This
is a classic aircraft much neglected by the mainstream manufacturers. Where
would we be without Aeroclub?
This
is a classic multi media kit. The rear of the fuselage pod and wings are
vacformed, the tail plane, booms, nose and tip tanks are injection plastic
and the interior and undercarriage etc is white metal. Canopy is vacformed.
Construction was straight forward with only a few changes made as related
below.
I did have a problem fitting the
seats into the realistically cramped cockpit. I swapped the 2 supplied
white metal seats with some KMC resin ones that were easier to cut down and fit.
The main area I had issue with
was the shape of the fuselage. I feel its very important for a model to
look right. I was not convinced that this kit has the right sit, having
seen a few of these built up over the years. I put the main undercarriage on
before attaching the nose and had a fiddle with it. I concluded the bend in
the pod was not enough so I inserted
a strip of 0.040' plastic card onto the
flange of the leading edge of the lower fuselage.
This prevented the rear end of the injection moulded nose
fitting over it so creating a butt joint. This gave me the
correct nose up stance on the ground while the
booms were horizontal.
The
other problem area was mating the wing tips to the tanks as I ended up with a
step between the 2. I might have taken the wings down too far but I rather think
its the problem of a fine vacform wing meeting an injection moulded aerofoil
section 4mm short of the tank. Eventually I hacked the stub off the tank and
extended the wing by making a tongue of plastic join the 2 and built it up to
the right level with more thin plastic sheet.