June 11, 2024
It is done. Still have a little touch up to do but I must get it off my table at this time.
This was a very difficult kit. One reason is I built the kit using 1985 technology. The kit is out of the box with the exception of the prop which was replaced with another Pegasus prop that was more accurate. None of the surfaces were thinned so they are out of scale. The modification was drilling out the entire interior to add some interior detail and an engine. If I were to this again, I would have added the cockpit interior and closed it up. I would have then drilled out the top of the cowling about 1/4 inch or so, cut an engine in half to expose only the cylinders. The results would have been exactly the same. As they say, live and learn. Another problem was my decals had died after 30 years, (imagine that) so I have to use whatever was still usable.
The only reason I built this kit is to have one each of the Pegasus WW1 releases. This was about number 11 of the Pegasus releases and is crude by today's standards. He got a lot better but this was the only offering in 1985.
The model sits with the MAC injection molded kit of about 2002. Neither offered lozenge decals.
Dennis
