Bulldog Racer

Paul Stubbs
This is no Tamiya kit! Plenty of work required to get it to fit together and the instructions leave a bit to be desired. "Due to possible alignment variances" or poor moudlings to be more precise.

Paul Stubbs
Ongoing with plenty of filler, primer and sanding.

Paul Stubbs
Fill, sand, spray - (repeat).

Paul Stubbs
Switch to white primer, final filling and then top coats.

Paul Stubbs
Bit more work required to make the canopy fit right!! Cowling drilled for exhaust outlets. Masked canopy, sprayed but a little more filling required before final top coats. Tidied up cockpit and fitted pedals which were missed earlier on. Going to add some "cushions" to the seats to make it look a bit more realistic. Worked out where decals go (as there are no instructions), where needs to be sprayed and in what order. Still plenty to do but the finish line is nearly in sight.

Paul Stubbs
Can't believe this has taken me a year to do and I'm still not happy with it. It's at a stage now I'll call it quits and one day may go back to tidy up some of the rough edges. Can't say it's been a great build, very frustrating, the poor quality of the kit, instructions, mouldings and most of all the decals. Even the newly ordered set fell to pieces. Out of 10, 1 would be generous. Makes even old Airfix kits look good. I had plenty of my own problems too, it was not my finest hour. One for the die hard builders I think.