parts in the photo.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes013_zps49ba5586.jpg~original)
And look at this, page upon page of instructions......
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes014_zpsebfc0422.jpg~original)
And a lovely colour painting guide.....
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes015_zps472b0d86.jpg~original)
Let's take a closer look at some or the kits' finer points, shall we?
Some lovely sink marks, which will be completely out of sight when the kit is assembled.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes020_zps908a892d.jpg~original)
An amazingly thin canopy.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes018_zps0d14c4eb.jpg~original)
No flash at all.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes016_zps76f41249.jpg~original)
And it sits nice and flat on the mat, so it's not at all warped.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes017_zpsf1f326e8.jpg~original)
There's some lovely intake trunking.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes029_zps3ef9e086.jpg~original)
And lot's of detail in the cockpit.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes021_zpsf71b7a27.jpg~original)
Well there will be......
So I started with the seat. Filled and sanded.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes025_zps9832ed35.jpg~original)
And made a floor.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes022_zps7951e753.jpg~original)
A quick dry fit showed it would also need a bulkhead.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes023_zps39b94685.jpg~original)
So I made and installed that too.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes024_zps11c61362.jpg~original)
And while I was at it I added an IP too.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes026_zpsafb6926f.jpg~original)
Not perfect but better than the gaping void that was there before.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes027_zpsd34c1f38.jpg~original)
And with the perfectly molded seat.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes028_zpsc8c86114.jpg~original)
Next job was to do something with the intakes, so I cut some straws and taped them down to try to make them a little less round.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes019_zpsda449c62.jpg~original)
A bit of superglue and we have the startings of something.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes031_zps17248e9b.jpg~original)
It still needs some work and some trimming.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes032_zps353edf0f.jpg~original)
So I do just that.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes034_zpsa80edd69.jpg~original)
And doesn't it look a whole lot better. Still a gaping chasm in there though.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes035_zps1f65b159.jpg~original)
And a triangle of plasticard takes care of that!
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes036_zps21db0c2d.jpg~original)
A whole lot better.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes039_zpsfe6e395b.jpg~original)
Now to look at the back end. Just as I suspected, another gaping hole.....
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes037_zpsed70ce87.jpg~original)
It needs something shoving up its bottom. This bomb might do the trick.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes038_zpse2481b0a.jpg~original)
So I chop it up.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes042_zps2c56b3f1.jpg~original)
But there's a joining pin.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes043_zps50811ee5.jpg~original)
Soon gotten rid of and that's going to look a whole lot better.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes045_zpsd7ab27d4.jpg~original)
Out with the paints for the interior.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes041_zps45bb3605.jpg~original)
The seat.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes044_zps26e528c3.jpg~original)
And the IP.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes040_zps9a38900f.jpg~original)
And then it can all be closed up.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes050_zps9be16de7.jpg~original)
Perfect from the front.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes057_zps6a863abb.jpg~original)
And perect from the rear.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes056_zps2adff920.jpg~original)
The wings were perfect too.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes046_zps23d37bdf.jpg~original)
Look at this great fit.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes047_zps7b565c1f.jpg~original)
And speaking of a great fit, I only needed a tiny bit of filler on the underside.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/planes055_zpsc3077ceb.jpg~original)
It was at this point in the build that I gave up taking photos as there is just so much that this kit needs to make a decect job of it. So after getting it all glued together it sat on a shelf on my desk for months.
Until Friday. When I decided that it needed to be finished and nothing at all to do with the fact I was running out of space....
So here it is, the finished product.
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/Matchbox056_zpsc9a27993.jpg~original)
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/Matchbox057_zps69e21d85.jpg~original)
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/Matchbox058_zps2895cd4a.jpg~original)
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/Matchbox059_zps60411bf9.jpg~original)
![Image](http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i220/airfixaddict/1%2072nd%20scale/Matchbox060_zps9d275178.jpg~original)
I know there's an anchor missing from the underside of the starboard wing. Little Ian used one when making my Fathers Day present. I have a whole box of spare decals but no, he had to use one I needed. Bless him. Couldn't be cross with him.
I would take close up pics of all the extra work I did but to be honest it's a waste of time. Airfix did the right thing in creating a new tool Skyhawk. Just a shame it wasn't in time to go the Falklands 25th set....
If you are ever tempted to build this old dog, walk away. A very long way away.....