While I am waiting for other projects to dry, or set, I started on this little kit. It's an interesting little fighter that actually acquitted itself well in aerial combat, in the hands of a skilled pilot. At the time of it's introduction, it rated equal to the Spitfire and Bf-109.

I find the kit to be generally decent. Fit is okay, and detail should be good enough for a closed up cockpit. I took a few pictures of the cockpit parts before sealing them up in the fuselage.

I'm not liking the soft detail on the outer surfaces, the panel lines being extremely light, and I could see these being filled up after a few coats of paint. Decals look think, but the ones for the instrument panel seems to react well to setting solutions, so that may be open to reassessment. Plastic seems soft too, but that helps the glue set better!

Anyway, I like it so far, it's a subject you won't don't see too often, and maybe now, there will be more of them.

6 attached images. Click to enlarge.

I hope so. Unfortunately, the LTD kit I have in the stash has no decals...and they had some cool choices too! I'll probably throw the dice, use the kit's decals so it really will be an "OOB" build! Kit does come with a small PE fret of belts and a small metal plate that is completely obnoxious... If you get the kit and build it, you'll see why. 😉

Very nice looking aircraft and good work on the cockpit. The more I look around this site the more I fear my stash will get bigger

Arrgh! Must-leave-wallet-in-pocket... Too many airplanes! No more! Eyahhh! Ah, nuts! This is different and unique and stuff.