The Little World

I’ve learned to do as I’m told…mostly.

I do pay attention when the makers of a kit instruct me to build the aircraft cockpit first. Dropping one in after the fuselage is joined is very rarely an option. It can be done with some Soviet fighters where there is a large opening at the wing joins. Everything else has to be largely complete before the you close up.

And if you are asked to construct more than just a bare fighter tub it pays to get your angles 90º square and try out the dry fit first. Trust neither to hyenas nor kit designers…

This Czech moulding is good – there was no fettling at all needed to get the flight deck in. The fuselage halves met first time. There was an opportunity to super-detail the navigator’s radio station – an option I avoided. You see nothing of it once the plane is built.