172 Folland Gnat T.1

エアフィクス２機目です。イギリスのメーカーですがインド製。工場があるんでしょうね。派手な機体は塗装次第ですが何とか仕上げました。モールドが凹でアクリル筆塗りだとマスキングの隙間から毛細管現象で染み入ってしまい苦労しました。缶スプレーでやればよかったかな。派手でかわいい機体が完成して満足です。

不良品の部品があったため完成させることが出来なかった。商品自体も海外の物なので不良部品の取り寄せ注文も多分ないと思う。

OK, I've built other models from this tool before so this is just "what's changed?"We now have a No 4 CFS red, white and grey No1 scheme (box art) and a "The Navy" machine from Hot Shots! [DVD] as the No2 scheme. You'll probably guess from the title that this is why I bought the kit.Compared with earlier releases, there's a little flash on the underside centrepiece for the wheels down option and some of the ejector pin marks need a quick wipe with sandpaper. So it's not an ideal first kit but most people should be able to get a good result.Be user to follow the instructions when they say to fit the intake lips before the inner duct sides/rear cockpit side panels (clear when you see the instructions), and if you're doing the No2 scheme you may need to fill some of the slipper tank decals. Also, on this scheme you're not going to decal it in one session because the 16 "rocket ports" on the tank fronts are represented (correctly) by 16 separate decals.