So far, the game plan has just been to take a look at all the bells and whistles, and make sure that I'm not inches from shooting myself in the foot at any given moment. With the larger scale comes the cool gadgets, and moving parts that are usually associated with the higher price tag. Putting these to good use is going to be a great time. My first challenge was trying to find a suitable color for the avionics "Bay 5" that seems convincing. Using MM metallic british green, lightened slightly seems to have done the trick, although it still doesn't seem to have the natural look..but without being able to lay eyes on it personally, it's hard to tell. Pictures can only say so much. It's enough to keep me content, and I believe that in scale, it looks more than close enough.
The amount of detail is phenomenal, even for this older Eagle kit. That certainly means more work, but I don't mind more work as long as the rewards outweigh the hassle. So far, it's been a joy to work with to really let the skills come out and play. I'm confident that this is going to be a lot of fun.
Although this is a much bigger scale, and more parts than normal, the engineering of the kit indicates that it may not necessarily mean more work. A lot of nuts and bolts go into the contstruction phase of this particular plane, which I'm interested to work with to see how it presents itself. I believe that with smooth sailing, I may not see much more time lapse difference between this and any other project that I'm accustomed to working on that usually requires 20+hours of correctional work, simply due to bad engineering or fit. I suppose we'll soon find out.
