Hello guys,
thank you very much for the kind words, I'm glad you like it. This was suppose to be a little Out of the Box side project for the fun of it, and it was. The unexpected part was that she turned out way better looking than expected
. The kit is absolutley fun to build, without any major fit issues and just with the right amount of putty required to be pleasurable.
This is a great model. I mean GREAT! The scheme is truly terrific, and excellently executed. And I would give a lot for some close ups.
Let me only express one doubt - was not the checkerboard scheme on the upper wing applied to earlier PC10 finish? If so, than the see-through effect would not be present at all...
There are 2 pictures of the aircraft that I was able to find (on page 29 of Windsock Datafile Special. Bristol Fighter Vol.1 - I'm not sure that it is OK to post them here) where it is clearly visible that at the beginning there war checkers on the upper side of the upper wing and later on the under side too - this clearly indicates that the plane had a factory finish and the checkers were added later. So they were over PC10 and the see thru effect is not probable - I like to think that in very sunny day may be there was a slight hint for something like that. I took the liberty of the artistic license and tried to represent it - I really liked some build, on this and on another site, with see thru effects and actually this was supposed to be just a trial model
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regarding the close ups - I may try to do some, but my camera is really really crappy, combined with my even worse photography skill makes them really bad. The posted pics were done from a friend, but getting him to photo the model again is .... may take time.
Best regards,
Sasho
