OK,
we’re going to make this one quick. This model has been something of a hangar
queen, though not quite exiled to the Shelf of Shame, for some time now. A
complex paint job and all those fiddly struts, most of which broke at one time
or another, caused endless delays. Even worse, when I did decide to finish it
up and apply decals, they split into pieces when applied to the model.
The
jigsaw puzzle that was the Norseman’s Ear Falls markings job was pretty bad.
It’s not like it is a military aircraft, with just roundels and a few code
letters that you could source elsewhere. {As an aside, when I built the previous Norseman a few years back and
put it in fictional British Army markings, I really didn’t have much problem at
all with construction or decals}. But the Leading Edge decal set (which usually
perform much better than this) was problematic. And of course those floats and
struts were endless sources of misalignment and chaos.
The trim
around the engine cowling must have been in 20 pieces by the time I gave it up.
Even bits of the side stripe disappeared sometime between decalling and photography.
And the alignment of the struts – well, let’s just say we’re declaring victory
and moving on.
This is
completed aircraft #498 (15 aircraft, 1 ordnance, 5 vehicles for the year
2018), finished in October of 2018.
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