This is the Profipack kit, meaning it included a good fret of photoetch details plus canopy masks. The masks tuned out to be junk, so I ended up using painters tape for that job.
The PE gave me fits, especially in the cockpit. I lost count of how many tiny pieces went flying rather than finding there way to their appointed spots in the cockpit. I ended up adding some yellow tack stuff to my toolbox so that I could use that to pick up the PE parts for attaching, which worked pretty well.
This kit also had one particularly glaring problem. The car doors did not fit well. The window portion does not align well with the rest of the canopy. One one of the doors I was able to tack it down but the other side would not play ball. I ended up just leaving it as it is so as to not risk breaking anything. The photos don't really show this issue very well.
Paint is mostly Model Master acrylic, but the top side camo is Aircraft colors. I was not impressed with the paint labeled "Middlestone" - perhaps it is right but my expectation was that it would have been a bit darker in tone. Weathering is Tamiya weathering compounds and Flory dark dirt wash.
This build represents a P-39M, 42-4724, belonging to the 345th Fighter Squadron, of the 350th Fighter Group that operated out of Maisom Blanche in Algeria, 1943.
This is the problematic car door but the photo does not display the issue.
The problem may be more visible in this shot.
