Christoph Kunz
Count me in

Andrea Morris
Welcome Christoph! This kit took quite a bit of getting hold of and I planned to depict it from the battle for Malta. Since then I have grown interested in the Spanish Civil War & so this a/c will depict that.
Bulk of the work is now complete. The wings are on and I'm fitting the tail pieces/rudder right now.

Treehugger
Hm, how big is it?

Andrea Morris
@Treehugger About 35cm long with a 44cm wingspan.

Andrea Morris
Wings, tail-plane & ruder are fitted. Plastic gun barrels have been replaced with metal. After a final sanding she will be ready for primer.

Gary Dahlström
Looking great! Terrific subject, such a unique aircraft. Your seamwork is flawless.

Andrea Morris
I managed to snap the canopy 🙁 But at least now she is in primer.

Christoph Kunz
Pic 28... how did you fix it?

Andrea Morris
@Christoph I was lucky that most of the canopy is not see-through, so I just glued (TET) it back together avoiding the actual transparent bits. After a fine sanding you won't notice it. @Gary compliment accepted 🙂

Nathan Dempsey
Interesting subject. I'm tuning in.

Andy Ball
I love 'em: built the 72nd Italeri one...best camo schemes!, so tell us how the 48'er goes together?

Andrea Morris

@Andy The kit is fine with no real issues. If you have built a Trumpeter kit before then you know what to expect. I did end up with a 1mm gap in the nose, that turned out to be no fault of the kit, but a result of the Yahu instrument panel. I am also having a tussle with mounting the engines in their cowlings. I have put them to one side for now until I figure it out. The underside is painted, when it's fully cured I can get on with the camo on the upper surface. Should be done over the weekend. NB: Handle the canopy with GREAT CARE, it's fragile and I snapped mine whilst giving it a gentle polish!

Andy Ball
@Andrea: I wrote my comment before looking through your commentary and photos. I'm on the cusp of going 48 from 72, and want to know how certain subjects I like would perform in the larger scale. The Italeri kit wasn't without its issues too, I see you've coped well with your challenges on the Trumpeter (I've just done their Tupolev and it has few fit issues....but accuracy, hmmmm!)