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test fit doll's eyes. looks creepy like a martian.

This kit has no joint/supportive structure at all.

It seemed impossible.

Started ordnances first, then cockpit.

I painted black over white, then scrubbed black to raised lines appear in white.

Tamiya's crisp cockpit.

Current state as of April 30, 2022

Test fit surrounded by modern fighters.

legs

Remove 35 years old paints

I did test fit and realized that wings are different size (upper and under halves )

Start with front bay.

Box

Doing multiple iterlations of test fit. This kit has well tought design but tooling is not the state of art for late 2010s.

Doomsday!

Test fit.

Front is single wheeled in this kit. Had to drill every pivot and brass rod so that suspension works.

Box travelled from Poland to Japan

Painted with brownish-bronze-gold, inspired by box-art.

Hasegawa's advertisement poster for January 1977 release of the kit.

I choose this kit for testing GSI creos' new GGX line of paints.

Use silicon and vasellin to avoid glue penetrate to steering rod.

Cockpit is simple and good enough

surface has damages

Test fitting

front pillar has collapsed by age.

Kebab master