very nice examples of the injection moulder's craft in that sturdy little
box - take a look at the exhaust stacks, or the .50 cals and their
associated ammunition belts if you get the chance, you'll see what I mean.
Nice PE set in the box too, covering the radiator, pilot's seat and
instrument panel, nice looking Cartograph decals (including, in what I
assume to be a late addition, markings for an RAF Mustang IV in India), and
weighted rubber, sorry "Dragon Styrene", tyres for those who like that sort
of thing. There's a well done Packard Merlin in there too, that looks like
it will build up into a nice replica with a few extra details and some deft
paintwork.
All that effort, and Dragon manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
by employing the guy who used to do the panel lines for Matchbox kits. Why
did they go to all that trouble and then try to make it look like a toy?
According to DML, the Cadillac of the skies had Ford Pinto shutlines. Not
good. Spent two evenings so far masking, filling, sanding and rescribing
panel lines. Actually, mostly masking and filling up to now, looks like a
good week's work correcting (should that be "modifying to personal taste"?)
the surface detail before taking either glue or a brush anywhere near it.
The trouble is, the rest of it just looks so good that there's no way it's
going to go into the stash to stay unbuilt. Damn.
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