This little, boxy
beauty, exhibiting the traditional Airfix rivet treat was a relaxing project.
Fit wasn't great, flash was abundant, pieces exhibited stubborn warps, but, for
some reason, it was a delight to build (why, I wonder, we insist with these
aging models...is that a case of inexplicable longing, blooming childhood
memories, toy-ish moving pieces, sheer masochism?). Acrylics were used for
general finish, enamels for metal details, future for the transparencies. Decals
behaved schizophrenically, but justice triumphed again. Construction was OOB,
since the more I looked at references, the more far away from reality the
model was. It was a case of learn and...let's quickly forget. In spite of adding
a healthy chunk of lead, we ended with a err.. a tail sitter. Who cares.
Gabriel
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