First verdict of the build so far:
First of all, the instruction sheet is a joke.. Missing information, information that does not match the reality etc. Painting instructions that are, excuse my French, it's crap..
The quality of sprues has not been that good either. A lot of "leakage" of plastic, don't really know the correct term of that, so a lot of cleaning to be done.
A pretty straight forward and simple cockpit. One would have expected at least some sort of belts (PE of so) included in the kit, but no. Just two chairs.. Well, that's why we scratch build... :-)
But on the positive side, the fitting so far (knock knock on the wood) has been good. At least the fuselage snapped nicely together.
Below some testfitting..
Still I am a little bit disappointed... Somehow I had thought (until now), that Kinetic is a "premium" brand, that radiates quality... but at least their Fouga does not do that.
Of course, while working with the excellent Mig-21 from Eduard, the contrast with the Kinetic kit is huge.. I must say, even the small Heller 1/72 Fouga kit had much better sprue quality than this step brother of it.. Yes, step brother, because they are not relatives.. :-)
Nevertheless, the cockpit is now done (will be just an out of the box construction) and the fuselage parts joined...
Exciting to see when the wings need to be attached, landing gears etc, is the fitting still as sharp.
Still not sure regarding the paint job, will it be a Belgian or a Finnish or something else...
- Kari
