A kind of bathtub that was formed by the cockpit elements that seemed generally very thoughtful, but required a bit of a sweat on the motive. There were some minor imperfections in the folding of the halves in the lower part. However, the cabin frames fit very well to the hull and you could say I'm satisfied. during the fight, I forgot to use the Tamiya powder metallizer, to improve the clarity of the details, I only used the Tamiya panel line. which damaged my paintwork in one place on the rear frame - we are fortunately repainted. I made one mistake here, putting everything together a bit by heart and following the solutions from the KP model. In this model, the armor plate is split, the pilot's seat is connected to the armor plate, and the upper part is separated at head height. Thinking that I would stick the seat with the plate "to something", I did not paint it on the back and after assembly, although it is almost invisible, it remained plastic-colored ... I was dissatisfied, so I painted it with a brush. The effect is satisfactory, I think, and everything is hiding deeper into the hull anyway. Undoubtedly, this way of building the cockpit as in the Arifix set ensures that the elements are placed in the right place and the floor is perfectly horizontal. The downside is that you have to put everything together in advance, and a few freshly glued parts must match the halves of the cockpit "bathtub" at the same time. But it worked. As usual, I paint the control panel by hand for many models myself, without using any decals or aftermarket PE elements. Now will be the moment of truth, folding wings ... I'm sorry there were no pictures before, but I was in a maniacal folding phase. ๐
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