Afternoon folks, a little bit more of an update. Hopefully over the weekend I can finish off the final little bits, the Tamiya instructions show to do the pilots, glare shields, and seats at the end but this is largely due to the kit being intended to have a canopy that can be opened and closed. As much as I'd rather put it off til later and get some paint on this cat it'll probably be best to get the cockpit done, fitted, and glued before that.
In the meantime some work was done to the nose, more tiny probes were added. Normally I'd add them at the end but I'm feeling brave apparently, though I've already forgotten they were there and grabbed the nose a few times but no damage yet. It occurs to me whilst typing this that I forgot decals exist, so let's hope they don't get in the way! I've also added on the resin chin pod, which has a few coloured plastic bits to put in it but that's a final step sort of thing.
The vertical stabilisers won't be added until the end, since they'll be all black I may as well just paint them seperately. At the moment blu-tack holds them on. The nozzles are also not glued in, these will just get added later. Interestingly they both fit well in the right, but only one fits in the left. I also weathered the interior of these exhausts with a heavy load of black oil paints, but haven't taken a photo yet.
Next up is to finish these little bits, hopefully I can get most if not all of that done by the end of the weekend. I'll likely modify the RIO slightly so he is looking out the window, maybe I'll have to have him holding a sign up to the camera like in this Tornado..
Nah, I won't, but I can't help but think of that photograph when I see a RIO looking out the side rather than head down in their high speed desk.
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