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[Sall]

Ohoooo.. I like "flame" on nose... Looks excellent!

[No.1]

Thank you

[Second Air Force]

MPM decals are worlds leader in cracking 

I had the same experience with the decals in my CW-21, but I thought it was because they were so old. Good to know this problem for later MPM builds.

It's going to be a neat addition to the collection!

[No.1]

Or to use aftermarket products...

[Second Air Force]

Now that the topic came up, I used some decals from an MPM P-63 kit on the Soviet P-39 earlier this year and they were very brittle also. They were salvaged with the clear coating, but didn't really snuggle down too well.

[No.1]

Surface have to be absolute gloss and decals to be as much as possible in water and then if possible to slide them directly on place and with not much movement

[Second Air Force]

Exactly correct.

[draken35]

Nice deco...

[No.1]

[Second Air Force]

I got a start on the Airfix 1/48 E tonight. So far, the fit is quite nice and the engineering is pretty good. The locating pins are very large (reminds me of kits of the "old days" and there are a couple of ejection pin marks on the cockpit sidewalls. The fuselage almost snaps together. So far, so good, quite unlike the 1/72 beast that No.1 built earlier in this GB.

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[No.1]

This look so advanced, new tool?

[Second Air Force]

Yes, it was introduced this spring I think.

I worked on it a bit more tonight and not much filler is required so far. It isn't quite as advanced as Tamiya but it is fun to build up to this point. I'm building this one straight from the box.

[draken35]

Looks nice indeed!

[Sall]

 

[Second Air Force]

A few more photos of the Airfix E. First two are the cockpit and a view of the rather thickly molded parts and large locating pins. These look a bit "old-fashioned" at first glance but the fit is quite nice.

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The next two show the filler that was required. Really not much other than to correct a little fit issue in each leading edge where Airfix gives two options for guns. They give two leading edge sections for the early and late armament. Another place that takes a bit of filler is the aft wing-to-fuselage joint, but nothing that we all haven't experienced before.

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Finally ready for primer and then paint. It's nice to build a kit with separate flight controls and flaps, especially when the parts fit as nicely as these do.

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