It's an OK plane

Rando Dude autor
Had this on my shelf staring at me for a couple of months. This comes with a ton of PE, so lets see how much I can enjoy it.

Nicolas
Following with great interest.

Robert Podkoński
Me 2!

DerMattes
Watching

Rando Dude autor
Hello and welcome Nicolas, Robert and Mattes!

S M
Eager to see how you manage all the PE 😄

Bas Tonn
Lowering the HUD is your best and easiest option. Also, I'd test fitting the seats (and pilots if any)

Rando Dude autor
So I ran into a bit of a fitting issue. However I don't think it is the kits fault and I can really only blame my own laziness. Okay, maybe also the instructions..
The cockpit does not fit anymore with all the PE parts in it because I only scraped off the surface structures of where the PE instrument panels go instead of also filing off a good bit of the plastic below to compensate for the additional thickness of metal. In my defense, the instructions don't mention any of that...

Rando Dude autor
Hello there S M and Bas 🙂

I have already test fitted the seats and they don't fit. It's really tight in there but in this case has nothing to do with the PE parts. The seats just need to have a bit filed off on the sides to get them in.
I am probably going to rip it apart again and redo the whole thing. Not just for the cockpit but for some other issues (blame my laziness again lol) that need fixing.
Thanks to the magic of this being a Dual Combo I won't even need to buy a new kit..

neo
Hi, so far, so good.
I think, your problem is the incorrect alignment of part A10. It is too steep.

Rando Dude autor
Hi Neo, thanks, you are correct, it was incorrect alignment 🙂

Tip to anyone interested in building this:
The fuselage has ejector marks on the inside in the cockpit area. Remove those, unless you really like fitting issues.
The alignment pins of the fuselage also don't align very well. Remove those too.

S M
Good advice! 👍 I have wanted to build one of these, but I want to make Estonian version.

Живко Джаков
I'm following!

Rando Dude autor
Some more updates:
As mentioned, I had to open the fuselage again, mostly to salvage the internal engine parts and most of the PE from the cockpit. But I feel I am on a good track now.

Another tip: Test fit at every step! This is not one of Eduards best fitting kit I must say.

CaptGPF
Stalking

Thomas Kolb
Cool build! Makes me feel like I should build mine as well. I am definitely learning from your experiences here!

Mirko Römer
Following

Łukasz Gliński
I like planes that are OK, will follow 👍

Rando Dude autor
Hello Capt, Thomas, Mirko and Łukasz, welcome to the show.

Bernd Grün
I'm in. 👍 Following with interest.

alessandro magrelli
Very good, working on the same (schemes A and B)

Rando Dude autor
Hello Bernd and Alessandro.

Well, I'm done with this one for now. It took a bit longer to finish than anticipated, mostly because a lot of things got in the way and I also for a time lost complete interest in it.
The keen eye may notice that the external tanks are missing. I just forgot to paint them and when I noticed I just didn't feel it anymore. Maybe I'll add them someday.

S M
Great you managed to complete this. That figure is a nice addition👍

Ekki
Very nice result!

Łukasz Gliński
It's way more than OK, hats off.
Makes me wanna build one 👍

Rando Dude autor
Thank you S M, Ekki and Łukasz!