This
is the kit built for the Viper Challenge 2006 (see Alex Sidharta’s
article on the challenge). Sadly because of misinformation regarding the
due date, I was disqualified. That’s why mine does not show up at
Alex’s article.
The
build itself is quite straight forward. The only addition I added was the Blackbox
cockpit set. Despite of its age, the kit stands side-by-side respectfully
well with Tamiya and Academy kit. Some
noticeable errors such the missing fuel cells array lines are quite
obvious. At first the wheel wells also seems lacking in details, but after
finishing it with some weathering and washes, it looks fine. Because of
time restriction, those errors were not corrected.
Also,
because the kit has been stashed for several years, the decals suffer from
release problem and prone to breaking apart. After loosing some of the
decals, I decided to use Microscale’s Liquid
Decal Film. It works like charm.
Hope
you enjoy the built.
Philip
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