Now that my Renault FT dio is approaching its completion, and I am waiting for some materials, I decided, on "order" of the missus, to dig the next kit out of the stash. An oldie. Upon opening the box, I discovered that I already started it. But the instructions are missing the blue print on the inside. Since there was no internet then (yes, it is that old), I couldn't proceed then. Started to lay down the green interrior layer and the zinc yellow weel wells.
Not sure about the decals, though. What is the quality and how will they hold after all these years?

After some idling, I finally picked up the modelling of this kit once more.
I started painting and assembling the cockpit. Hasegawa, in all their wisdom, added a kind of cushion to the seat. The only thing I could imagine it to be (since the pilots sat on their parachutes,
was that it might be a liferaft, and therefore I painted it yellow, toning the bright color down with black oilpaint.