The Seagull waits for better times, aka new decals... Meanwhile the bench has been empty and unused, until now when I started the Hurricane Mk 1 in 1:72 build from Arma Hobby
As mentioned in another thread, the kit looks good but is not a shake-and-bake kit as such.
Some sanding to get most of the cockpit parts squeezed into the fuselage, had to leave out one support frame, that would anyhow have been practically invisible. The gear bay required also some sanding, which was not enough as I had to use pretty much force and cement to get the wing halfs tightly squeezed together. Instructions are not too good either.
Nevertheless, this is the status as now. Main parts attached and waiting for next steps, paintwork.
This kit does (limited edition) does not come with any canopy masks, but the instruction sheet has a "template" to cut out own canopy masks. Might be other kit makers have similar templates in their instruction sheet, but this is the 1st time I see such + actively made own masks with the help of these.
Then one good example that shows clearly, Arma Hobby is not Tamiya from engineering point of view.
The tires are readily flattened, but why on earth are the sprue gates not touching in the flat part of the tyre?
Let's see how this build will evolve
- Kari