Thank you, friends!
I should make known that this isn't totally from the box. I used thin wire to make the triangular cowling support on front of the engine. Also, the "stirrup" steps on each side of the fuselage are also of wire and styrene strips. The original styrene parts in the kit are quite a lot too thick and it was simply easier to make new ones. The wing bomb racks were modified with wire for the bomb stays, again because the kit parts were far too heavy and thick. Another modification was to add a covered tailwheel, and for this I modified an old B-17 ADF loop antenna football fairing. The last change was to use aluminum tubing for the exhaust system.
In review, I rather liked building this machine. The cowling is a bit of a challenge but not one that can't be overcome. Really, I would recommend this as a first biplane kit for someone who has never wanted to build one, simply because of such minimal rigging. A good learning tool, I reckon.
The best part is--I still have two more of these kits to build!
