The Little World

And a surprise – as the rest of this MPM kit fit together superbly.

The gaps either side of the wing fillet were the only areas on this fighter that needed a filling. Fully deep, but narrow, possible to bridge with Vallejo acrylic putty. It dries quickly enough not to be an impediment to the rest of the assembly.

And I am delighted to report that the tail assembly fit perfectly – no brass pins needed for the horizontal stabilisers and the supports underneath actually fit in the depressions they were intended for.

I have learned with spatted undercarriages to go ahead and build them and add the wheels later – even if it means not having them rotate on the axles. You can get a lot more precise with the tyre painting and don’t need to go to excessive masking trouble.

The camouflage job is good enough to just unmask and go straight ahead.