Hello again my fellow modellers and group builders, can you hear that? that is the sound of flags being raised and The trumpets sounding, I have finally finished a group build!
The last steps were applying the rest of the decals, touching up some of the paint and getting a wash in the panel lines.( and adding the Pitot tubes on the rear section of the tail plane) I am very happy with the result( probably because its finished).
This is Pre panel line wash
Overall I loved this build. I didnt stick to the instructions though, which is probably a good thing when compared to some builds. My advice would be to add the intake grills after you have the wings fully assembled on the fuselage to avoid any steps, and when it comes to putting the wings on, if you follow the instructions its not too far away from getting a god resut providing when you fit the lower sections you hold them in place to get rid of the gaps. If you clamp without holding it the gaps will not disappear. I held mine until they had dried without a gap and then clamped the wings until they set.
This one is complete
More importantly I can see how far I have come in modelling since I last got this far lol. One last quick note about references. Since I built this kit I have found a photo of this aircraft on the 25th November 1970, by which time it had lost its thicker black band around the cockpit..as there are a shortage of pictures of this unit at this time I have thinned it a little, but I am going to stick with it...
Didnt think i would be the first to finish to be fair...cant remember last time I finished first in a SKGB! I may build another...we will see how it goes...
Thanks for following....
Pugz
