Somebody just got an early Christmas present
http://www.hasegawausa.com/product-pages/hsgs0031.htmlI had a quick look inside this kit. I expect (being Hasegawa) it will turn out to be a quality model, however I don't like the different coloured sprues. OK the painting will make all the difference, but the coloured plastic implies the kit could be built without painting, and this is what the box shots look like. I guess the colour of the plastic means that I can get away with thinner paint layers, but somehow I find this distracting.
The "metal" parts have an aluminium effect finish. This looks quite fine, and is much better done than kits such as the Airfix Bentley with the heavily chromed parts. The aluminium effect parts seem to have the sprue attachments in hidden areas, so my not need too much surface repair once cut out. I may be incorrect, but I will probably use Humbrol metalcote steel spray can for these parts.
The parts themselves (on first view) look crisp and clean, with no flash and sharp details. The wing ribs have ejector pin marks on one side, so the debate I will have is whether to blend these out or not - but there are many ribs!
I guess this will have to wait, in the stash for a while, so I will hope to find a few build logs to follow!
