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farmroad38 · Last edited by farmroad38 on Wed 28 May 2008 11:00 am; edited 1 time in total

Progress of my build can be followed here.
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Adrian

farmroad38 · Posted: Wed 28 May 2008 10:59 am Post subject:

I think the only ones I have in my stash are the S6B and the Catalina. As the S6Bs I have are in Spitfire commemorative tins which are going to fund my lavish retirement (

), I think it will be the Cat for me!
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Adrian

farmroad38 · Posted: Sat 21 Jun 2008 19:51 pm Post subject:

Well, I'm off & running. I won't bother with box or sprue shots, as others have already provided those.

First impressions of the kit: Rivet City Arizona! The body and wings are absolutely festooned with them! Also, the crew figures seem enormous. I don't have any other 1/72 figures to hand to measure them against, but comparing them against the 1/76 figures from my 88mm gun, they look considerably oversized.

So far, I've splashed some interior green inside the fuselage, and primed the engines and crew in black (thanks to Sgt Squarehead's tip in one of Rich's threads).
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Adrian

farmroad38 · Posted: Thu 24 Jul 2008 21:01 pm Post subject:

I'm afraid that due to being away for work, progress has been slow. The crew are painted up and in place, all interior surfaces painted, and the window glazing stuck in.

Has anyone who's building/built this kit found a good way to get the instrument panel in place whilst assembling the fuselage? I stuck it into one half as I would any other kit, but when I dry-fitted the halves, it didn't line up with the other side at all...
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Adrian