The kit nearly 20 years old and from what I read, the first of the second generation models to take advantage of newly developing technologies. All I can say after 11 hours of work: Thank you Papa Tamiya. Fit and part crispness is everywhere; no flash, mold seams and nothing over engineered. Just a nicely fitting kit. Of course, a lot of the details we come to expect from today's kits isn't there but it can be added without much fuss. Missing and of course, being a large scale builder, I'ver never given this much thought before: no instrument faces for the IP, no seatbelts and no gunsights. All that's left for me to scratch-out is the gunsight, the other two items have been taken care of. Yes, I know, I cheated a bit on the seatbelts as it isn't really a Sutton harness but for my purposes, it's just fine.
The front office was built up as per kit instructions, painted with Tamiya acrylics, a pinwash was added to bring out the details and then a bit of dry brushing with Apple Barrel Dove Gray for a touch more of weathering.
I also assembled the wings and right now, all the major parts are taped together and fit wonderfully. As of now: what a joy to build.
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