FlorinM

Thank you! One of the "major" problems of the Revell kit, first issued in 1969, would be the nose section, which supposedly would have to be replaced entirely with the nose section of a Hasegawa D. It is not the case however, the problem is the top cowling, and it is so easy to fix! I made a resin copy of the Hasegawa piece, intending to use it. But looking at plans I noticed that it was too flat. The Revell piece looked better, but it was too narrow, 2 mm too narrow. An easy fix! Cut it down the middle and add some white styrene, and then putty it over! So, what do you think?

The box art of the Revell kit caught my eye. I then saw the plastic at a friend that has it and the Trumpeter, too, plus the Hasegawa D. They said this 50 year old kit is badly flawed. From what I've seen I must disagree. It has some flaws, certainly, but shapewise it is better than the Trumpeter kit. And it is cheap, too. So when I got the opportunity, I bought one. Also acquired were some Aires sets for the Trumpeter kit, such as the cockpit set, the gun bay (it is crap, won't use it), the landing gear bay, Scale Aircraft Conversions' metal gear, and from Quickboost the exhaust, underwing pylons and propeller blades, the Eduard set for the Revell kit , and from HGW the seatbelts. I chose Capt John Brown Jr's bird depicted by Lifelike Decals set 32-015.