This is the first one I have built, and I am just beginning to appreciate its unusual aspects. It's hard not to enjoy the excellent Hasegawa kit. By today's standards, the engine may seem a little basic, but you can do plenty with it. Careful attention with a paint brush and a good wiring job can give you a lovely and convincing unit to be proud of.
The cockpit looks better for the addition of some of Mr Eduard's parts. The seat, seat belts, instrument panel, rudder pedal straps, and assorted levers really make a difference, especially with some appropriate toning and washes. All these went on with the minimum of grief.
The fuselage was assembled ahead of the cockpit. This kept out the dust from rubbing down the fuselage. Next came the wings. Again, incident free-fitting here, but I was left with a sizable gap in the wing root, so the filler will have to come out, though it will be the first time. Not bad.
A head-on view of the model revealed that both mainplane and tailplane were symmetrically matched. None of that annoying twisted fuselage look.
And that's it for now. There'll be more on this promising build later.
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