An enjoyable build overall but the very large decals were a real problem, all the large ones splintered when trying to adjust position on the model no matter what I tried. It was the size combined with the complex shape making it impossible to move the whole decal in the same direction at the same time leading to it ‘bunching’ and/or splintering. I don’t know what the answer is to that problem. Most were pieced together but the large ones on the tail were not recoverable so I ended up cutting them down to just the black areas and then changing the position to avoid raised detail. Even then after piecing them together they need touching up with paint to get an acceptable but not perfect appearance. Add that to the kit inaccuracies, intake shape, tail detailing and panel lines we should just regard this as a ‘representation’ of the type and not a model of a real aircraft. It would have cost not far off £100 to sort the intake issue so I decided to live with the inaccuracies.
if you were to throw a lot of money and time at this kit and find a way to apply the decals in one piece (or at least a few pieces) you could get a great result from the kit So I would recommend it only with caution.
if you were to throw a lot of money and time at this kit and find a way to apply the decals in one piece (or at least a few pieces) you could get a great result from the kit So I would recommend it only with caution.
