From the shelf of doom. For me, this was a very difficult kit. I based it on the written description of the Aviatic built 7877/17 from the Windsock Datafile. I'm still coming to terms with Vallejo paint. I'm nowhere near the '10,000 hours' so my builds will have to suffer until then. Hours and hours could have been spent getting all the pits, bumps, lines, and whatnot out of the plastic, especially on the wings, but again, get it done! In hindsight, the 'large irregular shapes' probably should be even larger, but there was no photograph of this machine in the datafile and I decided not to go looking for contrary evidence. I do believe it should have the fuselage mounted radiators. I searched my big bin of aftermarket parts but could not find any. So for now, I'm calling it done. I'll go on the hunt for the radiators but I'm done making parts from scratch on this one.
The gun ring, gun, prop, spinner, exhaust, and wheels are all Aeroclub. The control horns are Eduard photo etch, the rigging line is Infini brand lycra. The struts are home made from 0.3mm brass tube smashed around 0.005" piano wire.
Thanks for viewing.
Stuart
