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Kyle DeHart
Agreed. I did a couple this year and wild like to do a couple more next year. Good fun.

Tim Hofstetter
Clapton's ES-335, no less 😎

David Smith Auteur
Hi everyone. Thanks for your interest. I can't take any credit for the colour, its bog standard Vallejo 71.003 Red. I think its actually a bit too bright, but when I tried to tone it down with Insignia Red it added a pink hue. That was not good, so I oversprayed it with the plain Red again. Perhaps a grey primer would have dulled it down a touch.
The kit itself was great to build and went together really well. I used no real filler at all (just a couple of spots of superglue). The undercarriage looked a challenge, but actually went together without issue. I wimped out on the most fiddly of the supplied PE parts but don't miss them. The canopy is clear with very fine framing (I'm pleased I bought the masking kit) but I don't think the rudder pedals or throttle levers would have been visible. The decals were tricky: normally long stripes can be kept straight by dragging them into position from one end, but these wouldn't move with the whole length in contact with the fuselage, so they ended up a bit wonky/broken. After a struggle with the underwing lettering, I was really worried that the massive serial across the upper wings would be a nightmare, but they actually provided much less drama.

gorby
Lovely!

Sven Doe
Nice Project... following

Michael Kohl
Me too.

Thomas Espe
👀

Guy Rump
Nice build. 👍

Bernd Bley
I like IT very much because it is in flight.

Robert Podkoński
Some planes just look better in flight. Good job!

gorby
You're right Robert, it looks great.

J35J
Great build! Congrats David👍🏻

Guy Rump
Missed this but glad I've seen it now. Great build! 👍

Ekki
Excellent!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Dave Flitton
Wow!

David Smith Auteur
Thanks everyone for your generous comments. The kit is a bit fiddly in places - lots of thin struts and no location points - so I wouldn't recommend it for beginners. However, I must say that the finished result is all I could have hoped for. The 'look' of the finished article is just what I wanted and I thoroughly enjoyed building it. The canopy masking set and resin missile system were superb. The decals too, although I only needed a tiny proportion of what was on the sheet.

DerMattes
Great build! 👍

David H
Absolutely gorgeous, I feel my started Tonka rising to the top of the pile !!