Hi all,
Amongst airbrush issues and paint incompatibilities, I've managed to finish this nice kit - throughout most of the build I was listening to the audiobook of Douglas Bader's biography, which was completely fascinating and inspiring! I highly recommend it.
This kit wasn't easy for my skill level, but I learned a lot. There where issues around the wing roots, and the wheel struts don't sit quite right, which is something to do with the internal construction of the wings - even though I put a lot of effort into getting that right.
Given the endless airbrush issues I've had, I ended up using my 0.2 Sparmax for the whole job. I'm proud of the camoflage job, which I did freehand (with my heart in my mouth!). I had planned on using Vallejo model air for this, but the colours didn't look right, so ended up using Tamiya instead.
I was fairly successful in removing the clear carrier film on the Eduard decals - a couple of tears here and there (lucky it's a double kit, so there were spare decals to cannibalise). The ones I've not fixed add a touch of wear and tear!
