Dodgy
printing.......but who cares it's only the box!
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Looks
good enough to eat. (Note: the kit is not actually edible so
please don't try it!)
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| I
ordered the more detailed 24 page instructions from
Kennedy
Shipyards for the benefit of this write-up and found
them to be fairly useful if only to give me a better understanding
of how the kit assembles. The instructions come bound together
in a plastic cover and with a CD ROM containing roughly 1,300
(very
poor) images of Eagle models at various stages of
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booklet begins with a page on the Eagle's 'real-life'
specifications. The next three pages cover starting tips and a
parts listing which appears quite accurate. Then come nine
pages of reasonably detailed instructions (we shall see!) and
illustrations. A further eight pages then cover accurizing and
finishing suggestions. The last three pages are simple line
drawings of the Eagle |
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| Not
exactly what you would call highly detailed but, on the whole,
fairly helpful in a few areas |
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| Despite
the apparent detail of this third party assembly guide, I still
referred to Jim Small's
review
for occasional expert guidance and to the many reference material
I'd gathered over many weeks |
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| On
first inspection, I was pleasantly surprised by the presence of only
very minor 'pitting'. These didn't cause too many dramas
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Likewise
here
Unfortunately, whilst carrying out tests with spraypaint, I noticed
that in many places there were hundreds of microscopic holes where
the resin appeared to have 'foamed' during pouring/casting. These
caused untold problems with the finish. The solution is
covered in Pod 2 |
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| These
nozzles would cause me a few headaches (notice the mis-aligned lower
one). It's the sort of thing that would bug the hell out of me
on a finished model, so I had to move it... |
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| ...and
fill these |
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| The
main engine bells are remarkable. Almost spot-on. And,
unlike the earlier builds, they have separate baffles looking very
similar to the aluminium ones available at
Small
Art Works. It was later reported to me
that Replicas Unlimited had, in recent editions of their kit,
replaced their own engine bells with an unauthorised re-cast of the
first edition aluminium main engine bells and baffles from Small Art
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| These
weren't in the earlier kits. Ok, they're not brilliant but
these clamps (which 'hold' the spine to the main frame) could save a
lot of bother making them from scratch |
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| Not
sure how the earlier kits were made, but these windows look the biz!
Just a bit of cutting out the flash and we're done |
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| No
hint of the warped spine mentioned in other reviews... |
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| Reasonable
details here, compared to earlier versions, but I used something
else. Stay tuned!..... |
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| Springs
n' Things. Very handy for the functioning 'oleo struts' Bolts
and screws for fixing model parts together and accurizing are not
included - you may be able to obtain them from
Micro-Mark
in the US or Expo
Drills & Tools in the UK |
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All
imagery copyright Eagle
Imagery (PhotoGraphics) unless otherwise stated
Unauthorised use is illegal |
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