12-06-04
Spitfire looks like a Spitfire. Wings on, canopy ( closed) on, tail-planes on, under-wing airintakes on. ML 407 had it's cannon placemnet reversed, ie, the short cannon was on the OUTSIDE on the leading edge with the gun-fairing on the inside of the leading edge. This has caused a slight problem in that I had to cut the panel with the blisters in half and swop them over.
Now I have a lot of filling to do.
Also, ml 407 apparently had a belly tank. This isn't included in the ICM kit, but remarkably, is included in the ancient Monogram Mk. IX kit tat resides i nthe bootm of my never-see-the-light-of-day pile. This kit also donated tyres fro the wheels. The hubs, the plain, flat versions are donated by the Hasegawa I/48 and they fit quite well. The struts are ICM.
So, a real Heinz 57 kit, then.
All I need to do is prepare a barrel of filler and away we go......sanding once again.
( this is going to go right to the wire.......)
Liam